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

Flexera One 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 Flexera One IT Visibility customers. If you have subscribed to Flexera One ITAM, IT-Visibility and already importing inventory date from BMC Discovery, you just 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 first time  (Fresh installation), in this case, 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 and SELECT ADDM_Staging database and 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: 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 string 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 Printers 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. Applies to: Flexera One ITAM / IT Visibility ... 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

We are pleased to inform you that the May 2021 update (release number 2020 R2.4) of FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud (ITAM/Flexera One) is deployed to UAT environments on April 30th and to the production environment in Europe on 14th May. We are planning to upgrade the production environment in North America on May 20th. 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 online product documentation.    This release is for FlexNet Manager Suite Cloud (ITAM/Flexera One) only and these changes will be rolled into the next On-Premises release – FlexNet Manager Suite On-Premises 2021 R1. Improvements included in March/April update Microsoft SQL Server BYOL Customisable Point Rule Set Resolved issues going to be published soon Note: FlexNet inventory agent and beacon version R2.4 is not deployed part of the May cloud update. June cloud update will have updated FlexNet inventory agent and beacon. 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