We are pleased to inform you that the November 2021 update (release number 2021 R1.2) of Flexera One ITAM is deployed to UAT environments on October 21st. We are planning to upgrade the production environment in Europe on September 28th and North America on November 4th. Please note upgrade schedule is subject to change, you will be notified in the event that we need to modify the upgrade schedule date. If you have any questions about this release or upgrade, please ask through the community or contact Customer Support. The release notes are available in the online product documentation.    Following are the features included in the November update Support for mutual TLS on UNIX-like devices (Mutual TLS, where the client still validates a server certificate, and, in addition, the server requires a valid certificate from the client) Lightweight Kubernetes agent reduces footprint (Lightweight Kubernetes agent to Kubernetes cluster inventory only for high-security Kubernetes clusters). New connector for BMC Discovery imports(Inventory connector to import BMC Discovery  (formerly ADDM) data directly through restful API without the need of staging database). Inventory Agent change log FlexNet Beacon change log Resolved issues published We love to hear about your experiences, so let us know how things go with these updates by posting a comment here or in the Flexera One Forum. Of course, the friendly Flexera Support team is also always standing by to take your call. Thanks for being a partner of Flexera on this journey. Regards, Team Flexera ... View more

We are pleased to inform you that the September 2021 update (release number 2021 R1.1) of Flexera One ITAM is deployed to UAT environments on September 9th. We are planning to upgrade the production environment in Europe on September 16th and North America on September 23rd. Please note upgrade schedule is subject to change, you will be notified in the event that we need to modify the upgrade schedule date. If you have any questions about this release or upgrade, please ask through the community or contact Customer Support. The release notes are available in the online product documentation.    Following are the features included in the September update Report optimizes subscriptions for Red Hat Enterprise Linux support (A new report offers optimization of your Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscriptions) Three new Oracle license reports  (This release brings three  detailed new reports to help you understand and optimize your Oracle environment) Fractions of points supported for IBM PVU license calculations   ( IBM PVU licensing support decimal point factor) Three new types of hardware assets added (Three new asset types added in this release) Inventory Agent change log FlexNet Beacon change log Resolved issues published We love to hear about your experiences, so let us know how things go with these updates by posting a comment here or in the FlexNet Manager Forum. Of course, the friendly Flexera Support team is also always standing by to take your call. Thanks for being a partner of Flexera on this journey. Regards, Team Flexera ... View more

FlexNet Inventory Agent and Inventory Beacon update for version 2018 R1 and later IOJ-2210678 The following inventory agent and inventory beacon hotfix has been made available   for download through the P roduct and License Center . This hotfix is for a potential vulnerability that exists in FlexNet inventory agent and inventory beacon versions 2020 R2.5 and earlier installations on Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability can potentially allow locally authenticated users to modify otherwise restricted files. The gain of further local privileges has not been reported. However, out of an abundance of caution, Flexera will not rule this out.   Flexera advises that you should deploy security update IOJ-2210678 to all applicable devices/systems running FlexNet inventory agent and inventory beacon for the Microsoft Windows platform without delay. FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud customers who have auto-upgrade turned off should upgrade their FlexNet inventory agent to version 17.0.2 (if FlexNet Manager Suite was used to deploy/upgrade FlexNet inventory agent for Windows) and inventory beacons to version 17.0.2.41 or later.  Applies to FlexNet Manager Suite On-Premises, Multi-tenant (including Cloud) installations on Microsoft Windows FlexNet inventory agent and inventory beacon version 2020 R2.5 and earlier. ... View more

