Browse updates and changes made in VLM versions on extended support.

Note If you cannot find changes for your version, it might be a more recent version, documented as a new feature. Or, your version might not have included user-facing updates. You can find more information about non-visible changes, such as bug fixes, compatibility updates, and stability adjustments or maintenance adjustments, in the product Release Notes, available on ni.com.

NI VLM 3.2

New Features

  • Volume license installers — Use volume license installers to deliver packages through NI Package Manager.

NI VLM 3.1

New Features

  • Reporting — Use the Reports view to determine how licenses are used.
  • Administrator Notifications — Use administrator notifications to receive important event notifications from NI VLM.
  • Email Clients Wizard — Use the Email Clients Wizard to email one or more clients.
  • Batch Update Custom Fields — Use Batch Update to modify a custom field value for multiple users or computers to a single, consistent value.
  • VLA Log Wizard — Use the VLA Log Wizard to generate and send a VLA Log to NI from within NI VLM. You can also set NI VLM to automatically send VLA Logs to NI.
  • Permission Request Client Notifications — Send emails automatically to clients when permission requests are handled.
  • Licenses View In-Use Tab — Use the Licenses view to see usage for unmanaged concurrent licenses and for clients assigned by IP address. You can also see what time an in-use license was checked out.
  • VLA Policies — Manage policies across client machines. You can control whether clients can use NI Update Service, can send error reports to NI, and can enroll in the Customer Experience Improvement Program.
  • Export Current Permissions — Run NI VLM with a command line option to export a list of current permissions to a file.