November 2020

FlexNet Manager Suite 2020 R2

Master Issue Number Component/s Summary Workaround
IOJ-2148226 Agent, Component installers

Inventory data folder doesn't get created in the default path on non-windows environments during adoption

IOJ-2124653 Integration: Salesforce, Inventory import (read/write/export)

Salesforce adapter - Use of the same subdomain for multiple Salesforce instances will end up with one or more licenses showing no usage

IOJ-2150912 Inventory import (read/write/export), SAM for Oracle

RemoveMissingComputersAndAssociatedProperties writer step may fail with error if removed Oracle instance was managed by Oracle Enterprise Manager: 'The DELETE statement conflicted with the REFERENCE constraint "FK_Instance_ScannedInstanceID"'

IOJ-2150913 Inventory import (read/write/export), SAM for Oracle

RemoveMissingComputersAndAssociatedProperties writer step may fail with error if removed Oracle option was managed by Oracle Enterprise Manager: 'The DELETE statement conflicted with the REFERENCE constraint "FK_OracleFeature_ScannedInstanceID"'

IOJ-2157369 Inventory import (read/write/export)

License reconciliation may cause a SQL timeout when processing CAL licenses

IOJ-2151213 Web UI

Advanced filter may assign random custom property other than the selected custom property by user

IOJ-2096914 Agent, Component installers

Multiple Windows inventory agent versions may be recognized as installed based on stale Windows Installer data not removed during agent upgrade

Remove the orphan uninstall evidence from the registry.
IOJ-2150163 Business adapters

Business adapter studio may crash under certain circumstance

IOJ-2152742 Component installers

Config.ps1 script fails with error on some Windows OS versions which don't have a "GetVersion" function in kernel32.dll: "SetupQueue.ps1 : Method invocation failed because [System.Object[]] does not contain a method named 'GetVersion'."

If the customer can execute unsigned Powershell scripts, the script can be manually edited to avoid the GetVersion call.
IOJ-2149782 Database, Web UI

Red error bar with error in webui.log when saving an application record: The UPDATE statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint "FK_SoftwareLicenseProduct_SoftwareTitleUpgradeVersion_MT"

IOJ-1770350 Integration: Active Directory

Importing Active Directory domain .actdir file may fail with error if computer names differ only by whitespace: "Violation of PRIMARY KEY constraint 'PK_ADComputer'. Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.ADComputer_MT'."

IOJ-2152062 Integration: Citrix

XenApp integration may not assign applications to user when application groups are not being used

Tests passed
http://mlbjenkins.fnms.flexdev.com/view/FNMP%20branches/view/fnms1600cloud/job/fnms1600cloud%20Integration%20tests/job/DB%20Integration%20tests%20-%20Compliance%20Reader/1/
IOJ-1992956 Integration: Salesforce, Inventory import (read/write/export)

Salesforce connector may fail when Salesforce has few hundred thousands users

IOJ-1890219 Inventory, Inventory import (read/write/export)

Inventory spreadsheet import is not backwards compatible when a new FlexNet Manager Suite release adds additional columns

You can add the additional columns to the spreadsheet, using the newer templates. This will restore the imports.
IOJ-2150706 Inventory import (read/write/export)

FlexNet Manager Suite file evidence reader step ReadRelevantUnixFiles can consume excessive memory in SQL Server

IOJ-2154690 Inventory import (read/write/export)

Reconcile of CAL licenses may fail due to duplicate access user data with an error : "Cannot insert duplicate key in object 'dbo.ReconcileSoftwareAccessUserLicensePointsConsumedData_MT'"

IOJ-1716880 Inventory import (read/write/export), Web UI

Enabling the 'Synchronize assigned user with calculated user' option on the System Settings > Inventory tab has no effect during the inventory import process

See https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Manager-Knowledge-Base/Synchronize-assigned-user-with-calculated-user-is-not-working/tac-p/154077
IOJ-1758988 Inventory import (read/write/export)

System Task page shows incorrect number of ignored devices due to FlexNet Manager Suite license limit

No known workaround exists.
IOJ-2115880 Reports, SAM for Oracle

Red error bar message when exporting Oracle Server Worksheet with error in webui.log: 'System.InvalidOperationException: The result collection contains duplicate objects.'

