FlexNet Manager Suite can manage a certain number of inventory devices based on the terms of your FlexNet Manager Suite license. If you import more inventory devices than your FlexNet Manager Suite license will allow, you'll have a 30-day grace peri...
Discovery and Inventory rules allow you to initiate the remote discovery and inventory collection process in FlexNet Manager Suite. Once created, these rules run on a schedule from an inventory Beacon. If you need to pause a Discovery and Inventory w...
When setting up the Beacon its possible to route it through a reverse proxy, in the image above this is explained, The agents only have network availability to the reverse proxy server (Davecorp) However the agents will instead try and target the b...
The FlexNet Beacon Monitor UI username and password are stored in the FlexNet Beacon Monitor’s config.json file. The password information stored in the config.json file is encrypted and can’t be manually changed. To change the administrator passwor...
Summary What access is needed to configure inventory collection for Office 365 from the Graph API? These are the current credentials as of June 2020. This KB will be updated alongside any changes from Microsoft. Requirements The credentials requ...
IBM PVU license consumption is split across three global regions: "North America and South America," "Europe and Africa," and "Asia and Australia." In FlexNet Manager Suite and Flexera One, the IBM region a device is assigned to is linked to the loc...
A virtual desktop template is a method to track software access details in a VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure) environment. It’s a catalog of software applications that specifies which user groups can access the applications. The Virtual Desktop ...
The Application Recognition Library (ARL) contents are available in the FlexNet Manager Suite UI from the All Applications page. The Source column details the application's origin: Flexera, local, or Flexera (extended). Flexera — These applications...
Flexera’s content libraries consist of three data sets that populate your FlexNet Manager Suite or Flexera One environment. These libraries are the Application Recognition Library (ARL), the Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) library, and the Product Use Righ...
When you first purchase Flexnet Manager Suite, upgrade to a later version, or buy additional licenses, you must activate a new FlexNet Manager Suite license file. To activate a new FlexNet Manager Suite license file: Save a copy of your license in a ...
Agent logs help Flexera’s technical support team to diagnose your issue quickly. If you’ve entered a support case, the support team may request you send over an agent log. The most common logs requested are the tracker.log, the usageagent.log, and t...
When performing vCenter discovery, the MgsIPScan error can occur on beacon versions 17.0 and previous if you’re using an outdated version of NpCap. When the MgsIpScan error occurs The .err file on the beacon will show: dnet: Failed to open device et...
The FlexNet inventory agent collects evidence of installed applications on a machine and generates an inventory file, known as an .ndi file. In the .ndi file, there may be evidence with the evidence type "TOAD", as shown below. <Package Name="Toad f...
Summary Software end of support life (EOSL) data for applications that are recognized as installed on at least one computer are exposed through various columns available on the License Compliance > Installed Applications grid in the FlexNet Manager S...
Symptoms: The Batch processor relies on Microsoft MSMQ to function. When FNMS is first configured, the private queues are created in MSMQ and the service account is provided full permission to these queues. Therefore, if the service account change...
Summary This article provides steps to identify the evidence used to recognize applications within the FlexNet Manager Suite (FNMS)/Flexera One UI. This article also provides the steps to track down the Inventory source that is reporting this eviden...
Summary This article provides steps to create a local application within FlexNet Manager Suite (FNMS)/Flexera One. There are several methods that can be used, this article will detail two different methods. Discussion Creating an application starti...
There may be times when you need to kill a long running Batch Processor Task as it may be blocking subsequent tasks. You can do this using the BatchProcessTaskConsole, which can be found on the Batch Processor server in C:\Program Files (x86)\Flex...
SummaryDevice records in ComplianceComputer with Compliance Computer Status ID 4 You might see records within the Compliance Computer Table of the database that have a compliancecomputerstatusID of 4, this status means 'Awaiting Inventory' or 'Dummy...
Symptoms: When trying to connect Cognos to your SQL Server, you may see an error like: Error: "SQL Server did not return a response. The connection has been closed." Diagnosis: If your SQL Server is configured to only communicate via TLS 1.2, you wi...
