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Stay Ahead of IBM Sub-Capacity Compliance: Introducing IBM SubCapacity Technology Eligibility

We’re excited to announce a major enhancement in the ITAM June 2026 release: full visibility into IBM sub-capacity licenses and the inventory devices running end-of-support (EOS) operating systems and virtualization technologies, enabling organisations to reduce compliance risk, maintain sub-capacity eligibility, and proactively plan upgrades of technologies that are EOS or announced to be EOS in the future for IBM sub-capacity licensing.

With this release, you can quickly pinpoint sub-capacity licenses and related inventory devices running operating systems or virtualization technologies that have already reached EOS or are scheduled to within the next 180 days so you can act before compliance becomes a concern.

IBM regularly refreshes the list of operating systems and virtualization technologies ineligible for sub-capacity licensing, removing versions that have reached end of standard support (EOS) from their vendors. Once removed, these technologies are no longer supported by the IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT). Customers typically have a 180-day window to migrate to supported versions, although in some cases the effective removal date may extend further with compliance still required by the specified deadline.

To help customers stay informed and plan upgrades proactively, IT Asset Management June 2026 release leverages IBM EOS lifecycle data to automatically flag inventory devices linked to IBM sub-capacity licenses that are running operating systems or virtualization technologies which have reached or are approaching EOS. For more details, see the online documentation.

ITAM Continued Tracking with Backward Compatibility

IT Asset Management (including FNMS) continues to support inventory agent versions that work with EOS operating systems and virtualization technologies. That means uninterrupted resource usage inventory data collection and ingestion for accurate sub-capacity license calculations even while you’re transitioning to supported platforms.

What’s new in this release:

Enhanced Compliance Visibility

Gain clearer visibility into devices running EOS operating systems or virtualization technologies tied to IBM sub-capacity licenses. A new license alert now appears on applicable sub-capacity license types whenever related inventory devices are running EOS technologies.

The new alert “This license has one or more devices running technology that IBM has declared ineligible for subcapacity licensing” appears for each affected sub-capacity license on the “All Licenses” page and within the license properties “Possible Issues” section, making it easy to spot licenses that may need EOS technology upgrades.

The License Consumption grid now includes a new filter showing the number of inventory devices running EOS operating systems or virtualization technologies giving you faster insight into where action is needed.

 IBM Sub-Capacity Peak and Current Consumption Reports Extended

Quickly identify non-compliant or at-risk environments where EOS technologies are in use. This makes it easier to plan upgrades proactively and have informed conversations with IBM about migration and upgrade timelines.

Note: The example screenshot below shows a PUV license consumption report, but the same applies to all IBM sub-capacity license types reports.

Dedicated EOS Visibility Report

The new IBM Ineligible Technology report delivers a single, consolidated view of devices running technologies that are already ineligible (where the removal date has passed) alongside those approaching a future removal date so you can stay ahead of operating system and virtualization technology upgrades.

Important Note: The IBM ineligible technology indicator is a risk indicator only. It does not automatically change how license consumption is calculated. You should review flagged devices and take appropriate action as required to remain compliant with IBM sub-capacity licensing requirements. Flexera recommends engaging with IBM to agree on upgrade timelines for EOS technologies, to maintain sub-capacity eligibility while transitioning from EOS platforms to supported versions.

This enhancement is available now in Flexera One ITAM with the June 2026 release, and will reach on-premises customers in FNMS On-Premises 2026 R1. Explore the new capabilities and strengthen your IBM sub-capacity compliance posture by proactively planning upgrades of EOS operating system and virtualization technologies.

New Features Added to IT Asset Management in January 2025

Flexera One IT Asset Management January 2025 update includes the following new features and updates. 

Note: For detailed information on these new features and updates, see the What's New in Flexera One / January 2025.

