On April 16, 2019, Oracle officially announced commercialization of Java products. These are available under a new license termed as OTN (Oracle Technology Network) and are free for personal individual desktop use and  for development, testing, prototyping, and demonstration purposes. Prior to this announcement, there were a few builds for version 5,6,7 which were only available to Oracle licensed customers. These builds were not available publicly. i.e for version 5, builds after 1.5.0_22 are only available to Oracle Customers version5reference. Similarly, for JDK 6 has reached end of public updates. Releases after 1.6.0_45 are only available to Oracle Customers version6reference For Version 7, JDK 7 has reached end of public updates. Releases after 1.7.0_80 are only available to Oracle Customers version7reference What is changed? To accommodate above changes, Flexera is going to update the Java applications for version 5, 6, 7 in ARL.  Evidence will be separated based on build information into free and commercial application. Hence new application will be created, and all the free builds will be associated to it. Commercial builds will be kept as part of existing application by updating classification as commercial. Evidence for Version Application Classification JDK 1.5.0_19 Java Development Kit (Public) 5 Standard Freeware JDK 1.5.0_80 Java Development Kit 5 Standard Commercial JRE 1.5.0_19 Java Runtime Environment (Public) 5 Freeware JRE 1.5.0_80 Java Runtime Environment 5 Commercial Java Platform 1.5.0_19 Java Platform (Public) 5 Standard Freeware Java Platform 1.5.0_80 Java Platform 5 Standard Commercial   Similarly, for version 6 and 7 would be created based on the build’s availability. These updates will  be published on Friday, 23 rd Oct 2020 ARL release  for FNMS on-prem customers and FNMS cloud customer will have their new build on Monday, 26 th  Oct  2020 Knowledge Base Article is published here. ... View more

The   Application Recognition Library (ARL), as used by FlexNet Manager, has been updated. The updated version for the ARL is   #2523. The   Service Life Data Pack   available version is   #357.   What's new in this release Count of new applications added: Publisher Number of Applications Microsoft 39 IBM 37 Fedora Project 27 Oracle 21 Dell Technologies 18 Cisco Systems 16 HP 13 Red Hat 13 SAP 13 McAfee 9 Other Publishers 79 Total 285   Current Library Totals: Number of applications in ARL:  307 ,513 across   17,983 publishers. Number of evidence recognition rules:   1,107,588 Installer evidence rules: 694,589 File evidence rules: 358,061 WMI evidence rules: 1,297 Application suite evidence rules: 360 Number of commercial applications with service life dates:   53,281 Details of changes in the ARL You can inspect changes made in this ARL release as per the following links: List of new applications added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewApplicationsARL2523 List of new versions of applications added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewVersionsARL2523 List of new publishers added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewPublishersARL2523 List of applications updated in the release: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=UpdatedApplicationsARL2523   Updating library data FlexNet Manager Cloud:   These updates are expected to be installed prior to Monday, July 06th, 2020. FlexNet Manager On-premises:   This library release will be applied to your FlexNet Manager according to schedule settings and processes configured for your instance. If your environment requires to you manually download and update library data, see the following article for guidance:   Downloading the FlexNet Manager Suite Content libraries manually. You can inspect the versions of currently installed libraries using the system Menu > System Health > System Health Dashboard menu option in FlexNet Manager. Upcoming ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates: We nominally expect the next ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates to be published on or around   Thursday, July 09 2020 Reporting issues with ARL and SLDP updates Should you have any issues related to FlexNet Manager library data, please submit a case by logging in to the   Flexera Community and then select the   Get Support > Open new case   menu option. We are interested in feedback on these announcements. If you have any questions or suggestions for improvements, please comment below. We trust that you will find this update helpful and look forward to continually improving your application recognition results. Flexera Content Team ... View more