FlexNet Inventory Agent and Inventory Beacon Vulnerability Update IOJ-2210678 Executive Summary A potential vulnerability exists in FlexNet inventory agent and inventory beacon versions 2020 R2.5 and earlier installations on Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability can potentially allow locally authenticated users to modify otherwise restricted files. The gain of further local privileges has not been reported. However, out of an abundance of caution, Flexera will not rule this out. To address the potential vulnerability, Flexera quickly established mitigations through the security update IOJ-2210678 for the FlexNet inventory agent and inventory beacon version 2021 R1 release. CVE Identifier CVE-2021-41525 Exploitability Assessment Publicly disclosed? No Exploited? No known exploits Cause For security reasons, beyond the described vector and impact, Flexera will not publish further details regarding the cause of this potential vulnerability. Rating The potential vulnerability has been rated with a CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) version 3.1 base score of 7.8. Please be aware that the CVSS version 3.1 and its automatic calculation of the CVSS scoring based on the CVSS metrics are known to have scaling issues such that potential vulnerabilities frequently end up in the higher-scoring brackets. Flexera’s internal vulnerability analysis and assessment team “Secunia Research” assigned a criticality rating of “Less Critical”, which is the second-lowest “Secunia Research” criticality rating on a scale of 5 criticality ratings (from “Not Critical” through “Extremely Critical”) Steps to Reproduce For security reasons, Flexera will not publish the steps to reproduce this security vulnerability. Resolution Flexera has updated the Windows FlexNet inventory agent and inventory beacon for 2021 R1, resolving this vulnerability as detailed in security update IOJ-2210678. Flexera recommends upgrading FlexNet inventory agent and inventory beacon versions 2020 R2.5 and earlier to version 2021 R1 or later. On-premises customers Please download the updated FlexNet inventory agent and inventory beacon version 2021 R1 available through the Product and License Center (Flexera Community > More > Product and License Center). Updates are available for inventory beacon versions 2018 R1 and later, as shown in the following table. (For FlexNet Manager Suite versions older than 2018 R1, Flexera recommends upgrading to the latest version of FlexNet Manager Suite.) Note: The FlexNet inventory agent and inventory beacon update packages are backward compatible with earlier versions, as shown in the table below, and can be used for these upgrades. Beacon upgrade settings You may also need to update the properties of each inventory beacon (Discovery & Inventory > Network > Beacons, click through to open the properties of an inventory beacon, and in the General tab, set Upgrade mode). Your connected inventory beacons then automatically upgrade after their next policy update. If you have Beacon version approved for use set to "Always use the latest version", the security patch is already applied automatically to your connected inventory beacons (those that download policy and upload inventory automatically). If you have any disconnected inventory beacons, use your normal method to upgrade those to version 17.0.1 or later. If you have the approved beacon version set to anything earlier than 17.0.1, you should change this setting to version 17.0.1 or later. Inventory agent for automatic deployment If you are using FlexNet Manager Suite 2019 R1 or later for FlexNet inventory agent upgrade,  You can set the version to deploy to 17.0.1 and upgrade mode and platform options to an appropriate mode and platform you like to upgrade. If you are using FlexNet Manager Suite 2018 R1 OR 2018 R2 for FlexNet inventory agent upgrade, you can set the inventory agent upgrade by following the instruction in the upgrade guide .\ConfigureSystem.exe select-agent-upgrade --version versionString Configure Updates to Inventory Agents (FNMS 2018 R1 on Premises) Configure Updates to Inventory Agents (FNMS 2018 R2 on Premises) Note: This FlexNet inventory agent security update is for FlexNet inventory agent for the Windows platform. The update contains FlexNet inventory agent for other platforms to provide a consistent inventory agent version in your environment.   FlexNet Inventory agent and beacon versions Compatible FlexNet inventory agent and beacon version FlexNet inventory agent and beacon upgrade file in PLC FlexNet Inventory agent and beacon 2018 R1 FNMS 2021 R1 inventory agent & beacon with security update FNMS 2021 R1 Agent & Beacon Upgrade 17.0.1.zip FlexNet Inventory agent and beacon 2018 R2 FNMS 2021 R1 inventory agent & beacon with security update FNMS 2021 R1 Agent & Beacon Upgrade 17.0.1.zip FlexNet Inventory agent and beacon 2019 R1 FNMS 2021 R1 inventory agent & beacon with security update FNMS 2021 R1 Agent & Beacon Upgrade 17.0.1.zip FlexNet Inventory agent and beacon 2019 R2 FNMS 2021 R1 inventory agent & beacon with security update FNMS 2021 R1 Agent & Beacon Upgrade 17.0.1.zip FlexNet Inventory agent and beacon 2020 R1 FNMS 2021 R1 inventory agent & beacon with security update FNMS 2021 R1 Agent & Beacon Upgrade 17.0.1.zip FlexNet Inventory agent and beacon 2020 R2 FNMS 2021 R1 inventory agent & beacon with security update FNMS 2021 R1 Agent & Beacon Upgrade 17.0.1.zip    SaaS customers Your action depends on your current settings in Discovery & Inventory > Settings   Beacon settings (Beacon version approved for use) Inventory agent for automatic deployment (Configured version to deploy/upgrade) Beacon settings If you have Beacon version approved for use set to "Always use the latest version", the security patch is already