Installing the FlexNet inventory agent
If you have chosen to install any of the UNIX-related collection patterns to enhance the inventory collection available through BMC Discovery, the FlexNet inventory agent must be copied either:
- On to each UNIX-based machine that is a target for enhanced inventory collection; or
- To a pre-configured NFS share that is accessible from each of the target UNIX-based machines.
In the following procedure, your choice of either of the above two locations is referred to as the ‘target location’.
(For background information about the FlexNet inventory agent, see The FlexNet inventory agent. For choosing between the collection patterns, see Optional Patterns. Further information about deploying the FlexNet inventory agent is available in the separate PDF file Gathering FlexNet Inventory.)
To install the FlexNet inventory agent for UNIX collection patterns:
FlexNet Manager Suite (On-Premises)
2020 R1