FlexNet Manager Update: Application Recognition Library 2991 and Service Life Data Pack 836 are available

What's new in this release?

• Publisher changes for the below-mentioned products have been implemented for the selected products listed in the reference https://community.flexera.com/s/feed/0D5PL00000yQMLq0AO
• Product name change has been implemented for the selected products listed in the reference https://community.flexera.com/s/feed/0D5PL00000ybAfX0AU

• Count of new applications added:

Current Library Totals:

• Number of applications in ARL:  313,498 across 18,594 publishers.
• Number of commercial applications with service life dates:  98,707
• Number of evidence recognition rules: 3,575,152
  • Installer evidence rules:  2,360,713
  • File evidence rules:   1,210,691
  • WMI evidence rules: 1,726
  • Application suite evidence rules: 2,022

Details of changes in the ARL

You can inspect changes made in this ARL release as per the following links:

• List of new applications added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewApplicationsARL2991
• List of new versions of applications added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewVersionsARL2991
• List of new publishers added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewPublishersARL2991
• List of applications updated in the release: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=UpdatedApplicationsARL2991
• List of Applications deleted in the release: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=DeletedApplicationsARL2991

Updating library data

FlexNet Manager Cloud: These updates will be installed before Monday, 5th October 2026

FlexNet Manager On-premises: This library release will be applied to your FlexNet Manager according to the schedule settings and processes configured for your instance. If your environment requires you to download and update library data manually, see the following article for guidance: Downloading the FlexNet Manager Suite Content Libraries manually.

You can inspect currently installed library versions using the FlexNet Manager Menu > System Health > System Health Dashboard menu option.

Upcoming ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates: We nominally expect the next ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates to be published on or around Wednesday, October 7th, 2026

Reporting issues with ARL and SLDP updates

Should you have any FlexNet Manager library data issues, please submit a case by logging in to the Flexera Community and selecting the Get Support > Open new case menu option.

We are interested in feedback on these announcements. If you have any questions or suggestions for improvements, please comment below. 

We trust you will find this update helpful and look forward to continually improving your application recognition results.

- Team Content

FlexNet Manager Update: Application Recognition Library 2989 and Service Life Data Pack 834 are available

What's new in this release?

• Count of new applications added:

Current Library Totals:

• Number of applications in ARL:  313,329 across 18,590publishers.
• Number of commercial applications with service life dates:  98,707
• Number of evidence recognition rules: 3,555,976
  • Installer evidence rules:  2,342,112
  • File evidence rules:   1,210,117
  • WMI evidence rules: 1,726
  • Application suite evidence rules: 2,021

Details of changes in the ARL

You can inspect changes made in this ARL release as per the following links:

• List of new applications added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewApplicationsARL2989
• List of new versions of applications added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewVersionsARL2989
• List of new publishers added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewPublishersARL2989
• List of applications updated in the release: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=UpdatedApplicationsARL2989
• List of Applications deleted in the release: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=DeletedApplicationsARL2989
• List of applications Updated/Inserted with EOL in the release: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=ListofApplicationswithServiceLifeDataPack834

Updating library data

FlexNet Manager Cloud: These updates will be installed before Monday, 28th September 2026

FlexNet Manager On-premises: This library release will be applied to your FlexNet Manager according to the schedule settings and processes configured for your instance. If your environment requires you to download and update library data manually, see the following article for guidance: Downloading the FlexNet Manager Suite Content Libraries manually.

You can inspect currently installed library versions using the FlexNet Manager Menu > System Health > System Health Dashboard menu option.

Upcoming ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates: We nominally expect the next ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates to be published on or around Friday, October 2nd, 2026

Reporting issues with ARL and SLDP updates

Should you have any FlexNet Manager library data issues, please submit a case by logging in to the Flexera Community and selecting the Get Support > Open new case menu option.

We are interested in feedback on these announcements. If you have any questions or suggestions for improvements, please comment below. 

We trust you will find this update helpful and look forward to continually improving your application recognition results.

- Team Content

FlexNet Manager Update – SKU, PURL & Bundle updates - Release #586

The SKU, Product Use Rights Libraries (PURL) and Bundles libraries, used by FlexNet Manager Suite, have been updated. For on premise customers the SKU/PURL/Bundles libraries have been published and are now available.

Customers of Flexera One IT Asset Management (ITAM) will have this update applied by the Recognition Data Import task and will be available on Monday, September 28th, 2026, in your time zone.

What's new in this release?

