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bmaudlin · ‎Aug 17, 2022

Hey Guys, I just would like to point out that this element of the text no longer applies " This application was initially published by Quest Software, which Dell has since purchased." This was originally the case, but Dell Software that included Quest Software, was purchased back in 2016 by a couple of private equity firms, and rebranded back to Quest.

bmaudlin · ‎Aug 08, 2022

Hi @kclausen. Understood - I guess as part of the new replication facility as part of the later releases of the beacon software I was expecting a simple way to copy the necessary files over to our UAT instance.

bmaudlin · ‎Aug 05, 2022

Hey @tjohnson1 & @HollyM ‌‌ 👋 , We have this implemented in our environment, as with the traditional solution we found that the inventory upload to the Flexera cloud wouldn't complete pre the next reconciliation run. I have noticed as per the note from Beacon version 18.1, a inventory only task is already included in the build. I have a couple of thoughts > Does this mean, we need to remove our original configured task? Or can they operate in tandem etc? Or as we have a manually created one, will the out of the box one not populate?

bmaudlin · ‎Aug 05, 2022

Hi @kclausen & @darren_haehnel . Thanks guys for your responses, is there any reason why typically the inbuilt uploader is not used as I thought that would be the easiest way to copy the files across. I will have a search for some scripts to see what is available for me 🙂

bmaudlin · ‎Aug 05, 2022

Hello @gsc_mysam_sggl. In terms of the clients, which version of OS are these agents installed on? My initial thought would be, depending on security concerns and version of Windows Server the beacon is installed on. It would be a case of either enabling the older protocol on the beacons to allow this connection, or enabling the newer encryption on the OS if possible. Ben Ben

bmaudlin · ‎Aug 02, 2022

Hey Guys, 👋 I hope everyone is well. I am looking to solve a puzzle I am currently facing, as part of the new file replication feature in the 17.x and later of the Flexera beacon software. I am looking to automate the upload of inventory files into our UAT instance so we are able to test new releases in greater depth. My proposal, was to use the built in uploader with a separate scheduled task from the main inventory uploader. So I was going to set the scheduled task up say once every once a week with the following parameters, similar to as follows > '-f C:\local\datareplication\*.* -o uploadLocation=//localhosts/ManageSoftRL/Inventories -o Logfile=C:\local\myuploaderlogfile.log -o TenantUID=AsPerTenant' However I seem to face an error, any thoughts to what I am doing incorrectly here please? Ben

bmaudlin · ‎Aug 01, 2022

Hey Guys, 👋 I have noticed that today's communications from Flexera re the 2022 R1.4 EU Prod upgrade differ from what is being shown in ITAM, compared to status.flexera.com. ITAM > Flexera will be upgrading FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud to version 2022R1.4 in the European Production environment which will result in downtime during a portion of the maintenance window below: CET/CEST: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 8:00:00 PM - Wednesday, August 3, 2022 10:00:00 PM AEST/AEDT: Thursday, August 4, 2022 4:00:00 AM - Thursday, August 4, 2022 6:00:00 AM UTC: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 6:00:00 PM - Wednesday, August 3, 2022 8:00:00 PM PST/PDT: Wednesday, August 3, 2022 11:00:00 AM - Wednesday, August 3, 2022 1:00:00 PM Status.flexera.com Flexera will be upgrading Flexera One - IT Asset Management to version 2022 R1.4 in the European Production environment which will result in downtime during a portion of the maintenance window below: UTC: August 02 06:00 PM - August 02 08:00 PM PDT: August 02 11:00 AM - August 02 01:00 PM CEST: August 02 08:00 PM - August 02 10:00 PM AEST: August 03 04:00 AM - August 03 06:00 AM Could which ever system is wrong be updated please, and it confirmed when the update will occur. Ben

bmaudlin · ‎Aug 01, 2022

This was local to us, and now resolved.

bmaudlin · ‎Jul 29, 2022

Hey @OvidiuManta, I see a similar issue with our Flexera beacons some reflect the correct protocol and some show a blank as you have described, and have never really got to the bottom of why the logging shows this behaviour. However from an actual protocol we have had it confirmed it is actually enabled from the various security scans that are run. It's a strange one! Ben

bmaudlin · ‎Jul 29, 2022

Hi @EHacking, Do you have a Flexera Cloud or On Prem instance? If it's Cloud, an Idea has been raised to fix this issue. If you are On-Prem then you are able to make the necessary changes on the agent and backend SQL db as detailed here > https://flexerasfdc.ideas.aha.io/ideas/ITAM-I-170 Ben

bmaudlin · ‎Jul 29, 2022

Hey Guys, I have noticed on the EU cloud, our overnight reconciliation has failed with the following error message > Reconciliation Reconciliation 29/07/2022 02:43:56 29/07/2022 03:59:41 Failed Failed to import inventory devices with error message 'Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.' Just wondered if anyone else on the EU tenant, has seen the same error message or whether it's bespoke to us. Ben

bmaudlin · ‎Jul 27, 2022

Hello @darren_haehnel & @ChrisG, Thanks for the information, as we are using the Flexera cloud / ITAM I don't have any direct access to the SQL backend unfortunately.

bmaudlin · ‎Jul 25, 2022

Hey @OvidiuManta, 👋 What issues have you encountered in the past? Ben

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Re: What is TOAD Evidence?

Re: Uploading Prod replicated inventory files to UAT using the built in uploader

Re: Create a beacon upload task that focuses on inventory

Re: Uploading Prod replicated inventory files to UAT using the built in uploader

Re: SSL connection from client to Beacon server

Uploading Prod replicated inventory files to UAT using the built in uploader

ITAM Production Release 2022 R1.4 EU Prod Upgrade Notification Discrepancy

Re: Reconciliation Failure on Flexera EU Cloud Tenant

Re: TLS version used not detected

Re: Inventory of .JAR files using Flexera Agent

Reconciliation Failure on Flexera EU Cloud Tenant

Re: Automating AWS Instances to a location

Re: InventoryBeacon.exe has stopped working

Re: What is TOAD Evidence?

Re: Uploading Prod replicated inventory files to UAT using the built in uploader

Re: Create a beacon upload task that focuses on inventory

Re: Uploading Prod replicated inventory files to UAT using the built in uploader

Re: SSL connection from client to Beacon server

Uploading Prod replicated inventory files to UAT using the built in uploader

ITAM Production Release 2022 R1.4 EU Prod Upgrade Notification Discrepancy

Re: Reconciliation Failure on Flexera EU Cloud Tenant