The   Application Recognition Library (ARL), as used by FlexNet Manager, has been updated. The updated version for the ARL is   #2522. The   Service Life Data Pack   available version is   #357.   What's new in this release Changes to note: 39 publishers have been updated according to their current copyright. Count of new applications added: Publisher Number of Applications Red Hat 157 IBM 84 HP 81 Oracle 69 Cisco Systems 67 Micro Focus 35 Microsoft 29 Citrix Systems 25 Siemens 24 Confluent 19 Other 33 Publishers 125 Total 715   Current Library Totals: Number of applications in ARL:  307 ,233 across   17,983 publishers. Number of evidence recognition rules:   1,106,013 Installer evidence rules: 693,178 File evidence rules: 357,898 WMI evidence rules: 1,296 Application suite evidence rules: 360 Number of commercial applications with service life dates:   53,281 Details of changes in the ARL You can inspect changes made in this ARL release as per the following links: List of new applications added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewApplicationsARL2522 List of new versions of applications added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewVersionsARL2522 List of new publishers added: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=NewPublishersARL2522 List of applications updated in the release: https://flexera-esd.flexnetoperations.com/flexnet/operations/WebContent?fileID=UpdatedApplicationsARL2522   Updating library data FlexNet Manager Cloud:   These updates are expected to be installed prior to Monday, June 29, 2020. FlexNet Manager On-premises:   This library release will be applied to your FlexNet Manager according to schedule settings and processes configured for your instance. If your environment requires to you manually download and update library data, see the following article for guidance:   Downloading the FlexNet Manager Suite Content libraries manually. You can inspect the versions of currently installed libraries using the system Menu > System Health > System Health Dashboard menu option in FlexNet Manager. Upcoming ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates: We nominally expect the next ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates to be published on or around   Thursday, July 02 2020 Reporting issues with ARL and SLDP updates Should you have any issues related to FlexNet Manager library data, please submit a case by logging in to the   Flexera Community and then select the   Get Support > Open new case   menu option. We are interested in feedback on these announcements. If you have any questions or suggestions for improvements, please comment below. We trust that you will find this update helpful and look forward to continually improving your application recognition results. Flexera Content Team ... View more

Issued: May 29 th , 2020 Release  #454 Summary The SKU and Product Use Rights Libraries (PURL), used by FlexNet Manager Suite, have been updated. For on premise customers the SKU/PURL libraries have been published and are now available.  Customers of FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud will have this update applied by the Recognition Data Import task and be available on Monday, June 01 st 2020 in your time zone.  What's new in this release Over 5659 new SKU’s have been added. The following table provides an overview of the number of SKU’s with respect to publisher:  S No Manufacturer Newly added SKUs 1 SolarWinds 2395 2 Kaspersky 1506 3 IBM 1330 4 OpenText 103 5 Corel 55 6 Others 270 Total 5659   Added 28 new bundles. The following provides a summary of the number of Bundles with respect to Publisher: Manufacturer #Bundles IBM 27 Druide informatique 01     FlexNet Manager Content libraries have been streamlined to address the acquisition of Algo products by SS&C. For more information refer https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Manager-Content-Release/IBM-divested-Algorithmics-Algo-product-to-SS-amp-C-Technologies/ba-p/148642    The recognition issues with respect to Microsoft Visio and Project for on-premise and on-cloud subscription has been resolved. For more information refer https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Manager-Content-Release/Microsoft-Visio-and-Project-recognition-for-on-premise-and-on/ba-p/148691               SKU/PURL/Bundle library information are as follows, Total number of SKUs in the library is 1,895,946 across 659 publishers . Total number of PURL templates is 3,216 across the blade publishers. Total number of published Bundles is 4,314 across 14 publishers. How can I verify that my SKU Library has been updated?  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  https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Manager-Knowledge-Base/SKU-Library-Update-Report/ta-p/5900 Please note to access the link it ‘Requires login to the Flexera Customer Community’. How do I report issues with SKU Library updates?  Should you have any issues related to SKU/PURL processing with FlexNet Manager Suite, please send an email to your regular Flexera Software Support address: support@flexerasoftware.com (Europe & North America) support-apac@flexerasoftware.com (Asia/Pacific)   The regular schedule for SKU/PURL updates  We expect the next update to the PURL & SKU Library to be available on Friday, June 26 th , 2020.  The libraries are available as soon as published and are updated daily via the Recognition Data Import task, or as otherwise reflected in your local configuration. Customers of FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud will have this update applied by Monday, June 29 th 2020 in your time zone.   Downloading the SKU/PURL Libraries Manually  The ARL and SKU/PURL library updates can be downloaded from the Flexera Product and Licensing Center (PLC 2.0).  Instructions for downloading the libraries can be located in the following KB article: https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Manager-Knowledge-Base/Manual-PURL-SKU-Download-amp-Importer-instructions-for-FNMP-9-0/ta-p/5727   Monthly updates are our minimum commitment. We may also provide additional updates from time to time based on customer demand. We will continue to send email alerts to announce each update.  Regards, Team Content ... View more

