Inventory Agent
FlexNet Manager Suite 2020 R2 (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 R2