Flexera One

Hello Team,

We are using Flexera One and recently upgraded our FlexNet Beacon from version 22.4 to 25.1.0. Following the upgrade, the Beacon UI is not opening successfully and displays the following error message:

"Beacon service not found."

"The application could not start because it could not connect to the FlexNet Inventory Beacon Engine service. Please check that the service is running."

However, when we check Windows Services, we can see that the FlexNet Inventory Beacon Engine service is present and running successfully, which makes this behavior somewhat confusing.

As part of our troubleshooting, we reviewed the prerequisites for Beacon version 25.1.0, which indicate that .NET Framework 4.8 is required.

We verified the installed .NET Framework version using the following PowerShell command:

(Get-ItemProperty 'HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\NET Framework Setup\NDP\v4\Full').Version

The output shows 4.8, suggesting that .NET Framework 4.8 is installed on the server.

However, when checking Add or Remove Programs, we can only see .NET Framework 4.6, and there is no visible entry for .NET Framework 4.8. To further validate this, we attempted a manual installation of .NET Framework 4.8, but the installation failed with the following error:

"Installation did not succeed. .NET Framework 4.8 has not been installed because: Cannot find object or property."

For reference, I have attached the following:

1. Beacon UI error message
2. Beacon Engine log screenshot
3. .NET Framework installation error screenshot

Has anyone encountered a similar issue after upgrading from Beacon 22.4 to 25.1.0? Any guidance, recommendations, or troubleshooting suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Regards,

Ravi Ladhawala

Hi everyone,

Is it possible to create a custom report that shows every license and the restrictions implemented on it from the restrictions tab?

Thanks,

Dan

We have test case in our organization where we require the below information from the FNMS. Need the below details for reporting purpose.

ComplianceComputerID

ComputerName

Status

SoftwareTitleID

RecognizedApplication

ExternalFileID

FileEvidenceID

FileName

FileVersion

FilePath

Company

FileSize

Description

InsertTime

Hi all,

I am building a management report in Flexera Analytics (Flexera One ITAM) that ranks publishers by purchase spend per calendar year. The purchase side works well: using only Publisher name and Purchase amount from the Flexera Asset Management Model (relational), filtered on Purchase date before auto aggregation, the figures match the All Purchases view exactly.

The next step is to spread multi-year purchases across the contract term (contract start date to expiry date). For that I need the link between a purchase and its contract. In the product this link exists (Contract properties > Purchases tab, and Contract no. on the purchase), but I cannot find it in either Analytics package:

• Flexera Asset Management Model (relational and dimensional): the Purchases folder has no contract field, and the Contracts folder has no purchase field. Combining both in one list yields a cross product (every purchase amount repeated per contract).

• Flexera Data Models: same picture.

• The FNMS Schema Reference for the Analytics models does not list a relationship either.

Questions:

1. Is there a supported way in Flexera Analytics to report purchase amounts by contract, or to get contract start and expiry dates onto a purchase row?

2. If not, is the relationship planned for a future release of the Analytics packages, or should this be raised as an Idea?

The calculation needs to stay inside the platform (scheduled Analytics report, no external spreadsheet), so I am looking for a way to get contract start and expiry dates onto the purchase rows within Flexera Analytics itself. Any pointers welcome.

Thanks!

Hello,

During the review of Waters software recognition, I noticed that Flexera reports the following applications:

- NuGenesis Unify

- NuGenesis Transfer

However, according to our software inventory and application catalog, we currently use:

- NuGenesis 8 NMD User

I would like to understand whether:

- NuGenesis Unify and NuGenesis Transfer are components of NuGenesis 8 NMD User;

- the recognition is behaving as expected;

- an updated recognition rule exists for NuGenesis 8 NMD User.

Could you please confirm the expected product mapping and advise whether any inventory files (NDI) or additional evidence would be required?

Thank you.

Hello,

While reviewing the software recognition for Certara products, I noticed that Flexera currently recognizes only the main product "Phoenix".

On our environment, we also use additional Phoenix components such as:

- Phoenix NLME

- WinNonlin

My question is:

Is it possible to recognize and report these components separately within Flexera One, or are they intentionally consolidated under the generic Phoenix application?

The objective is to obtain a more detailed view of installed Certara products and improve license and application tracking.

Could you please confirm the expected behavior and advise whether additional recognition rules are available?

Thank you.

Hi Team,

We are using Flexera One and recently upgraded our Flexera Beacon from version 19.x to 22.4. As part of our upgrade roadmap, we are planning to upgrade the Beacon further to the latest available version.

However, after upgrading from version 19.x to 22.4, we encountered an issue while testing connectivity to the ManageSoftDL and ManageSoftRL virtual directories from the Beacon server. The test fails with the following error message:

"Server Error in '/ManageSoftDL' Application. Could not load file or assembly 'Newtonsoft.Json, Version=6.0.0.0'"

It is worth noting that the Parent Beacon connectivity test is successful, indicating that communication between the Beacon and its parent is working as expected. The issue appears to be specific to the ManageSoftDL/ManageSoftRL web applications.

Please find the attached screenshot for reference.

We would appreciate your guidance on the possible cause of this issue and the recommended steps to resolve it.

Regards,

Ravi Ladhawala