FlexNet Manager Platform / Suite – SKU, PURL & Bundle updates (Release #515)

[RamyaJagadeesh]

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 FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud will have this update applied by the Recognition Data Import task and be available on Monday, Dec 26^th 2022 in your time zone.

What's new in this release?

• 3,309 new SKUs have been added. The following table provides an overview of the number of SKUs with respect to publisher:

Manufacturer	Newly added SKUs
Infoblox	1,026
Solarwinds	820
Ispring Solutions	580
Intel	248
Others	635
Total	3,309

• 92 new custom SKUs have been created and released for selective Adobe and Microsoft products to complement other Flexera product changes. Below is the list of product families included.
• Four product families from Adobe

Product Family

Acrobat Sign

Creative Cloud

Experience Platform

Launch API

• 24 product families from Microsoft

365	Project
AI Builder	Sharepoint Syntex
Azure Information Protection	Skype For Business
Defender For Endpoint	SQL Server
Dynamics 365	Stream
International Calling Plan	Teams
Office 365	Telstra Calling
Outlook	Visio
Power Apps	Visual Studio
Power BI	Viva
Power Pages	Windows
Power Virtual Agents	Windows Server

• C-cure product manufacture has been updated from Tyco International to Johnson Controls.
  
  
• SmartBear publisher is now ‘SmartBear Software’ and the same has been updated for 528 SKUs.
  
  
• 98 IBM SKUs have been removed from SKU library, as these were not validated against IBM vendor literature.
  
  
• 3029 SKUs are mapped to its respective applications, out of 3309 added in this release.
  
  
• Four Microsoft cloud/online product’s SKU mapping with their respective applications have been refreshed.
• 1378 SKUs are linked to SharePoint Online for 365.
• 1295 SKUs are linked to Exchange Online for 365.
• 725 SKUs are linked to OneDrive Online for 365.
• 346 SKUs are linked to Project Online for 365.

• SKUs missing PURL templates have been worked upon and 17,620 SKUs (includes new and updated SKUs) are linked to its license templates. Details on number of SKUs covered across each publisher is here:

Publishers	# of SKUs mapped in this release
IBM	9962
HP	4759
Adobe	2043
Others	856
TOTAL	17,620

• Four Quest bundles have been refreshed according to latest vendor literature.
• Toad for Oracle Xpert
• Toad for Oracle Development Suite
• Toad for Oracle DBA Suite
• Toad for oracle DBA Suite RAC
  
  
• 26 IBM bundles have been refreshed according to latest vendor literature.
• IBM Content Manager Enterprise Edition Authorized V8.6
• IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server
• IBM Maximo for Transportation 7.6
• IBM Maximo for Oil and Gas 7.6
• IBM License Metric Tool 9.2
• IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.6
• IBM Maximo for Life Sciences 7.6
• IBM Maximo for Aviation 7.6
• IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager Base V6.4
• IBM DB2 with BLU Acceleration Pattern 1.2
• IBM Control Desk 7.6
• IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager Configuration Standard Basic Device V6.4
• IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager SmartModel Device V6.4
• IBM Rational ClearQuest 9.0
• IBM Maximo for Aviation Limited Use 7.6
• IBM Maximo for Utilities 7.6
• IBM Cognos Controller Standard Edition 10.4
• IBM Cognos Controller Standard Edition for Non-Production Environment 10.4
• IBM Content Foundation Employee v5.5
• IBM Content Foundation Authorized v5.5
• IBM Rational ClearCase MultiSite 9.0
• IBM Robotic Process Automation with Automation Anywhere Platform Enterprise V19.0
• IBM Spectrum Scale Standard Edition 5.1
• IBM Rational ClearQuest 9.1
• IBM Rational ClearCase 9.1
• IBM Operational Decision Manager Server V8.9.2
  
  
• Updated 8 bundles with new SKU mappings -
• Adobe Creative Cloud for Teams
• HCL Technologies SmartCloud Virtual Storage Center for Storwize Family V5.2
• IBM Rational Test Virtualization Server
• IBM Transformation Extender v9.0
• IBM Db2 Advanced Edition VPC Option 11.5
• IBM Financial Transaction Manager for Digital Payments V3.2
• IBM Db2 Standard Edition VPC Option 11.5
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Solutions
  
  
• Mapped 'Visio Online for 365' application to the bundles 'Microsoft Visio Online Plan 1 for Office 365' and 'Microsoft Visio Pro for Office 365' along with its SKU to application mapping.
  
  
• Removed freeware applications from ‘Adobe Creative Cloud’ bundle.
  
  
• Unmapped three SKUs from its respective bundles as these SKUs are not licensed.
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• Library information are as follows:
• Total number of SKUs in the library is 2,005,988 across 1,446 publishers.
• Total number of PURL templates is 4,328 across 49 publishers.
• Total number of published Bundles is 4,493 across 21 publishers.

How can I verify that my SKU Library has been updated?

You can inspect the changed data in the SKU Library with the SKU Library Update Report. If you do not already have a copy of this report installed, you can obtain the latest version of the report (and installation instructions) from Flexera Software knowledge base article M100955 available from the Flexera Software Knowledge Center at https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Manager-Knowledge-Base/SKU-Library-Update-Report/ta-p/5900

Please note to access the link it ‘Requires login to the Flexera Customer Community’.

How do I report issues with SKU Library updates?

Should you have any issues related to SKU/PURL processing with FlexNet Manager Suite, please send an email to your regular Flexera Software Support address:

• support@flexerasoftware.com (Europe & North America)
• support-apac@flexerasoftware.com (Asia/Pacific)

The regular schedule for SKU/PURL updates

We expect the next update to the PURL & SKU Library to be available on Friday, January 27th, 2023. The libraries are available as soon as published and are updated daily via the Recognition Data Import task, or as otherwise reflected in your local configuration. Customers of FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud will have this update applied by Monday, January 30^th 2023 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).

Instructions for downloading the libraries can be located in the following KB article: https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Manager-Knowledge-Base/Manual-PURL-SKU-Download-amp-Importe...

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