Flexera has developed the attached list of Oracle SKUs to better accommodate the creation of Oracle entitlements within FlexNet Manager. Oracle does not provide SKUs in most cases, so the Flexera content team has generated these SKUs to facilitate managing Oracle Entitlements. To utilize these SKUs, you simply need to find the appropriate product and license model from the description in the SKU list, then apply the appropriate SKU from the attached list to your Purchase in FlexNet Manager before processing that purchase to create an entitlement. For example, for Oracle Database Enterprise Change Management Pack  you can choose from one of the two license models in the list, then apply the appropriate SKU based on if the purchase was for a Named User Plus Perpetual License or a Processor Perpetual License to your purchase. Oracle Database Enterprise Change Management Pack Named User Plus Perpetual License Oracle Database Enterprise Change Management Pack Processor Perpetual License ... View more

Issued: May 1 st , 2020 Release #: 450 Summary The SKU and Product Use Rights Libraries (PURL), used by FlexNet Manager Suite, have been updated. For on premise customers the SKU/PURL libraries have been published and are now available.  Customers of FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud will have this update applied by the Recognition Data Import task and be available on Monday, May 04 th 2020 in your time zone.    What's new in this release Over 26,715 new SKU’s have been added. The following table provides an overview of the number of SKU’s with respect to publisher:  S No Manufacturer Newly added SKUs 1 Forcepoint 20892 2 Devart 1524 3 IDM 1021 4 Kaspersky 891 5 Adobe 546 6 Sophos 355 7 IBM 353 8 Jam Software 342 9 Aspose 200 10 Others 591 Total 26715   SKU/PURL/Bundle library information are as follows, Total number of SKUs in the library is 1,890,288 across 638 publishers. Total number of PURL templates is 3,191 across the blade publishers. Total number of published bundles is 4285 across 12 publishers.   How can I verify that my SKU Library has been updated?  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  https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Manager-Knowledge-Base/SKU-Library-Update-Report/ta-p/5900 Please note to access the link it ‘Requires login to the Flexera Customer Community’. How do I report issues with SKU Library updates?  Should you have any issues related to SKU/PURL processing with FlexNet Manager Suite, please send an email to your regular Flexera Software Support address: support@flexerasoftware.com (Europe & North America) support-apac@flexerasoftware.com (Asia/Pacific)   The regular schedule for SKU/PURL updates  We expect the next update to the PURL & SKU Library to be available on Friday, May 29 th , 2020.  The libraries are available as soon as published and are updated daily via the Recognition Data Import task, or as otherwise reflected in your local configuration. Customers of FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud will have this update applied by Monday, June 01 st 2020 in your time zone.   Downloading the SKU/PURL Libraries Manually  The ARL and SKU/PURL library updates can be downloaded from the Flexera Product and Licensing Center (PLC 2.0).  Instructions for downloading the libraries can be located in the following KB article: https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Manager-Knowledge-Base/Manual-PURL-SKU-Download-amp-Importer-instructions-for-FNMP-9-0/ta-p/5727   Monthly updates are our minimum commitment. We may also provide additional updates from time to time based on customer demand. We will continue to send email alerts to announce each update. Regards, Team Content ... View more

