FNM Update: Application Recognition Library #2475 and Service Life Data Pack #324 are available

[rjagadeesh]

The Application Recognition Library (ARL), as used by FlexNet Manager, has been updated. The updated version for the ARL is #2475.

The Service Life Data Pack has been updated to version #324.

What's new in this release

Changes to note:

• 32 applications has been added with lifecycle dates.
• More than 820 Installer evidence and >1100 File evidence from Flexera publisher has been normalized as 'Flexera%' which will help better recognition.
• 87 software titles are corrected wrt its comments 
• 4 products have been renamed according to their current branding. 
• Version hierarchy has been corrected for 140 products.

Count of new applications added:

Publisher	Number of Applications
Federal Reserve System	13
Citrix Systems	9
Hewlett-Packard	8
Business Document	7
Caterpillar	7
CROSSMATCH	6
Altova	5
Autodesk	5
Honeywell	5
OSlsoft	5
Other 72 Publishers	123
Total	193

Current Library Totals:

• Number of applications in ARL: 291,206 across 17,512 publishers.
• Number of evidence recognition rules: 993,846
  • Installer evidence rules: 656,113
  • File evidence rules: 336,449
  • WMI evidence rules: 1,284
  • Application suite evidence rules: 359
• Number of commercial applications with service life dates: 32,939

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=NewApplicationsARL247...
• List of new versions of applications added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewVersionsARL2475
• List of new publishers added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewPublishersARL2475
• List of applications updated in the release: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=UpdatedApplicationsAR...
• List of commercial applications added with service life dates: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewSLDPApplicationsAR...

Updating library data

FlexNet Manager Cloud: These updates are expected to be installed prior to Monday, December 9, 2019.

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

You can inspect the versions of currently installed libraries using the system Menu > System Health > System Health Dashboard menu option in FlexNet Manager.

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 Thursday, December 12, 2019.

Reporting issues with ARL and SLDP updates

Should you have any issues related to FlexNet Manager library data, please submit a case by logging in to the Flexera Community and then select 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 that you will find this update helpful and look forward to continually improving your application recognition results.

Flexera Content Team