• 24,504 new SKUs have been added to the SKU library. The following table provides an overview of the number of SKUs with respect to publisher: 
• More than 4300 SKUs are mapped to their respective applications.
• SKUs missing PURL templates and existing mapping were refreshed which covered more than 15,860 SKUs. Details on the number of SKUs covered across each publisher:
• 16 new custom FLX SKUs – 1 Oracle, 5 SKUs for Atlassian, 4 SKUs for Palo Alto Networks and 6 SKUs for Tier3 publishers have been created and released to supplement Flexera One SaaS Manager workflow for the respective products and cater to customer requests. SKUs details are available in the attached spreadsheet 'CustomFlexeraSKUsForSeptember2026.xlsx'.
• Updated publisher from "Netcentric Technologies" to "Allyant" across the SKU Library to align with vendor documentation.
• License metrics for over 8,765 SKUs were transitioned from "Unit", "Gbps", "Certificate", "Gateway", and "Capacity" metrics to "Custom Metric", enhancing alignment between the PURL and SKU Library.
• Published one new RVU Point Rule - “RVU - MDM - Proofs of Entitlement”
• Refreshed 20 bundles by adding/removing applications and SKUs as per latest vendor literature
• 67 New Bundles Published for September release, including the mapping of 559 SKUs. Bundle details are available in the attached spreadsheet 'Sep26_SPB_Bundles.xlsx'.

• Library information is as follows:

o  Total number of SKUs in the library is 22,27,301 across 2,544 publishers.

o  Total number of PURL templates is 7,806 across 88 publishers.

o  Total number of published Bundles is 5,117 across 39 publishers.

How do I report issues with SKU/PURL/Bundles Library updates?

Should you have any issues related to SKU/PURL/Bundles processing with FlexNet Manager, please contact Flexera Support. Visit Contact-Flexera-Support for more details.

The regular schedule for SKU/PURL/Bundles updates

We expect the next update to the PURL, SKU & Bundles Library to be available on Friday, October 30th, 2026. The libraries are available as soon as published and are updated weekly via the Recognition Data Import task, or as otherwise reflected in your local configuration. Customers of Flexera One IT Asset Management (ITAM)  will have this update applied by Monday, November 2nd, 2026, in your time zone.

Downloading the SKU/PURL Libraries Manually

The SKU/PURL library updates can be downloaded from the Flexera Product and Licensing Center (PLC 2.0).

For full details on how to install content library files once they have been downloaded, see the "Manual Updates of Library Data" topic in the Installing FlexNet Manager Suite On-Premises PDF applicable to your version of FlexNet Manager Suite.

To locate this PDF,  go to the Flexera Product Documentation website and select your FlexNet Manager Suite version from the VERSION drop down list. The file will now be listed and available for you to download.

Monthly updates are our minimum commitment. We may also provide additional updates from time to time based on customer demand. We will continue to send email alerts to announce each update.

Regards,

Team Content

ARL Content Change: Oracle RAC Product Name Updates

Overview

As part of our ongoing efforts to improve product naming consistency and alignment, we will be updating the names of the following Oracle products in the ARL.

Product Name Changes

What to Expect

• The changes are name updates only and do not affect product recognition, evidence mappings, or application functionality.
• Customers may notice the updated product names in ARL content after upgrading to the October 5th release.
• Existing installations and inventory data will continue to be recognized as expected.

ARL Release Date 

These name updates will be included in the October 5th ARL release.

Please raise a support case with details if you have any questions or require clarification. Thank you!

ARL Content Change: Exchange Server Subscription Edition (SE) Recognition Changes 

Overview 

Microsoft treats Exchange Server Subscription Edition (SE) as the product version and not as a licensing edition. To align with Microsoft's published product model and improve consistency of recognition, Flexera is updating the Application Recognition Library (ARL) recognition logic for Exchange Server Subscription Edition 

Microsoft's latest Exchange Server release is identified as Exchange Server Subscription Edition (SE). In this naming convention, SE represents the product version name rather than a separate edition. The available licensing editions continue to be Standard and Enterprise. 

Current Behaviour 

Some Exchange Server Subscription Edition evidence may currently be recognized under application records where the edition is represented as Subscription, while other evidence is mapped based on the Standard or Enterprise edition information available within the raw inventory evidence. 

Planned Change 

To provide consistent recognition and align with Microsoft's definitions, ARL will introduce the following application models: 

Inventory evidence containing Exchange Server Subscription Edition information will be mapped to the appropriate application based on the edition details available within the evidence.  

When inventory evidence does not contain sufficient information to determine whether the installation is Standard or Enterprise, the application will be recognized as Unspecified edition until additional details are available. 