applied automatically to your connected inventory beacons (those that download policy and upload inventory automatically). If you have any disconnected inventory beacons, use your normal method to upgrade those to version 17.0.2.41 or later. If you have the approved beacon version set to anything earlier than 17.0.2.41, you should change this setting to version 17.0.2.41 or later. You may also need to update the properties of each inventory beacon (Discovery & Inventory > Network > Beacons, click through to open the properties of an inventory beacon, and in the General tab, set Upgrade mode). Your connected inventory beacons then automatically upgrade after their next policy update. Inventory agent for automatic deployment If you are using FlexNet Manager Suite 2019 R1 and later for FlexNet inventory agent upgrade,  You can set the version to deploy to 17.0.2 and upgrade mode and platform options to an appropriate mode and platform you like to upgrade. Note. All the previous releases of the inventory agent and inventory beacon have been deprecated in FlexNet Manager Suite for cloud customers, including inventory agent for non-windows supported operating systems, we recommend our customers to use the latest available release of inventory agent and inventory beacon for future deployments and upgrades. Manual upgrade (on-premises and SaaS) If you decided to upgrade an inventory beacon manually, please disable the inventory beacon auto-upgrade through the beacon properties before upgrading manually. If you don't modify the settings for automatic upgrades, the next update of beacon policy reverts the inventory beacon back to the previous setting. Where to deploy (on-premises) FlexNet inventory agent and inventory beacon update IOJ-2210678 need to be deployed on the web application server and inventory server. In the case of a single server implementation of FlexNet Manager Suite, the update only needs to be run once. In the case of a multi-box implementation (where the web application server and the inventory server are separate servers), the update needs to be run on both the web application server and the inventory server. For detailed instructions, please follow the readme.txt file shipped with the update. Single server implementation Web application server + inventory server combined (apply the update once) Multi-server implementation Web application server (apply update) Inventory server (apply update) Acknowledgment A Flexera customer identified the potential vulnerability. Applies to FlexNet Manager Suite On-Premises, Multi-tenant (including Cloud) installations on Microsoft Windows FlexNet inventory agent and inventory beacon version 2020 R2.5 and earlier. Security Best Practices Regardless of the limited vector the potential vulnerability provides, Flexera would like to take the opportunity to remind customers, that basic security best practices in conjunction with the FlexNet inventory agent and inventory beacon installation and use should be followed. FlexNet inventory agent, inventory beacon, and FlexNet Manager Suite server communication should be secured using HTTPS. Privileges to access Flexera's products, their components, the systems they run on and utilized networks should be granted on a least (minimal) privilege basis. References https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator?vector=AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H&version=3.1   ... View more

We are pleased to inform you that the July 2021 update (release number 2021 R1) of FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud (Flexera One/ITAM) is deployed to UAT environments on July 8th. We are planning to upgrade the production environment in Europe on July 15th and North America on July 22nd. Please note upgrade schedule is subject to change, you will be notified in the event that we need to modify the upgrade schedule date. If you have any questions about this release or upgrade, please ask through the community or contact Customer Support. The release notes are available in the online product documentation.    This release is for FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud (Flexera One/ITAM) only and these changes will be rolled into the next On-Premises release – FlexNet Manager Suite On-Premises 2021 R1 planned to be released on July 28th. Following are the features included in the July update Oracle Licensing optimization reports in VMware cluster environment    ( This release brings two new reports that help optimize your Oracle licensing structures to minimize exposure and assist with cost distributions ) Client secret support for Microsoft O365 connector  (Microsoft O365 connector extended to support client secret authentication) All Containers page redesigned  ( Until now, this page was a tree view, but it has now been reworked as a flat listing with default grouping) Inventory Agent change log FlexNet Beacon change log Resolved issues published We love to hear about your experiences, so let us know how things go with these updates by posting a comment here or in the FlexNet Manager Forum. Of course, the friendly Flexera Support team is also always standing by to take your call. Thanks for being a partner of Flexera on this journey. Regards, Team Flexera ... View more

