The Tanium Connector allows you to export your inventory data from Tanium into FlexNet Manager Suite. Tanium collects a complete inventory of your hardware and software assets for both online and offline devices, including servers, laptops, and desktops. This data is now exported into FlexNet Manager Suite using the Tanium Connector. Once exported, FlexNet Manager Suite uses the software and hardware inventory data collected by Tanium to calculate license consumption. Note: As with other adapters and connectors, the inventory records must be recognized by the Application Recognition Library, and you must have the resulting application records linked to the appropriate license, for compliance calculations to proceed. How to enable the Tanium Connector on your FlexNet Manager Suite For details on how to enable Tanium Connector: FlexNet Manager Suite 2019 R2 - On-Premises Edition: Tanium Connector must be manually installed. The required update package must be downloaded from the Product and License Center.  For full details, see the "Tanium Connector" chapter of the "Inventory Adapters and Connectors Reference" PDF for this version of FlexNet Manager Suite which you can download from the Flexera HelpNet - FlexNet Manager Suite 2019 R2 Product Download web page. Note: Tanium Connector can be installed on FlexNet Manager Suite 2019 R1, FlexNet Manager Suite  2018 R2, and FlexNet Manager Suite 2018 R1 On-Premises Editions by following the same instructions in the "Inventory Adapters and Connectors Reference" PDF for FlexNet Manager Suite 2019 R2. Instructions are not available in earlier versions of this PDF. ... View more

Synopsis FlexNet Manager Suite 2018 R2 Release: September, 2018 Prior Release Later Release FNMS 2018 R1 FNMS 2019 R1   Discussion Release Notes for FlexNet Manager Suite 2018 R2 FlexNet Manager Release Notes (English) Notes de publication FlexNet Manager (Français) FlexNet Manager Versionshinweise (Deutsch) FlexNet Manager リリースノート (日本語) FlexNet Manager Notas de la versión (Español) Provides information relating to new features, significant changes, resolved issues, installation process and compatibility with other products. Known Issues identified in FlexNet Manager Suite 2018 R2 Provides the current listing of issues relating to this release of FlexNet Manager Suite. This list may include issues resolved in any future release. Additional Information You can download the following updates from the Flexera Software Product and License Center: Hotfix & Update Releases These updates have been released for FlexNet Manager Suite 2018 R2. FlexNet Manager Suite Update 2018R2-06 Investigating and resolving application recognition issues is easier than ever thanks to the new  Evidence  tab which lists the evidence discovered for a selected inventory device. After applying this update when you see a listing for an application which you don't think is installed, or if you can't find an application which you know is installed, you can view the evidence used to recognize the applications on that device. Using this new evidence view enables you to identify and then determine the best way to resolve any discrepancies. FlexNet Manager Suite Hotfix 2018R2-05 Addresses an issue when processing purchases from the License Recommendations page. Any entries that recommend changing the licenses settings 'User multiplier infrequent' and/or 'User multiplier external', will fail to be applied. FlexNet Manager Suite Hotfix 2018R2-04 FlexNet Manager Suite contains a license update engine that generates proposals to remove applications from licenses when the content license definitions indicate a given application should not be present on a license. Without applying his hotfix, accepting these recommendations will appear to be successful, however the application will not be removed from the license. FlexNet Manager Suite Hotfix 2018R2-03 Fixes an issue when running a publisher specific reconciliation set to Oracle, the calculated licenses for IBM applications may be reset to zero. IBM applications may be reset to zero. FlexNet Manager Suite Hotfix 2018R2-02 Fixes an issue where FlexNet Manager Suite may not update a ServiceNow instance name change. FlexNet Manager Suite Hotfix 2018R2-01 While using a proxy server, the Inventory Beacon will fail to get the account details for an Amazon Web Services inventory import. FlexNet Manager Suite Update 2018R2-01 (cloud) or FlexNet Manager Suite Update 2018R2-01 (on-premises) FlexNet Manager Suite has updated its ServiceNow integration application (FlexNet Manager Suite for Enterprises) to v4.0. This version has been certified by ServiceNow. ... View more

Summary An error occurs in some existing on-premises implementations of FlexNet Manager Suite when upgraded to FlexNet Manager Suite 2018 R1. This error prevents you from viewing or editing the FlexNet Manager Suite configuration in IIS. Symptoms The issue arises when you choose to edit and then save the configuration values for FlexNet Manager Suite in Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager. An error occurs in some upgraded installations of FlexNet Manager Suite that prevents you from viewing or editing the configuration file in IIS. The following error message is displayed in the event error log and in IIS Manager when the duplicate key is present: Cannot add duplicate collection entry of type 'add' with unique key attribute 'key' set to 'aspnet:MaxHttpCollectionKeys' The error is also visible in the event error log (if you have enabled logging for the ETW event in the Logging Configuration of IIS Manager). Cause The issue is caused by a duplicate key that is present in the web.config file of some upgraded installations of FlexNet Manager Suite. Impacted versions The following existing on-premises implementations of FlexNet Manager Suite are impacted after they have been upgraded to FlexNet Manager Suite 2018 R1: FlexNet Manager Suite 2015 R2 SP5 FlexNet Manager Suite 2016 R1 FlexNet Manager Suite 2016 R1 SP1 FlexNet Manager Suite 2017 R1 FlexNet Manager Suite 2017 R2 FlexNet Manager Suite 2017 R3 Note: This error only occurs when an existing implementation of FlexNet Manager Suite is upgraded to FlexNet Manager Suite 2018 R1. It does not occur in fresh new installations of FlexNet Manager Suite 2018 R1 or later. Resolution The issue can be permanently resolved by completing these two tasks: Manually remove the duplicate key from the web.config file on the FlexNet Manager Suite web application server. Perform a partial IIS restart. Task 1: Manually remove the duplicate key from the web.config file of the web application server for FlexNet Manager Suite. Warning: Making incorrect changes to the web.config file can cause FlexNet Manager Suite to fail at start up or to stop working. Please ensure you have backed up the web.config file to another location before making any changes. Warning: Making changes to the web.config file will cause the application pool to restart. Any active users that are currently using FlexNet Manager Suite may be interrupted, and any long running processes such as reports will be aborted. As a result, it is recommended that these changes are made outside operation hours or during scheduled downtime. To make this change: On the start menu of the application server (or, in a multi-server implementation, the web application server), locate and right-click the Notepad icon and select Run as administrator. Open the web.config file located in the WebUI folder of the FlexNet Manager Suite install folder. The default location for this file is C:\Program Files (x86)\Flexera Software\FlexNet Manager Platform\WebUI . Search for lines that starts with <add key="aspnet:MaxHttpCollectionKeys which is located under the <appSettings> XML node. Preserve just the first of these lines, and remove any duplicates that you find. An example XML element is <add key="aspnet:MaxHttpCollectionKeys" value="5000" />, but you should remove duplicates even if the value is different. Save the file and close the text editor. Task 2: Perform a partial IIS restart Recommendation: Once the web.config file has been updated, it is recommended that a partial IIS restart be performed on the application pool by default called FlexNet Manager Platform on the web application server. To perform this restart: Navigate to IIS > Sites > Default Web Site > Suite. Note: If you have renamed the Default Web Site in IIS, modify this path accordingly. In the Actions pane, click Basic Settings. In the Edit Application window, locate and record the name of the application pool listed in the Application Pool field. The default name is FlexNet Manager Platform . Click Cancel. Navigate to Application Pools to view a list of application pools on this server. Select the application pool identified in step 3 above. For example, FlexNet Manager Platform . In the Actions pane, click Stop to stop the application pool and then click Start to restart the application pool. ... View more