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rwiltshire
Active participant
‎Jun 13, 2019 01:09 PM

Hardware Asset Management in FlexNet

 

Are there any users with both ITSM and FlexNet Manager that use FlexNet for any hardware asset management activities?

If so, what is the scope of the hardware asset management in Flexera? What has been the benefit of using Flexera over ITSM?

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tkuivala
Flexera
Flexera
‎Jun 17, 2019 06:32 AM

Re: Hardware Asset Management in FlexNet

Hi!

Yes we've got customers using FNMS as a main Hardware Asset Management tool as well as a hybrid solution where some data is kept in FNMS and other in the customers main HAM Solution.

The benefit, would be to have your licenses, software details and Hardware Life cycle management all in a singe location, with out having to replicate data across many sources and having to make sure it's correct in all of the locations.

Regarding Scope, as mentioned above, that varies, we've got from everything, to simply reflecting the data from another system.

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HowardTux
Pilgrim
‎Jun 17, 2019 07:52 AM

Re: Hardware Asset Management in FlexNet

Hello, I implemented Flexera in a largish bank with about 150,000 assets spread over 30 countries. As part of the implementation we identified that our CMDB did not have great data and had some poor processes to update some of the data attributes so we used Flexera to be the capture point for hardware and software assets and then feed asset data into the CMDB. We built out the processes so data only needed to be updated in either Flexera or CMDB and it would then be synced across the two systems. This gave us - Better data across both systems - Utilised the ability of Flexera to sync data on the same assets from disparate sources - Simplified processes - Created sense of an asset ecosystem rather than getting lost in Asset Management and Service Management thanks H.
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smullins
Flexera Alumni
‎Jun 17, 2019 08:07 AM

Re: Hardware Asset Management in FlexNet

You might also want to look over the Hardware Asset Management learning track in our Learning Center which contains amoungst other items, a "Hardware Asset Management Practice Guide" to apply good HAM techniques with FlexNet Manager. https://learn.flexera.com/series/spend-optimization-with-flexnet-manager-suite/hardware-asset-manage...
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ReganL
Occasional contributor
‎Dec 10, 2020 10:37 AM

Re: Hardware Asset Management in FlexNet - Mounting Position and Slot

I need to track the mounting position for racked devices and slot position for blade servers. Is anyone tracking this in FlexNet Manager? If so, are you using the location hierarchy or custom fields? If you are using a custom field, are you using SaaS or On-Prem Flexera?

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