FlexNet Manager Suite 2021 R1 release / ITAM in Flexera One Microsoft Azure Connector has been extended by adding support for Microsoft Az module to identify Azure instances running under Azure Hybrid Benefit for Microsoft Windows Server and SQL Server instance running in Azure public cloud. The older Microsoft AzureRM module does not provide information to identify Azure instances running under Azure Hybrid Benefit. Microsoft AzureRM module will shortly stop receiving bug fixes, and future enhancements will be added to the Microsoft Az module, and not the AzureRM module.   The original Microsoft AzureRM will no longer be supported from FlexNet Manager Suite 2021 R2 (nor in the parallel release of ITAM in Flexera One). Instead, support for the more recent Microsoft Az module is continuing, and this newer module allows you to use the Azure Hybrid Benefit to minimize the costs of related licensing.    Flexera recommends to our customer community to switch to the Microsoft Az module by removing the AzureRM module and installing Az module.  ... View more

FlexeraOne ITAM, BMC Discovery adapter, extended to import Printers and Network Devices into Flexera One IT Visibility. Extended Flexera BMC Discovery adapter will provide more visibility into your organization's IT Assets by importing Printer and Network devices data into Flexera One IT Visibility.     What do I need to do?   This extended Flexera BMC Discovery adapter functionality to import Printers and Network devices only apply to FlexeraOne IT Visibility customers. For example, you have subscribed to FlexeraOne ITAM, IT-Visibility, and already importing inventory data from BMC Discovery. In that case, you need to download the attached  BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping Tools.zip  and upgrade your existing Flexera BMC Discovery adapter.   If you are enabling BMC Discovery integration for the first time (Fresh installation), you need to follow Flexera BMC Discovery  adapter installation and configuration instructions in the online adapter documentation .     Upgrade existing Flexera BMC Discovery adapter (Applies to Flexera One ITAM/IT Visibility)   To upgrade your existing Flexera BMC Discovery adapter integration, you need to update the Flexera BMC Discovery staging database, and adapter (FnmpADDMStage.exe & FnmpADDMSettings.xml) used to import data from BMC Discovery by integrating with BMC Discovery API.     How to upgrade   Download the attached extended Flexera BMC Discovery adapter  BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping Tools.zip  on the server used for Flexera BMC Discovery integration to import inventory data into Flexera One ITAM & IT Visibility   Extract the BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping Tools.zip to BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping Tools   From the extracted BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping Tools\SQL folder, open ADDM_staging.sql in the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio   SELECT ADDM_Staging database   execute the ADDM_staging.sql to update the Flexera BMC Discovery staging database   After successful execution, you should see the following two tables   ADDMNetworkDevices_ci (To store Network devices)   ADDMPrinters_ci (To store Printers)   NOTE: The above two tables must exist for successful Flexera BMC Discovery adapter deployment.   Open the folder where the Flexera FNMPADDMStage.exe tool is deployed   Create a backup copy of both files used by a configured existing adapter   FnmpADDMStage.exe   FnmpADDMSettings.xml   Open the FnmpADDMSettings.xml from the extract the folder BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping Tools\FnmpADDMStage   Update the connection strings for both BMC Discovery API integration and ADDM_Staging database connection. (You can update these connection strings by copying these connection strings from existing FnmpADDMSettings.xml used by existing deployment)   NOTE: This only applies to customers subscribed to Flexera One ITAM & IT Visibility.     Fresh installation of Flexera BMC Discovery   If you are enabling BMC Discovery integration the first time (fresh installation) to import inventory, Network devices, and Printer's discovery data into Flexera One ITAM & IT Visibility. Please download the attached Flexera adapter  BMC Atrium Discovery and Dependency Mapping Tools.zip  and follow the  installation and configuration instructions in the online Flexera BMC Discovery adapter documentation .     ... View more

