Communication between FlexNet Manager Suite and the SAP Admin Module

After the system landscape has been set up in FlexNet Manager Suite and synchronized with the SAP Admin module, the user and consumption data from the systems that are connected to the SAP Admin module are held in a staging database. The SAP Inventory Agent reads the data and transfers it to the FlexNet Manager Suite database. The data is analyzed, and the resulting license-type and user recommendations are staged on the FlexNet Manager Suite database server.

The SAP Admin module connects to the FlexNet Manager Suite web server to retrieve the recommendations. The recommendations can then be processed on the SAP Admin module.

This communication between FlexNet Manager Suite and the SAP Admin module is facilitated using web services that are configured on the FlexNet Manager Suite web server.

For information on setting up a web service on the FlexNet Manager Suite web server (using basic authentication or SSL authentication), see the PDF document Installing FlexNet Manager Suite 2024 R2 On-Premises, section Configure the System (downloadable from the title page of the FlexNet Manager Suite online help).

If you are using SSL encryption for the communication between FlexNet Manager Suite and the SAP Admin module, the SSL certificate that is used for the web services on the FlexNet Manager Suite server or the inventory beacon server must be trusted and accepted by the SAP server on which the SAP Admin module is installed. For more information on installing the root certificate, see the appropriate topic with specialized instructions for the versions of SAP Basis:

• Configuring Communication with SSL Authentication on Systems Running SAP Basis 7.00, 7.01, 7.10, 7.11, 7.30, or 7.31
• Configuring Communication with SSL Authentication on Systems Running SAP Basis 7.4
• Configuring Communication with SSL Authentication on Systems Running SAP Basis 7.5.