FlexNet Manager Platform / Suite – SKU, PURL & Bundle updates (Release #522)

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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 was available on Monday, July 3^rd 2023 in your time zone.

What's new in this release?

• 4,443 new SKUs have been added to the SKU library. The following table provides an overview of the number of SKUs with respect to publisher:

Manufacturer	Newly added SKUs
Bitdefender	2498
Broadcom	734
Techsmith	399
Microsoft	229
Others	583
Total	4,443

• 2,211 SKUs are mapped to its respective applications.

• SKUs missing PURL templates have been worked upon and 5,595 SKUs are linked to its license templates. Details on number of SKUs covered across each publisher:

Publishers	# of SKUs mapped in this release
Adobe	22
Microsoft	207
VMware	16
Broadcom	201
Others	5103
TOTAL	5,595

• 13 new custom FLX SKUs – 7 Adobe, 2 Oracle and 4 Microsoft SKUs have been created and released to supplement FSM workflow for the respective products and cater to customer requests. SKUs details are available in attached spreadsheet 'CustomFlexeraSKUsForJune2023.xlsx'.

• Below publishers have been updated in SKU, PURL and Bundle libraries to sync vendor literature and across libraries.

  Old Manufacturer Name	New Manufacturer Name	Products
  Micro Focus	OpenText	All Products
  Tableau	Salesforce	All Products
  SAP	OpenText	LoadRunner by HP
  IBM	Harris	I2 Ibase, I2 Analyst
  IBM	HCL Technologies	Workload Scheduler

• 22 new bundles have been added to the library.

  IBM Data Replication Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data V4.6

  IBM InfoSphere Data Replication Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data V4.6

  IBM OpenPages Risk Management for ESG V8.3

  IBM Watson Explorer Modernization 12.0

  IBM Informix Advanced Enterprise Edition Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data (virtual processor core)

  IBM App Connect Enterprise for Manufacturing

  IBM Information Server Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

  IBM Cloud Pak for Integration Limited Edition 2023.2

  Infragistics Professional 2019

  IBM Information Server Modernization/Non-Production 11.7 - Option 1

  Oracle E-Business Suite

  Microsoft Dynamics 365 Team Members

  Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance

  Microsoft Dynamics 365 Remote Assist

  IBM Retail Store Server Starter Edition V9.0

  IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Add-on for Global High Availability Mailbox V5.2

  IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Basic Edition V5.2

  IBM Data Replication Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data V4.6

  IBM Engineering Lifecycle Optimization - Publishing 7.0

  IBM InfoSphere Data Replication Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data V4.6

  IBM OpenPages Risk Management for ESG V8.3

  Citrix Workspace Premium Plus

• 14 IBM Cloudpak bundles listed below have been refreshed to sync with IBM literature.
  

  IBM WebSphere Application Server Family Edition V9.0

  IBM Cloud Pak for Data Enterprise Edition V2.1

  IBM Cloud Pak for Integration 2022.4

  IBM Cloud Pak for Multicloud Management

  IBM Cloud Pak for Data Standard Edition

  IBM Cloud Pak for Security

  IBM Cloud Pak for Applications 4.3

  IBM Cloud Pak for Automation Limited Edition

  IBM WebSphere Hybrid Edition 5.1

  IBM Db2 Warehouse Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data 11.5

  IBM Security Guardium Package (Software) - VPC

  IBM Informix Advanced Enterprise Edition Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data (virtual processor core)

  IBM App Connect Enterprise for Manufacturing

  IBM Information Server Cartridge for IBM Cloud Pak for Data

• 28 new IBM SKUs have been mapped to their respective bundles.
  
  
• 117 IBM bundles are updated with mapping the previously missing applications and made consistent with latest LID/Terms.

• IBM RVU (Resource Value Unit) licensing templates have been updated to match its publisher documents.
• 816 SKUs mapped to its refreshed RVU templates.

• Library information are as follows:
• Total number of SKUs in the library is 2,037,604 across 1,523 publishers.
• Total number of PURL templates is 4,622 across 49 publishers.
• Total number of published Bundles is 4,488 across 22 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, July 28^th 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, July 31^st 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