IBM Cloud Pak’s and Non-Cloud Pak Products Sub-capacity Reporting in the Kubernetes Environment IBM now sells software licenses through ‘IBM Cloud Paks’, a new form of multiproduct bundle license offering which is primarily licensed on a sub-capacity virtual processor core (VPC) metric. IBM Cloud Pak software licenses can be deployed/licensed in traditional Server / VM / Cloud instances as well as via the Kubernetes container environment. Flexera ITAM/FNMS already supports IBM Cloud Pak’s sub-capacity licensing available in FNMS 2020 R2 and later releases. ITAM/FNMS June 2021 cloud update now provides IBM Cloud Paks including non-cloud Pak products sub-capacity reporting running in Kubernetes container environment by integrating with IBM License service (IBM License Service MUST (IBM sub-capacity licensing requirement for Kubernetes) be enabled in Kubernetes cluster to be eligible for sub-capacity licensing). IBM License Service supports sub-capacity reporting for products license using PVU/VPC metic in the Kubernetes cluster environment. Tip: In Cloud Pak bundles, the licensing of primary products also covers any bundled supplementary products, so these supplementary cannot be separately licensed. IBM Cloud Paks & Non-Cloud Pak products sub-capacity reporting licensed using VPC/PVU metric in Kubernetes environment A VPC license doesn't have a points table as such (the way that a PVU license does), but each licensed product in an IBM Cloud Pak bundle has an individual ratio of the number of VPCs permitted for each license entitlement. For example, if a particular product in the bundle has a 2:1 ratio, two VPCs can be used to run that product for every individual license entitlement. If another product in the same bundle has a 1:1 ratio, then that same single license entitlement also authorizes one core (VPC) to be assigned to run the second product. IBM products licensed using PVU metric, use 70 points factor to calculate sub-capacity peak in Kubernetes environment. In general, the IBM VPC license is for managing sub-capacity consumption in a way very similar to the IBM PVU license, and all the same PVU sub-capacity rules apply to licensing IBM Cloud Paks. For example, the VPC license tracks peak consumption within the same three mandatory IBM regions, and for the same reporting period, as do PVU licenses. Another familiar requirement, if you have been granted a license variation to use FlexNet Manager Suite to track sub-capacity consumption of PVU license, is that you must archive What do I need to do for IBM Cloud Pak’s sub-capacity reporting in the Kubernetes environment? Flexera has introduced a new Flexera Kubernetes inventory agent in June ITAM/FNMS cloud update that integrates with IBM License Service running in Kubernetes cluster to collect the sub-capacity data for each product running in a Kubernetes cluster. You need to deploy Flexera Kubernetes inventory agent in each Kubernetes cluster to integrate with the IBM License service. Once IBM License Service integration feature is enabled within the Flexera Kubernetes inventory agent, the agent will automatically start collecting sub-capacity data and upload it to ITAM/FNMS instance in the cloud part of the collected inventory data collected from the Kubernetes cluster. FNMS persist collected sub-capacity data for each day and provides a sub-capacity report for IBM software running in the Kubernetes environment. IBM Cloud Pak’s and Non-Cloud Pak products running in Kubernetes environment sub-capacity report ITAM/FNMS June cloud update aggregate the sub-capacity data from each cluster and provide a sub-capacity report of IBM License Service Consumption by the current reporting period. You can choose to date range to view the current sub-capacity peak or for the specific time period based on the need. By default, the report shows a license peak for the current reporting period (180 days).   Note: IBM Cloud Pak License and product ratios (VPC to License) are shown above are for illustration purposes only.   ... View more

We are pleased to inform you that the June 2021 update (release number 2020 R2.5) of FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud (Flexera One/ITAM) is deployed to UAT environments on June 3rd. We are planning to upgrade the production environment in Europe on June 10th and North America on June 17th. Please note upgrade schedule is subject to change, you will be notified in the event that we need to modify the upgrade schedule date. If you have any questions about this release or upgrade, please ask through the community or contact Customer Support. The release notes are available in the online product documentation.    This release is for FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud (Flexera One/ITAM) only and these changes will be rolled into the next On-Premises release – FlexNet Manager Suite On-Premises 2021 R1. Following are the features included in June update Flexera Kubernetes inventory agent and discovery & transparency (New Flexera Kubernetes inventory agent to inventory Kubernetes container environment and transparency) IBM Licensing (sub-capacity reporting) in Kubernetes cluster (IBM Software / Cloud Paks running in Kubernetes environment sub-capacity reporting by integrating with IBM License Service) Inventory Agent change log FlexNet Beacon change log Resolved issues published We love to hear about your experiences, so let us know how things go with these updates by posting a comment here or in the FlexNet Manager Forum. Of course, the friendly Flexera Support team is also always standing by to take your call. Thanks for being a partner of Flexera on this journey. Regards, Team Flexera ... View more