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FNMS - Software License(s) Duplication Wizard
Owner: Nicolas Rousseau Solution Type: Functional Extension Flexera Product & Version: FNMS 2017R2-FNMS2019R2 Environment: Resourcing Days: 1 (implementation: 5 minutes) Disclaimer: SOLUTIONS ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. NEITHER FLEXERA NOR...
FNMS - Oracle Optimization Reports and vCenter Soft Partitinonng (SQL Reports) - Flexera Employee Solution
Set of three documented reports (Attached Word doc containing SQL code for creating the reports) that cover the detailed Oracle licenses consumption including Optimization guidance, an Oracle License Optimization Summary on Clusters report and a Tar...
InstallCognos.ps1 script fails if service account is a member of an AD group that doesn't exist
Description The InstallCognos.ps1 script fails with the following error when the service account is a member of an AD group that doesn't exist. ERROR: The Flexera Analytics install script failed: An error occurred while enumerating through a collect...
Beacon Downgrade from manual upgrade
Summary: After upgrading from version x to a newer version. You might choose to upgrade your beacon or agent manually. Once this has been done, there is a chance, or you noticed that the agent or beacon downgrade from the most recent version to a...
How to inventory FlexNet Beacons
We might find that we want to inventory every machine in our working environment including the FlexNet Beacon server. Although, It is not advisable to install beacon and agent in one server, for they share some registry keys and system configuration...
Reconnecting to a new database when it has been moved to another server
Synopsis This article assumes that you have already stood up a server with SQL server, and have moved the database to that server. This article will cover the re-connection from your old connection settings to the new instance. Resolution There a...
Scheduled Task - Beacon showing In-progress
Symptom: A Discovery and inventory rule scheduled task staying in a state of ‘in progress’ in a multiple beacon configuration There are 2 known issues of this: Issue 1: Targeting over different subnets This issue stems from the way the batch servi...
3 Main Ways to Secure Your FlexNet Manager Application Server
Summary Because FlexNet Manager can run on a wide range of IIS versions and with varied configurations, the on-premises installation process performs only a minimal functional configuration for IIS. This means that you should ensure that the configu...
