Inventory Comparison Matrix

FlexNet Manager Suite 2022 R1 (On-Premises)

Not all inventory sources are created equal. Some sources do better at collecting details necessary for licensing calculations than others. The following tables let you quickly assess what data may be missing from various sources.

Strictly speaking, not all the products listed in these tables are inventory sources (particularly in the later tables). However, they are all data sources that can provide data for FlexNet Manager Suite to use in license compliance calculations.

Note: For supported versions of these products, please review the FlexNet Manager Suite System Requirements and Compatibility on docs.flexera.com for the current version of FlexNet Manager Suite.

Inventory Sources

Information Collected per Product
Computer	User	Product code	Evidence		Usage	Virtualization		Clusters	Oracle DB
			Installer	File		Server	Application
FlexNet inventory agent (previously Managesoft)
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Flexera Normalize (Data Platform)1
Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
BigFix platform (previously Tivoli Endpoint Manager and IBM BigFix)2
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
BMC Discovery (previously ADDM)
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
BMC BladeLogic Client Automation (previously Marimba)3
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	No	No	No
HP Discovery and Dependency Mapping Inventory (DDMI)
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
HPE Universal Discovery (HP-UD)
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) on Microsoft SQL Server
Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
IBM License Metric Tool (ILMT) on IBM DB2
Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync4
Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Microsoft SCCM (previously SMS)5
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Symantec IT Management Suite (formerly Altiris)6
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Partial	No	No	No
Tanium Asset
Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No

1. Doesn't support BDNA running on Oracle DB. Flexera Normalize v5 was released April 9th, 2018 as a separate download.

2. Doesn't collect publisher information, and has potential for false recognition positives. BigFix platform inventory source does not provide the serial number from UNIX-like platforms.

3. Virtualization: VMware, and Solaris Zones. Collects VM properties, but doesn't collect host-VM relationships.

4. Mobile devices only.

5. App-V integration provides application virtualization in Microsoft SCCM (previously SMS).

6. Virtualization: VMware, and Hyper-V. Doesn't collect pool or resource allocations.

Server Virtualization

Information Collected per Product
Computer	User	Product code	Evidence		Usage	Virtualization		Clusters	Oracle DB
			Installer	File		Server	Application
Microsoft Hyper-V*
						Yes		Yes
Oracle VM Server for x86
						Yes		Yes
VMware vCenter*
						Yes		Yes
VMware ESXi Server*
						Yes
VMware vSphere*
						Yes

* Refer to the Inventory Sources table above for sources that provide data for these technologies.

Application Virtualization

Information Collected per Product
Computer	User	Product code	Evidence		Usage	Virtualization		Clusters	Oracle DB
			Installer	File		Server	Application
App-V Server1
Partial	Partial	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
App-V integrated with SCCM2
Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
EdgeSight for Citrix Virtual Apps (previously XenApp EdgeSight)3
Yes	Yes	Partial	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Citrix XenApp server
Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Citrix Virtual Desktops4
							Yes
Flexera SaaS Manager
Dummy5	Yes	Yes	Partial6	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No

1. Requires mapping of packages to applications within FlexNet Manager Suite. Requires Active Directory integration and FlexNet inventory agent.

2. Provided by SCCM adapter.

3. Installer evidence is gathered when combined with Flexera's XenApp server agent.

4. Provided by a dedicated FlexNet inventory agent.

5. Flexera SaaS Manager does not track computers. Since FlexNet Manager Suite requires a computer record for various database links, a single dummy record is created (if not already present from previous imports) during import from this connector. Note that this connector imports completed licenses managed in Flexera SaaS Manager, including all entitlements, for inclusion in the nightly license compliance calculations.

6. Imports from the Flexera SaaS Manager connector import installer evidence for Office 365, allowing for application recognition in the nightly license reconciliation. This matches the behavior of earlier connectors for Office 365.

Other System Integrations

Information Collected per Product
Computer	User	Product code	Evidence		Usage	Virtualization		Clusters	Oracle DB
			Installer	File		Server	Application
Oracle Database*
									Yes
Oracle E-Business Suite*
									Yes
Oracle Enterprise Manager1
Salesforce
	Yes
Office 365
	Yes
SAP BASIS*
	Yes

* Provided by a dedicated FlexNet inventory agent.

1. Provides Oracle database connection details for use with a dedicated FlexNet inventory agent.

ITSM System Integrations

Information Collected per Product
Computer	User	Product code	Evidence		Usage	Virtualization		Clusters	Oracle DB
			Installer	File		Server	Application
ServiceNow1
BMC Atrium CMDB and Remedy2

1. Export computers and installed applications to ServiceNow. Import contracts and assets from ServiceNow into FlexNet Manager Suite.

2. Export computers and installed applications to Atrium. Import asset details from Remedy and Atrium into FlexNet Manager Suite.