Does The 2023R2 Mac Agent (Internal version 21.3) Require Rosetta 2 on Apple M-Series Processors?

[mfeinman]

Hi all ...

According to the "Gathering Flexnet Inventory" documentation regarding the 2023R2 agent's system requirements:

If you need to run the FlexNet inventory agent of version 20.1 or earlier on an Apple M-series processor ("Apple silicon"), Rosetta 2 must be installed and running. This is Apple's solution for transitioning most Intel-based applications to run on Apple silicon. 

The snippet above refers to the 20.1 version, and the 2023R2 agent is version 21.3 ... so is Rosetta 2 still required?

Practically speaking, I think the answer to this is yes because a test deployment of the 2023R2 Mac agent failed because Rosetta 2 was not running or missing.  But I want to be certain that I didn't miss something because the snippet above implies that it's not needed for the 21.3 agent.

--Mark

[ChrisG]

FlexNet inventory agent versions 2023 R1.1 (20.2) and newer do [should!] not require Rosetta 2, as per notes on the following page: https://docs.flexera.com/fnms/EN/Features/index.html#FeatureList/2023R1-1/RN-chg-Compatibility.html

[mfeinman]

Hmmmm ... I need to follow up with my Mac folks and understand what they ran into.  I'll circle back with what they tell me.

--Mark