Inventory beacon changes and fixes
Support for Linux KVM virtualization inventory
If you wish to use zero footprint inventory collection (remote inventory by an inventory beacon), FlexNet Beacon 14.0.0 must be installed – check the splash screen on start-up.
Using inventory groups to manage communications
The inventory groups enhancement, managing communications from FlexNet inventory agent to inventory beacons, requires you to upgrade your FlexNet Beacons to the version shipped with 2019 R2 or later (FlexNet Beacon 14.0.0) or later.
Targeted FlexNet inventory agent upgrades
This version supports selecting inventory devices for upgrade of their installed FlexNet inventory agent using the existing target mechanism (also used for creating discovery and inventory rules). For more details, see Targeted FlexNet inventory agent upgrades.
Fixes for FlexNet Beacon
- This version reduces FlexNet Beacon engine’s DNS lookups, avoiding situations where too many DNS reads occur. As well, it limits DNS reads so that there are no reads outside a particular FlexNet Beacon's assigned subnet.
- This version corrects a problem in environments that use a parent/child inventory beacon hierarchy, where child inventory beacons were not properly downloading adoption and upgrade packages from their parent inventory beacon. The fix requires that FlexNet Beacon version 14.0.x or later is installed at all points in the inventory beacon chain leading to child inventory beacons. However, inventory beacons that have no descendents do not need to be upgraded.
All changes for FlexNet Beacon are tracked in the Beacon Change Log, available for this release from https://helpnet.flexerasoftware.com/FlexNetManagerSuite2019R2/EN/BeaconChg/index.html.