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ChrisG
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Jan 15, 2021
04:23 AM
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No - the usage period on existing applications should not be updated when an ARL update is applied. However new applications which are created when an ARL update is applied will get a default usage period of 3 months so those records will need to be changed to (in this example) 4 months after applying the ARL update.
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Jan 14, 2021
08:19 PM
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A procedure for doing this with FlexNet Manager Suite On-premises would be:
Execute SQL queries like the following against the compliance database to set the usage period for all applications published in the reference ARL as well as locally defined applications: UPDATE SoftwareTitleEx_MT SET UsagePeriod = 4 -- Update usage period for reference ARL applications (months)
UPDATE SoftwareTitle_MT SET UsagePeriod = 4 -- Update usage period for local applications (months)
Note that the 1st query above will need to be re-executed after any ARL update if you want the 4 month period to apply to new applications added to the ARL in that update.
Create a "dummy" local application and set its usage period in the UI to 4 (months). This is to workaround a problem whereby usage data is only imported from an inventory source for the last 3 months or the longest usage period for any locally defined application (whichever is longer).
Note that usage data from more than 3 months ago are ignored if inventory readers are run in "disconnected" mode - that is, from a beacon (which is always the case with FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud). You can only have a usage period longer than 3 months if your inventory readers are run in "connected" mode - that is, on the batch server of a FlexNet Manager Suite On-premises installations.
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Jan 13, 2021
05:19 PM
2 Kudos
One approach to configure a process to import a set of files that are found in a directory would be to write a PowerShell script that invokes MGSBI.exe for each file that is found. Use your preferred task scheduler (such as Microsoft Task Scheduler) to automate execution of the script on an appropriate schedule.
I've attached an example of such a script. This script is not complete or usable as-is: it depends on a range of functions which are not defined in the script. So treat this as an example of a starting point for your own inspiration, not a complete working solution.
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Jan 13, 2021
04:56 PM
Nice work @dsalter.
One word of caution: the UI in FNMS is designed for and work best as long as you don't have too many individual devices/IP addresses recorded in a target. You shouldn't have too many problems with say some 10s of devices in a target, which is what you can reasonably configure using the UI. If you happened to create a target with say 100s or 1000s of devices in it using some sort of direct manipulation of records in the database like the approach discussed above, then the UI may struggle to cope.
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Jan 13, 2021
04:51 PM
2 Kudos
Alternatively, the " ConnectionString property has not been initialized" message may suggest that the Config.ps1 script has not yet (successfully) been executed to configure the FlexNet Manager Suite application server after installing the software.
Database connection string details (if configured) would appear in the registry in various entries under the key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\ManageSoft Corp\ManageSoft\Reporter\CurrentVersion\.
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Jan 10, 2021
08:03 PM
That latest observation sounds like a different problem from the original problem that this thread was raised about. If the "Digital Signatures" tab doesn't appear when viewing the properties of the .cab file in Windows Explorer, that suggests that the complete file was not download successfully for some reason. Maybe there was a transient failure during the download of the IBM .cab file.
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Jan 10, 2021
07:51 PM
I don't think similar capability to tie records in IT Visibility to different parts of the organization is available yet, although something along these lines is being considered to be added in the future as it is a very useful capability in FlexNet Manager Suite.
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Jan 07, 2021
06:12 AM
1 Kudo
Maybe try looking at the details shown on the "Details" and "Certification Path" tabs when viewing the certificates on both .cab files and see if any differences are evident there. I believe the details seen on both certificates should be the same, but the fact that you're seeing the certificate on one file being trusted while the certificate on the other file isn't trusted suggests that maybe you will see some difference in the details that might give some insight into what is going on.
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Jan 01, 2021
04:14 AM
1 Kudo
The minimal XML content that should appear in an NDI file to be ultimately imported by FlexNet Manager Suite as installer evidence is the following:
<Package Name="Name-of-the-package" Version="Version-of-the-package" Evidence="Your-evidence-type">
<Property Name="Publisher" Value="Publisher-of-the-package"/>
</Package>
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Dec 29, 2020
12:10 AM
@winvarma - I'm not aware of any specific activity planned in the near term related to this. You may wish to add a comment about specifically what capability you would like to see and add your vote to the following Idea to express your interest: FNMS-I-32
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Dec 28, 2020
11:59 PM
First of all, be aware that gathering inventory from Oracle Database 8i can only be done by a beacon (aka "direct collection of Oracle inventory") - this old Oracle Database version doesn't provide the interfaces required for the agent to be able to gather Oracle Database inventory. With newer Oracle Database versions, using the agent to gather inventory is generally easier to do and typically gives more reliable results.
In relation to the specific questions noted:
See the following page for guidance on credentials required for direct collection of Oracle inventory: Credentials for Direct Collection of Oracle Inventory
The Oracle OLE DB Provider (32-bit) version 10.2.0.3 or later prerequisite noted in the FlexNet Manager Suite System Requirements must be installed on the beacon in order to perform direct collection of Oracle inventory.
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Dec 28, 2020
11:45 PM
2 Kudos
@Run4Fun - either approach that you've described would work just fine in terms of allowing you to track a license position. However to best make the data held in FlexNet Manager Suite model the real world, I think creating a separate license record for the Oracle Database installs covered by the embedded license is probably going to be the clearest way to approach this: this will allow you to attach appropriate contracts, purchases and documents to that license record to keep track of the actual terms of the embedded license separately from terms you have for direct (non-embedded) licenses covering regular Oracle Database installations.
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Dec 28, 2020
11:33 PM
@mfranz - the problem is known to affect the FlexNet Manager Suite 2019 R1 release. It is likely to affect all other current versions of the Inventory Adapter Studio too, but as far as I know that hasn't been explicitly verified.
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Dec 23, 2020
04:13 PM
Yes, the internal unsupported API discussed in this thread is currently available in both FlexNet Manager Suite On-premises and FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud.
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Dec 21, 2020
05:34 PM
2 Kudos
This suggests that somehow at least one setting that is expected in your C:\Program Files (x86)\Flexera Software\FlexNet Manager Platform\WebUI\web.config file is not there. The specific setting the error message indicates is missing is:
<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="HttpContentSecurityPolicy" value="default-src 'self'; script-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline' 'unsafe-eval'; style-src 'self' 'unsafe-inline'; reflected-xss block;" />
</appSettings>
</configuration>
If one setting is missing, I'm wondering whether other settings may be missing too. See the attached web.config file for an example of of what is expected to appear in that file in a regular (simple default) install of FlexNet Manager Suite 2020 R2.
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