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FlexNet Manager Platform / Suite – SKU, PURL & Bundle updates (Release #536)

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By Level 8 Flexeran
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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 is available on Monday, April 29th 2024 in your time zone.

What's new in this release?

  • 13,460 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

# of New SKUs

Trend Micro

3570

Adobe

2881

Aspose

2000

ESRI

993

Others

4016

Total

13460

 

  • More than 5000 SKUs are mapped to their respective applications.
  • SKUs missing PURL templates and existing mapping were refreshed which covered about 25,000 SKUs. Details on number of SKUs covered across each publisher: 

Publishers

# of SKUs mapped in this release

Adobe

4873

Microsoft

2756

VMware

442

IBM

242

Others

16697

TOTAL

25010
  • Red Hat OpenShift subscription offerings have now accurate license bundle definitions. Three new bundles have been added to the library to support the same.

Red Hat OpenShift Kubernetes Engine

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform

Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus

 

  • To enable seamless transformation into new VMware subscription licensing, below updates have been included in the library.
    • Four new bundles according to the latest offerings are available in library.

VMware vSphere Standard

VMware vSphere Essentials Plus Kit

VMware vSphere Foundation

VMware Cloud Foundation
    • Points rule for up to 16 processors have been created.
    • Newly released SKUs with use rights and bundle definitions are available.
  • Four new bundles for IBM have been added to the library as shared below.

IBM Business Automation Insights

IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation 23.0

IBM DataStage Enterprise Extension for Cloud Pak for Data V11.7

IBM DataStage Enterprise Extension for Non-Production for Cloud Pak for Data V11.7

 

  • One new bundle for Microsoft named "Microsoft 365 E5 without Audio Conferencing" has been added.
  • Updated the below bundles to have their missing applications now correctly mapped.

IBM InfoSphere Warehouse 9.7 Advanced Enterprise Edition

IBM Predictive Customer Intelligence 1.1

 

  • Library information are as follows:
    • Total number of SKUs in the library is 2,095,278 across 1,671 publishers.
    • Total number of PURL templates is 5,309 across 66 publishers.
    • Total number of published Bundles is 4,530 across 28 publishers.



How do I report issues with SKU/PURL/Bundles Library updates?

Should you have any issues related to SKU/PURL/Bundles processing with FlexNet Manager, please contact Flexera Support. Visit Contact-Flexera-Support for more details.

The regular schedule for SKU/PURL/Bundles updates

We expect the next update to the PURL, SKU & Bundles Library to be available on Friday, May 24th 2024. The libraries are available as soon as published and are updated weekly 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, May 27th 2024 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).

For full details on how to install content library files once they have been downloaded, see the "Manual Updates of Library Data" topic in the Installing FlexNet Manager Suite On-Premises PDF applicable to your version of FlexNet Manager Suite.

To locate this PDF,  go to the Flexera Product Documentation website and select your FlexNet Manager Suite version from the VERSION drop down list. The file will now be listed and available for you to download.

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

‎Apr 29, 2024 08:57 AM
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