In theory - we now support RDS. This issue may be around authentication as we typically utilize Windows\AD Authentication. I'm not sure we've done a full QA with Azure AWS. There's a bit more in this thread from Feb. https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Manager-Forum/FNMS-installed-on-Amazon-RDS-MS-SQL-engine/m-p/132596 ... View more

SOMETIMES if you delete a Business Adapter on the GUI in the Beacon, it leaves the actual file behind. Can you take a look in "C:\ProgramData\Flexera Software\Beacon\BusinessAdapter" and make sure you don't have any files there that are no longer needed? ... View more

You do not need to install Java for any part of the FNMS Implementation. I'm not aware of ANY Java dependencies. It MAY be installed as part of the Oracle Client in the event that your implementation needs to remotely query Oracle Databases (rather than utilizing the FlexNet Inventory Agent\Scanner) to for Oracle database Inventory. ... View more

In addition to "how to use the tool classes",  customers just getting started in the SAM space can engage an Advisory Services project which can be leveraged to help you build the processes and policies for implementing a successful SAM Program. In essence, without proper policies and procedures around the entire IT Asset Lifecycle (Procurement through software EOL for Hardware AND Software),  successfully managing your Software exposure will be difficult. This is includes ensuring all appropriate inventory is  available as soon as computers are deployed, updating Hardware Assets as retired as soon as they're removed from service, PO's are available when software is purchased to update your entitlements, etc. The more accurate and timely the data is available in the tool, the more accurate your compliance can be calculated. Since multiple groups impact this (Procurement, Vendor Management, Hardware Asset Management, IT Infrastructure, etc) it's best to start with the "big picture" and get buy in from all parties (or from someone high enough in the organization to smooth the buy in). ... View more

Specifically, rather than the -d directive, you'll use the -URL. You can pass in a user\pw if your beacon enforces Windows Authentication rather than Anonymous for accepting Inventory. Anonymous is typical if you are utilizing Agents on NonWindows FnmpXenAppAgent.exe -url http://beacon01.example.com ... View more

If you have IIS installed on the Inventory Beacon, you can also track connections from Agents to the Inventory Beacon through the IIS Logs. This allows you to capture if an attempt was made as well as if there were any errors. If you do not have IIS installed, I would recommend doing so if possible in your environment to allow this detailed tracking, especially if you have a large install base of Flexera Agents. As IIS is installed on the Batch Processing Server, you would be able to track the flow from Inventory Beacon through the IIS Logs without any additional configuration. ... View more

In more recent versions of FNMS, for Citrix 7.8 + you have the option to send the data directly to your Inventory Beacon during the Agent run without the need for an Intermediate DB. Please Refer to the FNMS Inventory Adapters and Connectors Reference documentation available from your Online Help for details on configuration. ... View more

While there IS an Operator available in Advanced Filters called "Is Any Of" - it does not appear to limit to a list as I expected (in my reference 2018 R2 implementation). Utilizing a set of "OR" operators is likely your best bet at this time. ... View more

I would try downloading as a CSV rather than Excel for large datasets. You can join the ComplianceComputer and InstalledApplicationInfo views (on compliancecomputerid) to get the same information. Example: select * from ComplianceComputer cc join InstalledApplicationInfo app on cc.compliancecomputerid = app.ComplianceComputerId where cc.computername = 'Steelers' -- apply your filter order by cc.computername ... View more