License utilization management system service suite

A method for updating message transport servers, the method comprising:

• collecting license usage information generated by a number of programs associated with a client system, wherein the license usage information includes information about an update to at least one of a project code or a business unit associated with a given license;
• generating, by the client system a message password;
• generating, by the client system, an update message using the license usage information and the message password;
• adding, by the client system, a checksum to the update message;
• generating, by the client system, an encrypted update message by encrypting the update message;
• determining, by the client system, whether a connection with a primary message transport server of a number of message transport servers can be established;
• in response to determining that the connection can be established with the primary message transport server:
• transmitting, by the client system, the encrypted update message to the primary message transport server;
• replicating, by the primary message transport server, the encrypted update message to other message transport servers of the number of message transport servers;
• transmitting, by the primary message transport server, the encrypted update message to each of a plurality of license management servers;
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• updating each license management server with the encrypted update message from the primary message transport server such that a query to any license management server within the plurality of license management servers will return identical information about license usage;
• in response to determining that the connection with the primary message transport server cannot be established and in response to determining that a connection with a secondary message transport server of the number of message transport servers can be established:
• transmitting, by the client system, the encrypted update message to the secondary message transport server;
• replicating, by the secondary message transport server, the encrypted update message to other message transport servers of the number of message transport servers;
• transmitting, by the secondary message transport server, the encrypted update message to each of a plurality of license management servers;
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• updating each license management server with the encrypted update message from the secondary message transport server such that a query to any license management server within the plurality of license management servers will return identical information about license usage;
• in response to determining that the connection with the primary message transport server and the connection with the secondary message transport server cannot be established and in response to determining that a connection with a tertiary message transport server of the number of message transport servers can be established:
• transmitting, by the client system, the encrypted update message to the tertiary message transport server;
• replicating, by the tertiary message transport server, the encrypted update message to other message transport servers of the number of message transport servers;
• transmitting, by the tertiary message transport server, the encrypted update message to each of a plurality of license management servers;
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• updating each license management server with the encrypted update message from the tertiary message transport server such that a query to any license management server within the plurality of license management servers will return identical information about license usage.