Inventory Agent
FlexNet Manager Suite 2020 R1 (On-Premises)
If you have multiple overlapping inventory sources that report on the
same device, it is possible for some inventory details to come from one source and
other details from another source. This column identifies the most recent source of
inventory that reported the majority of the hardware properties for this
device. If you have declared a primary inventory connection and this device appears
in inventory from that primary connection, it is likely that your primary connection
is supplying the majority of hardware properties, and so is shown here.
Tip: If your primary source reported the majority of hardware properties
some time ago, and since then one or more secondary sources have updated a
minority of additional properties, this value still shows the primary source
(source of the majority of hardware properties). Tracking the primary source is
particularly valuable if you have a variation from IBM allowing you to use
FlexNet inventory agent and FlexNet Manager Suite as replacements for IBM
tools (such as ILMT) in the calculation and reporting of sub-capacity licensing
for IBM PVU licenses. That agreement requires that you can demonstrate that the
Last inventory source is
FlexNet Manager Suite, and that this
source is reporting every 30 minutes.
The values are system-provided, and
cannot be modified. Most values are self-explanatory; some less obvious ones
include:- Data Platform — The inventory was imported from Flexera Normalize (previously BDNA Normalize, part of BDNA Data Platform)
- Flexera SaaS Manager — This is a dummy device created for linking with imports through your Flexera SaaS Manager connector
- ManageSoft — The inventory was collected by legacy versions of the FlexNet inventory agent, and saved in a separate inventory database
- Manual — You created this inventory device record manually, and no matching inventory has been received yet.
- SMS — The inventory was imported from Microsoft SCCM (previously known as SMS)
- Tivoli Endpoint Manager — Inventory was imported from IBM Big Fix, or one of its earlier renamings (IBM Endpoint Manager, Tivoli Endpoint Manager).
Tip: If you have custom inventory adapters, entries for these may
also appear in this column as appropriate.
Not editable.
Not available for CAL Legacy, IBM Authorized User, IBM Concurrent User, IBM Floating User, IBM UVU, Microsoft Device CAL, Microsoft SCCM Client User, Microsoft User CAL, Named User, SaaS User, User or any Oracle licenses.
FlexNet Manager Suite (On-Premises)
2020 R1