The only workaround is to run a SQL script on the Compliance database to generate the report offline. Please contact Flexera Support.
IOJ-2113640 Reports, SAM for IBM

The 'IBM PVU License Consumption' Report - Does not include 'Covered by related product' automated license exemptions

View the accurate exemptions in the consumption tab of license properties.
IOJ-2134925 SAM for IBM, VMware discovery & inventory, Web UI

Red error bar saving inventory settings when enabling IBM PVU settings after upgrading from 2019 R2 or earlier release to 2020 R1 with error in webui.log: "Object reference not set to an instance of an object at [...].CheckInternalDBObjects"

A SQL script to resolve this problem is available from Flexera Support, and discussed in Flexera Community at https://community.flexera.com/t5/FlexNet-Manager-Forum/Any-changes-on-Inventory-setting-page-is-throwing-error-while/m-p/173038
IOJ-2070394 SAM for SAP, Web UI

The SAP Module Usage page may not display the expected data

Use Module Usage report in Reports area
IOJ-1744884 Batch processing

Log files are not being deleted despite maxSizeRollBackups parameter value

IOJ-1890750 Component installers, Inventory Beacon

FlexNet Beacon upgrade does not preserve the BaseDirectory causing loss of Intermediate status files

After upgrade update, the BaseDirectory registry key value to " C:\ProgramData\Flexera Software\Beacon". The default key location for the BaseDirectory Key under Managesoft Corp > Managesoft > Beacon > Current version
IOJ-2136486 Containers, Inventory import (read/write/export)

ReadComplianceComputerTypeID FlexNet inventory reader may fail with error when importing from 2019 R2 or earlier inventory database: "Invalid object name 'ContainerImageView'"

IOJ-2158234 Integration: SaaS Manager, Integration: Salesforce

Imported SaaS User licenses from Salesforce/SaaS Manager used count represent assigned user count in FNMS

IOJ-2117410 Inventory, Inventory import (read/write/export)

Inventory import may link obsolete software evidence when duplicate inventory records exist in inventory database

Manually remove device from UI will cause single active inventory record to be imported however this only applies if you know which records are impacted.
IOJ-2136269 Inventory Beacon

Overlapping inventory settings not saved correctly in co-located inventory beacon when saved first time

This bug only affects 'Create' inventory connection view. As such, you can edit existing connections and re-input the desired overllping inventory filter settings. This will save the correct ExpiryPeriod value in dbo.ComplianceConnection table.
IOJ-2135228 Inventory Beacon

Powershell adapter can potentially store incorrect compliance connection parameters

IOJ-2126421 Inventory import (read/write/export), SAM for Oracle

ApplicationDeletion import writer step may fail with error: 'The DELETE statement conflicted with the REFERENCE constraint "FK_OracleFeature_ScannedInstanceID".'

IOJ-1752966 Inventory import (read/write/export), VMware discovery & inventory

The last inventory date of VMware clusters is not updated

Please consider host last inventory date in a cluster as cluster inventory date. Cluster information is reported by host, latest inventory from a host will be the inventory date for that cluster.
IOJ-1892553 Purchase management, Software license management

"There is a gap in maintenance coverage for this license" alert may appear on a license when there is not actually any gap

IOJ-2093790 Reports

Intermittent red error bar running custom reports with error in webui.log: "Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read property 'style' of null"

No known workaround exists.
IOJ-2154716 Reports

Redbar error while configuring a custom report

IOJ-2077165 SAM for IBM

Retiring Consuming Asset sets Inventory to Ignored and removes from PVU peak consumption

No known workaround exists.
IOJ-2081725 Software license management

Show licenses assessed page for user license can be extremely slow

No workaround.
IOJ-2155447 Software license management

License recommendation does not calculate device processor/core limit recommendation

Update the Processors limit: manually on the identification tab by opening the license properties License type: Device (Processor-Limited)
IOJ-2158477 Web UI

The "Number of active devices" may be shown as 0 when viewing your FlexNet Manager Suite license details when certain types of virtual machines exist without a host