Hi, Currently the beacons do not have this kind of feature so it will require some manual scripting and importing on your side. What you could do is rename all the incoming files on each beacon with a unique beacon prefix before uploading and use this prefix as import value on your processing server. The processing server than translates the prefix and assigns the correct location to the inventory device using scripts/adapter studio. You'll need something in place before your upload and import before it will work. Stefan ... View more

Hi Mfranz, I do not have any issues with download times, last night it completed very quickly. Validated it with several customers and all are the same. In the past I had long wait ARL Download periods for some customers but after a week it solved itself. 2021-04-06 23:09:23,751 [Console.ImportPURL ] [INFO ] Downloading https://update.managesoft.com:443/ProductUseRights/ECM_v14.00/1bc74e17b6e4452cb2df97b20b3537-PURL-Microsoft.cab to C:\ProgramData\Flexera Software\FlexNet Manager Platform\DataImport\Content\SKU\1bc74e17b6e442cb2d2f97b20b353e-PURL-Microsoft.cab 2021-04-06 23:09:23,751 [Console.ImportPURL ] [INFO ] Downloading https://update.managesoft.com:443/ProductUseRights/ECM_v14.00/dab51081fa154cc2971b834909b3d0-PURL-Adobe.cab to C:\ProgramData\Flexera Software\FlexNet Manager Platform\DataImport\Content\SKU\dab51081fa154c29791b834909b3d0-PURL-Adobe.cab 2021-04-06 23:10:28,826 [Console.ImportPURL ] [INFO ] dab51081fa154cc29791b834909b3d0-PURL-Adobe.cab download completed in 1m 5s 2021-04-06 23:10:28,826 [Console.ImportPURL ] [INFO ] Downloading https://update.managesoft.com:443/ProductUseRights/ECM_v14.00/4ac872e3c3bd486982e72195f46c74-PURL-IBM.cab to C:\ProgramData\Flexera Software\FlexNet Manager Platform\DataImport\Content\SKU\4ac872e3c3bd869822e72195f46c744-PURL-IBM.cab 2021-04-06 23:12:16,457 [Console.ImportPURL ] [INFO ] 4ac800e3c3bd4869822e72195f46c744-PURL-IBM.cab download completed in 1m 47s 2021-04-06 23:12:16,457 [Console.ImportPURL ] [INFO ] Downloading https://update.managesoft.com:443/ProductUseRights/ECM_v14.00/9f0ab47768d4b9398e4314a526db9a-PURL-Oracle.cab to C:\ProgramData\Flexera Software\FlexNet Manager Platform\DataImport\Content\SKU\9f0ab507768d49398ec4314a526b9a-PURL-Oracle.cab 2021-04-06 23:13:04,865 [Console.ImportPURL ] [INFO ] 1bc74e15b6e452cb2d2f97b20b3537e-PURL-Microsoft.cab download completed in 3m 41s 2021-04-06 23:13:04,865 [Console.ImportPURL ] [INFO ] Downloading https://update.managesoft.com:443/ProductUseRights/ECM_v14.00/93ff343893e43cfb814c9ec10762ba2-PURL-VMware.cab to C:\ProgramData\Flexera Software\FlexNet Manager Platform\DataImport\Content\SKU\93ff2838931e4cfb814c9ec10762ba2-PURL-VMware.cab 2021-04-06 23:13:20,914 [Console.ImportPURL ] [INFO ] 9f0ab213768d4b9398ec4314a526db9a-PURL-Oracle.cab download completed in 1m 4s 2021-04-06 23:13:44,658 [Console.ImportPURL ] [INFO ] 93ff2834531e43cfb814c9ec10762ba2-PURL-VMware.cab download completed in 39s 783ms  Stefan ... View more

Hi Markward,   Can you share the updated stored procedure? Stefan ... View more

Hi, Other solution would be to run the unblock-file command in Powershell for the ionic.zip.dll Stefan ... View more

Hi John, we ran some more tests and Analytics must run on the latest version, otherwise it will not work. We raised a ticket with the question what happens if Analytics is not installed at all. Will the old dashboard still work or not. Stefan ... View more

hi, I have multiple 2020 R1 environments with Analytics but I'm not able to access the new dashboard via https://WEBSITE/Suite/Management/Dashboard. The error I get is "unexpected error". Also we tried upgrading a system to 2020 R2 but now the entire dashboard is not working. (it is being redirected to https://WEBSITE/Suite/Management/Dashboard Are there any requirements for the use of this new feature in 2020 R1? Is there any documentation about this new feature? Stefan ... View more

Hi Jeff, if you are allowed to use the same beacon for internal and external (via reverse proxy), you only need one beacon running IIS on the alias. Please note, not all environments support DNS records difference for internal and external use. Stefan ... View more

Hi, I have similar error messages which occur from time to time. Often this happens after an outage of the network and especially when IBM PVU scanning is enabled on vCenters. I checked the Beacon registry settings for a Tenant ID but the field is empty which should be the case as it is a single tenant environment. This environment processes  over 60.000 inventories a day due to vCenter IBM scanning. Together with support, a dll was modified for extra logging but this did not provide any more information. The case is still open. Stefan ... View more

Hi Frank, I agree with Markward, we implemented several customer beacons with a interface facing the internet using a reverse proxy. The reverse proxy forwards all the traffic regarding the agents to the beacon behind it. You may place restrictions on the Reverse proxy or even do SSL offloading. Some customers have configured a DNS record which points to the internal address of the beacon when located on the internal network and point to the external (reverse proxy) address when located outside the network. Stefan     ... View more

Hi, The default netselector setting is MgsDomainMatch;MgsPing In the answer files of the agent setup, you can change this before installation. Stefan     ... View more

Hi, Perhaps the inventorysettings.xml got corrupted during the download from a beacon. I would recommend replacing the inventorysettings.xml from another server or directly from the application server. Regards Stefan ... View more

Hi, You should fill in the networkname in the beaconengine.config. This is the name which is communicated towards all the agents in the policy files. Open the file BeaconEngine.config on your Beacon Server with a text editor. This is typically located in C:\Program Files (x86)\Flexera Software\Inventory Beacon\DotNet\conf. Modify the networkName property to use the alias or IP (which by default will use the server's current hostname if networkName is blank). Once the change is saved, restart the FlexNet Beacon Engine service and IIS (if the beacon uses IIS for web service) in order for the change to take effect. Please note, the network name is available after a successful synchronization between beacon and App server Stefan ... View more

Hi Deannag, Another reason of using the light agent is the way the agent is controlled. Administrators are in control of these agents using specific admin accounts and schedules. Also the service accounts can be temporarily enabled during a scan window which increases the security level. The full agent runs as the user ROOT or SYSTEM which is not very safe and allowed by system administrators.. Stefan ... View more

Hi Ronald, I have similar challenges at multiple customers. It is almost impossible using the inventory.xml and comps.xml for a reliable source of evidence due to all the backup, patches and other directories. Using file evidence excludes, the number of false positives were reduced but some still remain. Stefan ... View more