Issued: March 27 th , 2020 Build# 447 Summary The SKU and Product Use Rights Libraries (PURL), used by FlexNet Manager Suite, have been updated. For on premise customers the SKU/PURL libraries have been published and are now available.  Customers of FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud will have this update applied by the Recognition Data Import task and be available on Monday, March 30 th  2020 in your time zone.  1. What's new in this release Microsoft MSDN coverage is now included in the ‘FlexNet Manger for Clients’ license.  Earlier, it was part of datacenter license. Over 3285 new SKU’s have been added. The following table provides an overview of the number of SKU’s with respect to publisher:    S No Manufacturer Newly added SKUs 1 Arcserve 610 2 Eset 433 3 IBM 365 4 Autodesk 355 5 Cisco 179 6 Others 1343 Total 3285   SKU library information are as follows, Total number of SKUs in the library is 1,863,573 across 591 publishers . Total number of PURL templates is 3,074 across the blade publishers.   2. How can I verify that my SKU Library has been updated?  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  https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Manager-Knowledge-Base/SKU-Library-Update-Report/ta-p/5900 Please note to access the link it ‘Requires login to the Flexera Customer Community’. 3. How do I report issues with SKU Library updates?  Should you have any issues related to SKU/PURL processing with FlexNet Manager Suite, please send an email to your regular Flexera Software Support address: support@flexerasoftware.com (Europe & North America) support-apac@flexerasoftware.com (Asia/Pacific)   4. The regular schedule for SKU/PURL updates  We expect the next update to the PURL & SKU Library to be available on Friday, April 24 th  2020.  The libraries are available as soon as published and are updated daily via the Recognition Data Import task, or as otherwise reflected in your local configuration. Customers of FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud will have this update applied by Monday, April 27 th 2020in your time zone.   5. Downloading the SKU/PURL Libraries Manually  The ARL and SKU/PURL library updates can be downloaded from the Flexera Product and Licensing Center (PLC 2.0).  Instructions for downloading the libraries can be located in the following KB article: https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Manager-Knowledge-Base/Manual-PURL-SKU-Download-amp-Importe...   Monthly updates are our minimum commitment. We may also provide additional updates from time to time based on customer demand. We will continue to send email alerts to announce each update.   Regards, Team Content   ... View more

Issued: February 28 th , 2020 Release  #445 Summary The SKU and Product Use Rights Libraries (PURL), used by FlexNet Manager Suite, have been updated. For on premise customers the SKU/PURL libraries have been published and are now available.  Customers of FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud will have this update applied by the Recognition Data Import task and be available on Monday, March 02 nd  2020 in your time zone.  1. What's new in this release Over 10425 new SKU’s have been added. The following table provides an overview of the number of SKU’s with respect to publisher:  S No Manufacturer Newly added SKUs 1 Microsoft 5109 2 Adobe 1979 3 Sophos 1270 4 Symantec 498 5 ACD Systems 367 6 Others 1202 Total 10425 SKU library information are as follows, Total number of SKUs in the library is 1,860,363 across 494 Publishers . Total number of PURL templates is 3,070 across the blade publishers.  2. How can I verify that my SKU Library has been updated?  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  https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Manager-Knowledge-Base/SKU-Library-Update-Report/ta-p/5900 Please note to access the link it ‘Requires login to the Flexera Customer Community’. 3. How do I report issues with SKU Library updates?  Should you have any issues related to SKU/PURL processing with FlexNet Manager Suite, please send an email to your regular Flexera Software Support address: support@flexerasoftware.com (Europe & North America) support-apac@flexerasoftware.com (Asia/Pacific)   4. The regular schedule for SKU/PURL updates  We expect the next update to the PURL & SKU Library to be available on Friday, March 27 th  2020.  The libraries are available as soon as published and are updated daily via the Recognition Data Import task, or as otherwise reflected in your local configuration. Customers of FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud will have this update applied by Monday, March 30 th 2020 in your time zone.   5. Downloading the SKU/PURL Libraries Manually  The ARL and SKU/PURL library updates can be downloaded from the Flexera Product and Licensing Center (PLC 2.0).  Instructions for downloading the libraries can be located in the following KB article: https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Manager-Knowledge-Base/Manual-PURL-SKU-Download-amp-Importe...   Monthly updates are our minimum commitment. We may also provide additional updates from time to time based on customer demand. We will continue to send email alerts to announce each update.  Regards, Team Content   ... View more

