When connecting the FlexNet beacon to AWS, it will fail to execute if the PowerShell execution policy isn’t set to RemoteSigned. If the policy is set to something else, you will see the following error message in the importer log and on the System Tasks page after starting the AWS connector. The following error occurred while loading the extended type data file: Microsoft.PowerShell, C:\Program Files\WindowsPowerShell\Modules\AWSPowerShell\<version>\AWSPowerShell.TypeExtensions.ps1xml: The file was skipped because of the following validation exception: AuthorizationManager check failed. This PowerShell execution policy is one of the prerequisites for establishing an AWS connection with the FlexNet inventory beacon. You can find more details on prerequisites in the help article, AWS Connections. Changing the execution policy You can check the PowerShell execution policy by using the following command:  Get-ExectutionPolicy If it returns something other than RemoteSigned, you must update the policy. Change the PowerShell execution policy to RemoteSigned by running the following command as an administrator:  Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned ... View more

By default, the FlexNet Beacon creates a scheduled task named “U pload Flexera logs and inventories ”  that looks for files to upload by searching the contents of the Incoming folder (%ProgramData%\Flexera Software\Incoming). This task searches the full list of folders located in Incoming, in alphabetical order. FlexNet beacon versions 18.1 (2022 R1.1) and later also configure a second scheduled task named “Upload Flexera inventories”. This task solely looks for inventory files so it can upload them quickly if there is a backlog of other files awaiting upload (for more details, see the  Inventory Beacon Change Log ). To manually configure a scheduled task similar to "Upload Flexera inventories" on earlier beacon versions, follow the steps below.   1. Open the Task Scheduler. 2. Right-click on Upload FlexNet Beacon status and select Export. 3. Import the exported task. 4. Give the task a name. Upload FlexNet Inventory is the task name used in this example. 5. On the actions tab, select Edit. 6. In the Arguments section, change UploadRule=BeaconStatus to UploadRule=Inventory. 7. Save the task. 8. Manually start the task. ... View more