SKU/PURL Build #377 contains new capabilities for Bundles

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Summary

This knowledge base article will describe the information why SKU library version 377 start supporting multi-product licenses to model "bundle with a bundle" scenarios.

Synopsis

We are pleased to announce an update to the Bundle automation capabilities of FlexNet Manager Suite to support multi-product licenses. Multi-product licenses will now be able to automatically model the ?bundle within a bundle? scenario. No product upgrade is necessary. All multi-product license capable versions of FlexNet Manager Suite (version 2016 R1 and later) will be able to take advantage of this enhancement immediately after update to PURL version #377.

Multi-product licenses in FlexNet Manager Suite are currently represented as a single layer of primary and supplementary products. At least one primary product must be installed to consume an entitlement and any number of supplementary products may be present on the same device. Sometimes bundles can be members of other bundles, creating layers of nested bundles. This enhancement collapses supporting applications from the various layers into a single list of primary and supplementary products, where they will be represented as a single set of primary and supplementary products.

For example, consider the below example of IBM WebSphere Application Server v9 multi-product license:

IBM WebSphere Application Server V9
? IBM DB2 Enterprise Server Edition Version 9.5
o IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatform Version 2.2.0.3
o IBM Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Agent
o IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Databases: DB2 Agent
o IBM Data Server Client Version 9.5
o IBM Data Server Runtime Client Version 9.5

? IBM Tivoli Directory Server V6.3
o IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator 7.1

• IBM MQEveryplace 2.0.2.13
• IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.2
• IBM Solid DB 6.5
• IBM Lotus Expeditor 6.2.1

? IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 6.1
o IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.3
o IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator 7.1
o IBM Tivoli Common Reporting 1.2
o IBM WebSphere Extreme Scale 7.0
? Mozilla Firefox for AIX
? WebSphere Customization Toolbox

Currently, only the following supporting programs will appear on a license:

IBM WebSphere Application Server v9
? IBM DB2 Enterprise Server Edition Version 9.5
? IBM Tivoli Directory Server V6.3
? IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 6.1
? Mozilla Firefox for AIX
? WebSphere Customization Toolbox

After this update, the unique applications from the different nested levels of supporting programs will also be present:

IBM WebSphere Application Server v9
? IBM DB2 Enterprise Server Edition Version 9.5
? IBM Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatform Version 2.2.0.3
? IBM Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Agent
? IBM Tivoli Monitoring for Databases: DB2 Agent
? IBM Data Server Client Version 9.5
? IBM Tivoli Directory Server V6.3
? IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator 7.1
? IBM MQEveryplace 2.0.2.13
? IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.2
? IBM Solid DB 6.5
? IBM Lotus Expeditor 6.2.1
? IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business 6.1
? IBM Tivoli Directory Server 6.3
? IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator 7.1
? IBM Tivoli Common Reporting 1.2
? IBM WebSphere Extreme Scale 7.0

Additional Information

You can inspect the changed data in the SKU Library with the SKU Library Update Report. If you do not already have a copy of this report installed, you can obtain the latest version of the report (and installation instructions) from Flexera Software knowledge base article M100955 available from the Flexera Software Knowledge Center at http://flexerasoftware.force.com/SupportKBList.