Customer Impact & Recommended actions 

• More accurate differentiation between Standard and Enterprise editions of Exchange Server Subscription Edition, leading to improved alignment with vendor naming conventions. 
• Standard and Enterprise editions continue to be recognized separately where edition information is available. Customers may observe application name changes in reports, dashboards and inventories however the update is not intended to introduce new license editions or alter Microsoft licensing definitions. 
• No specific customer action recommended. Flexera will automatically apply the updated recognition through the ARL release. Customers do not need to change inventory collection, inventory settings, or recognition configurations. Existing evidence will be recognized using the updated application model after the ARL update is applied.

ARL Release Date 

This change is planned for inclusion in the ARL release scheduled for 09th October 2026 and will be documented in the corresponding ARL release notes. 

References 

• https://techcommunity.microsoft.com 
• https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/new-features/build-numbers-and-release-dates 
• Microsoft Exchange Server documentation 

Please raise a support case with details if you have any questions or require clarification. Thank you!

FlexNet Manager Update: Application Recognition Library 2986 and Service Life Data Pack 831 are available

What's new in this release?

• Classification updated for IBM WebSphere Application Server Liberty and WebSphere Application Server Liberty Network Deployment as per CCN https://community.flexera.com/s/feed/0D5PL00000y1uvZ0AQ
• Publisher changes from 'Quest' to 'One Identity' have been implemented for the selected products listed in the referenced CCN https://community.flexera.com/s/feed/0D5PL00000xyRq00AE
• Due to an unforeseen technical issue, build #2985 was not updated across all FlexeraOne ITAM instances. These changes will now be incorporated into this week's release.

• Count of new applications added:

Current Library Totals:

• Number of applications in ARL:  313,049 across 18,582 publishers.
• Number of commercial applications with service life dates:  98,729
• Number of evidence recognition rules: 3,549,258
  • Installer evidence rules:  2,345,184
  • File evidence rules:   1,200,339
  • WMI evidence rules: 1,725
  • Application suite evidence rules: 2010

Details of changes in the ARL

You can inspect changes made in this ARL release as per the following links:

• List of new applications added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewApplicationsARL2986
• List of new versions of applications added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewVersionsARL2986
• List of new publishers added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewPublishersARL2986
• List of applications updated in the release: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=UpdatedApplicationsARL2986
• List of Applications deleted in the release: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=DeletedApplicationsARL2986

Updating library data

FlexNet Manager Cloud: These updates will be installed before Monday, 21st September 2026

FlexNet Manager On-premises: This library release will be applied to your FlexNet Manager according to the schedule settings and processes configured for your instance. If your environment requires you to download and update library data manually, see the following article for guidance: Downloading the FlexNet Manager Suite Content Libraries manually.

You can inspect currently installed library versions using the FlexNet Manager Menu > System Health > System Health Dashboard menu option.

Upcoming ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates: We nominally expect the next ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates to be published on or around Friday, September 25th , 2026

Reporting issues with ARL and SLDP updates

Should you have any FlexNet Manager library data issues, please submit a case by logging in to the Flexera Community and selecting the Get Support > Open new case menu option.

We are interested in feedback on these announcements. If you have any questions or suggestions for improvements, please comment below. 

We trust you will find this update helpful and look forward to continually improving your application recognition results.

- Team Content

ARL Content Change : IBM Workload Scheduler and HCL Workload Automation Publisher Alignment

Product and publisher recognition guidance

Overview

To improve catalog accuracy and ensure consistent publisher recognition, upcoming content updates will align IBM Workload Scheduler and HCL Workload Automation products based on product branding and vendor ownership.

IBM Tivoli Workload Scheduler (TWS) was subsequently renamed IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS). In parallel, HCL introduced and maintains its own HCL Workload Automation and HCL Workload Automation Agent offerings as part of the historical IBM-HCL product relationship.

Although these products share a common product lineage and may contain similar functionality and version numbering, they represent distinct publisher offerings and should be recognized separately for inventory, reporting, and licensing purposes.

What's Changing?

The following publisher and product alignment rules will be applied:

Where evidence clearly identifies IBM branding, it will be recognized as an IBM Workload Scheduler offering. Where evidence identifies HCL branding, it will be recognized as the corresponding HCL offering and will not be mapped to IBM products.

All existing application metadata, evidence linking, and product relationships will be retained where applicable.

Why Are We Making This Change?

During content review, it was observed that similar version numbers, including releases such as 10.1.x and 10.2.x, are referenced in both IBM and HCL product documentation.

