Using FlexNet Manager Suite

FlexNet Manager Suite 2023 R1 (On-Premises)

This overview assumes that you have already licensed both FlexNet Manager Suite and FlexNet Manager for Datacenters. If not:

• For installation details, see Installing FlexNet Manager Suite 2023 R1 On-Premises, a PDF file which is available through:
  • The Flexera Product & License Center
  • The online Customer Community
  • The title page of the online help for on-premises implementations.
• Validate your license for FlexNet Manager for Datacenters by navigating to the system menu in the top right corner of the web interface for FlexNet Manager Suite, and selecting FlexNet Manager Suite License. If the card for FlexNet Manager for Datacenters is grayed out, contact your Flexera representative for assistance.

The process overview (with appropriate pointers to the online help) covers the following:

• The legal and technical prerequisites for operating in the mode where FlexNet Manager Suite is both the inventory source and the calculator for sub-capacity license consumption (often called "high-frequency" for short, based on the requirement for hardware inventory checks every 30 minutes), described in Requirements for FlexNet Manager Suite Sub-Cap
• An overview of how high-frequency mode works (see Operation in High-Frequency Mode)
• Applying for an amendment to the International Passport Advantage Agreement (see Applying for IBM Approval)
• Preparing to report license status for each of the three Regions declared by IBM (see Configuring Regions for IBM)
• Setting up and initializing the appropriate sub-capacity licenses (see Configure Appropriate Licenses)
• Seeding the automatic checking of hypervisors for changes in VMs that may impact these licenses (see Set Up Virtual Inventory Tracking)
• Initializing inventory collection from target devices where software linked to an IBM sub-capacity license may run (see Set Up and Collect Inventory, and Reconcile)
• At last, turning on the automated management of high-frequency mode and sub-capacity license calculations by FlexNet Manager Suite (see Turn on High-Frequency Mode)
• Archiving reports and associated materials for possible use in a future audit (see Reporting to IBM).