Issued: January 31 st , 2020 Release  #444 Summary The SKU and Product Use Rights Libraries (PURL), used by FlexNet Manager Suite, have been updated. For on premise customers the SKU/PURL libraries have been published and are now available.  Customers of FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud will have this update applied by the Recognition Data Import task and be available on Monday, February 03 rd 2020 in your time zone.  What's new in this release   Over 14371 new SKU’s have been added. The following table provides an overview of the number of SKU’s with respect to publisher:  S No Manufacturer Newly added SKUs 1 Symantec 13046 2 Adobe 750 3 IBM 276 4 Abbyy 216 5 Oracle 47 6 Others 36 Total 14371 SKU library information are as follows, Total number of SKUs in the library is 1,860,196 across 467 Publishers . Total number of PURL templates is 3,052 across the blade publishers.   How can I verify that my SKU Library has been updated?  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  https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Manager-Knowledge-Base/SKU-Library-Update-Report/ta-p/5900 Please note to access the link it ‘Requires login to the Flexera Customer Community’. How do I report issues with SKU Library updates?  Should you have any issues related to SKU/PURL processing with FlexNet Manager Suite, please send an email to your regular Flexera Software Support address: support@flexerasoftware.com (Europe & North America) support-apac@flexerasoftware.com (Asia/Pacific)   The regular schedule for SKU/PURL updates  We expect the next update to the PURL & SKU Library to be available on Thursday, February 20 th 2020.  The libraries are available as soon as published and are updated daily via the Recognition Data Import task, or as otherwise reflected in your local configuration. Customers of FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud will have this update applied by Monday, February 24 th 2020 in your time zone.   Downloading the SKU/PURL Libraries Manually  The ARL and SKU/PURL library updates can be downloaded from the Flexera Product and Licensing Center (PLC 2.0).  Instructions for downloading the libraries can be located in the following KB article: https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Manager-Knowledge-Base/Manual-PURL-SKU-Download-amp-Importer-instructions-for-FNMP-9-0/ta-p/5727   Monthly updates are our minimum commitment. We may also provide additional updates from time to time based on customer demand. We will continue to send email alerts to announce each update.    Regards, Team Content     ... View more

Please see below calendar for SKU-PURL-Bundle Releases. Each month,  Content team works to incorporate new SKUs (Stock Keeping Units that identify specific software) and update the PURLs (Product Use Rights Library) that are needed as they affect license definitions, logic and coverage, and thus, your ultimate license position.   SKU/PURL/Bundle Release dates - 2020   Month Email to On-prem Customers and loaded to Servers (Customers can download) SKU Release Date (Automated download for On-cloud customers from Servers) January Friday, 24th January 2020 Monday, 27th January 2020 February Friday, 28th February 2020 Monday, 2nd March 2020 March Friday, 27th March 2020 Monday, 30th March 2020 April Friday, 1st May 2020 Monday, 4th May 2020 May Friday, 29th May 2020 Monday, 1st June 2020 June Friday, 26th June 2020 Monday, 29th June 2020 July Friday, 24th July 2020 Monday, 27th July 2020 August Friday, 28th August 2020 Monday, 31st August 2020 September Friday, 25th September 2020 Monday, 28th September 2020 October Friday, 30th October 2020 Monday, 02nd November 2020 November Friday, 27th November 2020 Monday, 30th November 2020 December Thursday, 24th December 2020 Monday, 28th December 2020 ... View more