This demonstrates that version information alone is insufficient to accurately determine the publisher. The same version number may exist under different vendor branding maintained by IBM and HCL.

To ensure accurate product recognition and licensing alignment, publisher assignment must be based on explicit product branding and vendor evidence rather than version number alone. This update provides greater consistency across product identification, reporting, and software asset management processes.

What Is Not Changing?

This update is a publisher and product alignment clarification only. The change will not impact:

·       Inventory collection

·       Software discovery processes

·       Licensing calculations

·       Evidence collection methods

·       Product identifiers

·       Existing installations or deployments

·       Recognized product versions

Systems currently recognizing IBM-branded or HCL-branded Workload Scheduler products will continue to recognize those products according to the updated publisher alignment rules.

References: Here is the links for more information:

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-workload-scheduler-version-1010-release-notes

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-workload-scheduler101x

https://help.hcl-software.com/workloadautomation/prod_page/prod-page.html

https://help.hcl-software.com/workloadautomation/v1022/welcome_distr.html

https://workloadautomation-community.com/uploads/1/0/2/7/102707030/hcl_software_workloadscheduler10.1_performancereport.pdf

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-cloud-and-hcl-partnership-explained

Handling Ambiguous Evidence

Important: Version number alone is not sufficient for publisher assignment.

For evidence that contains only a generic product name such as “Workload Scheduler” together with a version number, there is insufficient information to reliably determine the publisher.

In such cases, additional vendor-specific evidence should be reviewed before mapping the installation to an IBM or HCL product.

Version information alone should not be used as the basis for publisher assignment.

Customer Action

No action is required for most customers. Customers who use custom reports, dashboards, integrations, exports, workflows, or compliance processes that specifically reference IBM Workload Scheduler or HCL Workload Automation should review those references following the release to ensure alignment with the updated publisher recognition approach.

Release Timing & Queries

This change will be included in the 05th October 2026 ARL Release.

Please raise a support case with details if you have any questions or require clarification regarding product recognition or publisher assignment.

Thank you!

FlexNet Manager Update: Application Recognition Library 2985 and Service Life Data Pack 830 are available

What's new in this release?

• Count of new applications added:
• Product name updated from 'Aria Operations for Networks’ to ‘VCF Operations for Networks’ to align with vendor literature.
• Publisher changed from 'Cohesity' to 'Arctera' for below products.
  • Arctera - Group Lock Manager
  • Arctera- Group Messaging Service
  • Arctera - Cluster Agent for Storage Foundation Cluster File System
  • Arctera - I/O Fencing
  • Arctera - Cluster Server Bundled Agents
  • Arctera - Low Latency Transport (LLT)
  • Arctera - Support Tools
  • Arctera - Group Membership and Atomic Broadcast (GAB)
  • Arctera - Volume Manager for Windows

Current Library Totals:

• Number of applications in ARL:  312,857 across 18,580 publishers.
• Number of commercial applications with service life dates:  98,729
• Number of evidence recognition rules: 3,549,865
  • Installer evidence rules:  2,345,799
  • File evidence rules:   1,200,377
  • WMI evidence rules: 1,725
  • Application suite evidence rules: 1,964

Details of changes in the ARL

You can inspect changes made in this ARL release as per the following links:

• List of new applications added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewApplicationsARL2985
• List of new versions of applications added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewVersionsARL2985
• List of new publishers added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewPublishersARL2985
• List of applications updated in the release: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=UpdatedApplicationsARL2985
• List of Applications deleted in the release: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=DeletedApplicationsARL2985
• List of applications Updated/Inserted with EOL in the release: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=ListofApplicationswithServiceLifeDataPack830

Updating library data

FlexNet Manager Cloud: These updates will be installed before Monday, 14th September 2026

FlexNet Manager On-premises: This library release will be applied to your FlexNet Manager according to the schedule settings and processes configured for your instance. If your environment requires you to download and update library data manually, see the following article for guidance: Downloading the FlexNet Manager Suite Content Libraries manually.

You can inspect currently installed library versions using the FlexNet Manager Menu > System Health > System Health Dashboard menu option.

Upcoming ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates: We nominally expect the next ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates to be published on or around Friday, September 18th, 2026

Reporting issues with ARL and SLDP updates

Should you have any FlexNet Manager library data issues, please submit a case by logging in to the Flexera Community and selecting the Get Support > Open new case menu option.

We are interested in feedback on these announcements. If you have any questions or suggestions for improvements, please comment below. 

We trust you will find this update helpful and look forward to continually improving your application recognition results.

- Team Content