New Features

• Ability to specify the cluster name in the Flexera Kubernetes Agent Helm chart
• Support for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) as a default cloud service provider detected by inventory agents
• Addition of cluster information in inventory views and VM counts in Report Builder
• VMware vSAN inventory now collected and recognized
• Improvements to the IT Asset Management license page

Ability to specify the cluster name in the Flexera Kubernetes Agent

As Kubernetes does not have a native naming mechanism, the agent uses a variety of strategies to discover an appropriate name for the cluster; however, these strategies are not consistently reliable. This parameter allows you to directly assign a meaningful name to Kubernetes clusters. Note that this name is a display property, and the cluster is identified internally by a unique ID value.

Support for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) discovery by Flexera inventory agents

Previously, IT Asset Management supported the three major cloud service providers (CSPs)—Azure, AWS, and GCP. If the FlexNet Inventory Agent is installed on a virtual system hosted with one of these CSPs. Now, OCI is also detected by the FlexNet inventory agent to identify VM’s running in the OCI public cloud. this information will be automatically fed into IT Asset Management.

Important: This feature requires version 82 or later of InventorySettings.xml and version 16.0.1 or later of the FlexNet Inventory Agent.

Addition of cluster information in inventory views and VM counts in Report Builder

In this release, the inventory views and Report Builder have been enhanced to include cluster information and VM counts:

• A new Cluster Name has been added to all the inventory views (such as Active Inventory, Ignored Inventory, Cloud Service Provider Inventory, and more) where the host name information is available. This column allows users to easily identify the cluster to which each host and VM belongs.
• The Report Builder now displays the number of VMs per host and per cluster. These fields help users to automate and improve the process of license allocation based on VM density.

FlexNet Beacon Now collects VMware vSAN inventory and recognized automatically

Flexera FlexNet Beacon has been extended to collect VMware vSAN software information (a software-defined storage solution that is integrated directly into the ESXi hypervisor) and recognized as VMware inventory. You can find it as an application inventory record on the VMware Inventory page, along with all the relevant properties collected about how it is licensed, such as Capacity, Keys assigned, Evaluation, and more.

Note: To collect the necessary vSAN information, FlexNet Beacon or ESXQuery tool version 23.1.0 or later (released with IT Asset Management version 2024 R2.1) is required.

Improvements to the IT Asset Management license page

The IT Asset Management License page displays the details of your IT Asset Management license. The Licensed products section on this page has been improved to provide clearer information and offer additional data about containers.

• The numbers of licensed devices are now categorized into Client licenses and Server licenses. Each category includes number of licensed devices, active devices, and available licenses.
• A new count Avg. active containers (90 days) is provided showing the average number of active containers over the past 90 days, together with the number of server licenses consumed by the active containers. Every 10 containers consume one server license. You can also view a chart displaying the daily active container counts over the past 90 days.

Changes from Previous Releases

• Changes to compatibility with other products
• FlexNet Inventory Agent 23.1.0 changes
• Inventory Beacon 23.1.0 changes

Changes to supported compatibility with other products

The following operating system versions have been added to the list of supported operating systems on FlexNet inventory agent:

• Fedora Linux 41
• Ubuntu 24.10
• Windows Server 2025

The following product versions have been added to the compatibility list of IT Asset Management with other products:

• BMC Discovery (previously ADDM) 24.3
• Citrix Virtual Apps server (previously XenApp server) 7.2407
• Citrix Virtual Desktops (previously Citrix XenDesktop) 7.2407
• EdgeSight for Citrix Virtual Apps (previously XenApp EdgeSight) 7.2407
• IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) or HCL BigFix Inventory on IBM DB2 9.2.37
• IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) or HCL BigFix Inventory on Microsoft SQL Server 9.2.37
• OpenText Universal Discovery 24.4HCL BigFix Inventory 9.2.33 on Microsoft SQL Server

We love to hear about your experiences, so let us know how things go with these updates by posting a comment here or in the Flexera One forum  Of course, the friendly Flexera Support team is also always standing by to take your call.

Thanks for being a partner of Flexera on this journey.