Enable Usage Metering

The Reflection Metering Server allows administrators to track EXTRA! X-treme sessions and determine how many client workstations use the product. You can use metering to limit the number of concurrent users that can access a host at any given time.

Metering can be enabled during installation or after the product is installed. To enable meeting during installation, see Customize the EXTRA! X-treme Installation.

Use this procedure to enable metering after the product is installed.

To enable metering via group policy

  1. Install the administrative template file for EXTRA! X-treme. See Administer Features using Windows Group Policy.
  2. Run the Windows Group Policy editor (gpedit.msc):
    • In Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008, Windows 8, Windows 7, or Vista: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Classic Administrative Templates (ADM) > Reflection Settings > Client Metering.
    • In Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP: Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > Reflection Settings > Client Metering.

      Setting Name and Description

      Value Type

      Client metering, Require connection to metering server, and Metering web server:

      If this policy is enabled, EXTRA! X-treme attempts to contact the Reflection metering server at the specified URL. If EXTRA! X-treme cannot contact the metering server and "Require connection to metering server" is checked, EXTRA! X-treme exits after issuing an error message.

      Enable/Disable
  3. Under Configure Client Metering, check the Enabled radio button.
  4. In the Metering URL box, enter the URL of your metering server.

    Syntax:

    http://[host name]:[port number]/[metering server context name]/meter.do

    For example:

    http://Myserver.com:80/rwebmeter/meter.do

    Note: If you used the default port, you can omit the colon and port number.

  5. Select Require metering only if you want to prevent users from launching EXTRA! X-treme when the metering server is not available. (Enabling this setting can be useful when you are creating a trial installation and want to test to see if the metering server is running and available.)