Support for automatic upgrade and the ability to download the inventory agent for Debian-based Linux platforms

Note:This enhancement is available with IT Visibility.

Previously, inventory agents on Debian-based Linux platforms did not include the automatic upgrade functionality. On these platforms, you would have to deploy new versions of the inventory agent manually.

From this release, you can choose to enable or disable the automatic upgrade and also download the inventory agent for Debian-based Linux platforms.

To download the inventory agent for Debian-based Linux platforms, go to the Installers page (Data Collection > IT Visibility Inventory Tasks > Installers) and select the agent installer for the intended platform. To enable or disable the automatic upgrade, go to the Agent Configurations page (Data Collection > IT Visibility Inventory Tasks > Agent Configurations), edit or create an agent configuration, go to the Manage version section on the Inventory Agent Options tab, select Automatically by platform, and select or clear the checkbox for the intended platform.

Note:For FlexNet Inventory Agent version 22.2.0, the first upgrade of a Debian environment still needs to be done manually. Subsequent Debian-based automatic upgrades will ensue following the first manual upgrade.