FlexNet Manager Forum

Upgrading from 2017 R3 to 2019 R2

We are planning to upgrade our FlexNet manager OnPrem from 2017 R3 and 2019 R2. We have read through the documentation for all the known issues and the prerequisites. I just thought we might get more feedback on this forum. Are there any issues that...

Solved Tanium Connector SVC Account Minimum Rights

During our implementation testing of Tanium Connector we did not see anywhere where the minimum rights to the Tanium UI were documented. Is this documented anywhere official? I see something that says you need an account with Admin rights to the UI b...

Solved IP / Port Scan

What is the best practice for conducting an IP / port scan using FNMS for Oracle software?Specifically, how may I set up FNMS to replicate what Oracle would otherwise execute via its "LMS Discovery Tool" that looks for where Oracle might be running b...

Solved Business Adapter to Link Asset's with User's

I am trying to create a Business Adapter to link Assets with User's.Reason:We have Mac's in our environment and when they are scanned there is no calculated user (therefore user-based licenses are not calculating as desired).Objective:Have a business...

Solved What triggers Beacon to download packages

Hello, I noticed that in my environment FNMS2019R2. Most of my beacons are not downloading Agent packages (upgrade and adoption) When I check the packageretriever log for downloads it shows it is not trying to download the available files. So there ...

March 2020 Updates from Microsoft (LDAP specifically) and the Impact on FNMS

I'm looking for a consolidated list of areas Flexera FNMS customers would need to be aware of and/or double check based on the LDAP channel binding and LDAP signing requirement updates coming from Microsoft in March.https://support.microsoft.com/en-u...

RAM Licensing - MongoDB

Dear Community, Im trying to license my MongoDB database, the licensing model is not supported by Flexera which leaves a lot to desire. Without using allocation, have you try to license any product by RAM memory? My licensing is like a Core licensin...

Oracle Entitlement Records based on CSI data

What is the best practice for using CSI data at line item detail to load and maintain Oracle entitlements in FNMS?I find that CSI data is the most readily-available and complete record of Oracle entitlement.Conversely, original license orders (someti...

linux Inventory agent compatibility/differences between 32bit and 64bit OS

Hi Forum,we are facing an issue with the agent deployment in Linux(Red hat) servers where the OS is 64-bit. FNMS Cloud setup 2019 R21. we are trying to install managesoft-14.1.0-1.x86_64.rpm and its getting installed but not reporting to the beacon a...

How does FNMS discover Oracle Middleware?

What underlying evidence is FNMS using to asses install / usage for Oracle Middleware products such as WebLogic Enterprise and Suite, OBIEE, Coherence, Data Integrator, etc?As examples: are (and if so how) are the following considered?OS-level proces...