Setting FlexNet Manager Suite Licensing Options
If you have also purchased FlexNet Manager Suite, you can use App Portal to manage application licenses.
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Flexera Service Gateway—App Portal communicates with FlexNet Manager Suite via the Flexera Service Gateway component. You need to enter the Flexera Service Gateway server name and FlexNet Manager Suite credentials on the Site Management > Settings > Flexera Integration view. |
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Linking a catalog item to FlexNet Manager Suite—After a catalog item has been added to App Portal, you need to open the FlexNet Manager Suite tab of the App Portal Catalog Item Properties dialog box and search the FlexNet Manager Suite libraries to locate the application’s Flexera ID. |
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App Portal can reserve licenses—After App Portal is connected to FlexNet Manager Suite and an application’s Flexera ID has been selected, whenever an end user requests that application from App Portal, App Portal will automatically connect to FlexNet Manager Suite and request that an application license be reserved for that end user, if a license is available. |
To map a Software catalog item to FlexNet Manager Suite, perform the following steps:
To map a catalog item to FlexNet Manager Suite:
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Double-click on an existing catalog item to open the Catalog Item Properties dialog box. |
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Open the FlexNet Manager Suite tab. |
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Enter application information in the Product Name, Version, Edition, and Publisher fields, and then click Search. Possible matches are listed. |
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From the list of search results, select the appropriate entry. The selected item will be highlighted. |
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Click Save. The catalog item is now mapped to a software entry in FlexNet Manager Suite, and the product information is now listed at the top of the dialog box. Also, additional options are displayed. |
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If you would like App Portal, during checkout, to display an icon that indicates whether there are licenses available for this product, select the Check for license position during checkout option. |
Note:For more information on displaying license information during checkout, see Displaying Available Licenses During Checkout.
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If you would like App Portal, during checkout, to consider not only available licenses, but also second use rights, upgrade/downgrade rights, and exemption by device role rights (all based upon information stored in FlexNet Manager Suite), select the Check for advanced license during checkout option. |
Note:For more information on performing an advanced license check during checkout, see Performing Advanced License Check.
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From the Select the licensing availability scope list, select one of the following options to specify how FlexNet Manager Suite will determine the available license count for this catalog item: |
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Global Only—When determining available license count, FlexNet Manager Suite will return the number of licenses that are available to the entire enterprise. |
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Enterprise Groups Only—When determining available license count, FlexNet Manager Suite will return only the number of licenses that are available to that user or computer. |
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Check Enterprise Groups and fallback to Global if not available—When determining available license count, FlexNet Manager Suite will first check the number of licenses that are available to that user or computer; then, if no license is available, FlexNet Manager Suite will return the number of licenses that are available to the entire enterprise. |
Note:For more information, see Mapping Tab under FlexNet Manager Suite Tab.
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Click Save to save your selection. |
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Open the License Reclamation tab. |
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Optionally, set alert action targets as described in the following topics: |
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Close the Catalog Item Properties dialog box. |
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To check to confirm that you have created a licensed catalog item, perform the following steps: |
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Open the Browse Catalog tab and select the category that contains the catalog item that you just added. The catalog item should display a black lock icon: |
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Add the item to the cart and open the cart. A lock icon will be displayed next to the catalog item name to indicate the catalog item’s license status: |
One of the following lock icons will be displayed:
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License Required
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A license is required for this catalog item, and one is available. If this catalog item is purchased, a license will be automatically reserved for that end user.
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License Not Available
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A license is required for this catalog item, but no licenses are available.
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If a lock icon is not displayed, it means that no license is required for the catalog item.