FlexNet Manager Forum

Device Role for Cloud Instances

How do you get the device role for cloud instances? Does it come from the connector or from the FN Inventory Agent?

Does removing a target from automatic upgrade mean those devices will never upgrade?

I had a target of selected Unix/Windows platforms to automatic upgrade FlexNet Inventory agent on, and, when I remove those targets and say update all platforms, I get a message indicating the platform will be ignored for all future automatic upgrade...

Solved Need Clarification Regarding The Certificate(s) That Are Placed in mgsft_rollout_cert / cert.pem

Hi all ... For Unix-like devices, is it sufficient to simply place the CA's root certificate in mgsft_rollout_cert (pre-install) / cert.pem (post-install), or do you also have to include the intermediate CA certificates used in the chain leading up t...

Container Scanning and Older Inventory Agents

We have not enabled "detection of Docker and running inventory agent inside Docker containers" in FNMS On-Premises due to the performance issue that is caused with the older inventory agents. We are in the process of upgrading the agents to 2021 R1 i...

Identifying Flexnet Agent Status - is it there? is it running?

Hi We have an on-prem implementation of Flexnet, with Flexnet Agents deployed, but also a feed from BMC ADDM Discovery. When looking at the FlexNet Inventory Agent Status view, the version reported date is reporting the last date that either Flexnet ...

Solved Agent upgrade

Hi,I’m using an older agent version and I need to update to more recent.Do i need to remove agent to install another one? Or can I subscribe (update) installed agent?Is it possible do it with SCCM? Just create a new package and apply to environment w...

Mac Agent Installs Fine, Gets Initial Schedule. 12 Hours Later, The Check For Policy Updates Fails. What Is The Mac Agent Supposed To Do Next?

Hi all ...I deployed the Flexnet Inventory Agent to a mac. Installation completed successfully. It received its initial policy and schedule from the bootstrap Inventory Beacon. The agent logs all look fine.About 12 hours later, the agent woke up t...

Solved Inventory Agent compatibility with ARM-based Linux Systems?

Is there a possibility to create inventory data on an ARM based Linux system like a Raspberry Pi 4 with the Inventory Agent or ZeroTouch Client?

Solved Number of Threads for FNMS Agent

I have a user group that is extremely concerned about any potential impact of the FNMS agent on their application. Can someone verify that the Linux agent is single-threaded? This would prevent the agent from ever using more than one CPU core. In ...

Solved Flexera Inventory Agent Scanning Schedule Tracking

Hello -Does anyone have a method to determine a rough timeframe when the Flexera Agent inventory runs it scan (without having to access the servers one by one)? We are testing the inventory agent, and the schedule seems to be randomized, according to...