October 2019

FlexNet Manager Suite 2019 R2

Master Issue Number Component/s Summary Workaround
IOJ-1860967 Inventory, Inventory import (read/write/export)

FlexNet Manager Suite ILMT adapter may create duplicate esxi hosts due to incorrect hostname import

IOJ-2078233 Inventory import (read/write/export), Software license management

Import reconcile steps performing license transparency analysis perform slowly

IOJ-2070065 Remote execution

Remote execution on Unix like platforms using elevated privileges user will fail

Install agent manually
IOJ-2072337 Software license management

PVU consumption figures in the compliance view are incorrect for current full-capacity

IOJ-1831999 Web UI

System default currency page may fail to load if too many exchange rate set

IOJ-2073349

Users can delete custom report folders that contain the private reports of other users

IOJ-1996164 Component installers, Inventory Beacon

Auto Upgrade of Cloud Beacon incorrectly sets BeaconMode registry key to OnPremise

IOJ-2081706 Database

DataWarehouse migration fails at step to move to 13.6 due to incorrect required version

Update the value of the "requiredversion" attribute in the "Migration from 13.5 to 13.6" step in DataWarehouseMigration.xml to "13.5".
IOJ-1880512 Integration: ILMT & BigFix, Inventory, Inventory import (read/write/export)

Duplicate virtual machine records may be created importing from ILMT

In ILMT inventory ESXi host which is running VM contributing to IBM PVU license.
This only happens when esxi host is not inventoried.
IOJ-1992483 Inventory

Inventory devices keep being linked and unlinked from the Suite applications

IOJ-1772298 Inventory

FlexNet inventory agent may incorrectly count Oracle Universal Installer (OUI) packages which are located in a backup directory.

IOJ-1742927 Inventory Beacon

A child inventory beacon does not download adoption and upgrade packages completely from the parent inventory beacon

OPTION 1:
1. On the parent beacon: Extract the attached "FNMS-64079_Beacon_AuthcodeWorkaround_0.1.9.zip" to a folder, such as the desktop.
2. Open a command prompt (or PS window) as administrator and change to the root folder where the files were extracted.
with cd "C:\users\myuser\desktop\FNMS-64079"
3. Use the following to run: PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted -File ".\Hotfixes\FNMS-64079_Beacon_AuthcodeWorkaround.ps1"
4. Wait 15 - 30 minutes for the child beacons to re-attempt download.

OPTION 2:
Move child beacon to a parent beacon (by downloading another Configuration File without setting a Parent Beacon) to download packages.
You can move it back to child again when required inventory agent package downloaded.

OPTION 3:
The complete Packages folder can be copied manually from Parent Beacon to Child Beacon, where the packages will be functional/usable but the alerts/errors will still be visible: C:\ProgramData\Flexera Software\Staging\Common\Packages\

OPTION 4:
On the Parent Beacon only, copying the actual authenticode file from a cached folder and renaming it. This is time consuming, but will allow the Child Beacon to natively download all what it wants:

1. Open two Windows Explorer on the Parent Beacon and navigate to these two folders on each window: ProgramData\Flexera Software\Distribution\Cache\Common and ProgramData\Flexera Software\Staging\Common\Packages\Flexera\Adoption\LatestVersion
Open each Agent flavor folder in the 2nd link and open the corresponding cached folder on the first link.
2. Copy the authcode.cab file from the first link to second link, then rename it exactly like the file ending in metapkg.ndc.gz
but using .cab instead of .gz. Example: Copy ProgramData\Flexera Software\Distribution\Cache\Common\
Package_Flexera_Adoption_12.4.0_Rev1.0_FlexNet Inventory Agent_FlexNet Inventory Agent\authcode.cab TO ProgramData\
Flexera Software\Staging\Common\Packages\Flexera\Adoption\12.4.0\Rev1.0\FlexNet Inventory Agent\FlexNet Inventory Agent_
metapkg.ndc.cab
3. Do the same processes with the Inventory Beacon's upgrade package. Example: ProgramData\Flexera Software\Distribution\Cache\
Common\Package_Flexera_Upgrade_12.4.0_Rev1.0_Flexera Inventory Beacon Upgrade_Flexera Inventory Beacon Upgrade\authcode.cab TO
ProgramData\Flexera Software\Staging\Common\Packages\Flexera\Upgrade\12.4.0\Rev1.0\Flexera Inventory Beacon Upgrade\
Flexera Inventory Beacon Upgrade_metapkg.ndc.cab
4. Restart the FlexNet Beacon Engine service on the Child Beacon and it should be able to download all files.
IOJ-1878631 Inventory Beacon

SAPReader.exe fails when an Admin Module and Dependent SAP systems are added to the Beacon out of sequence

1) Make sure you have the credentials available for your SAP Admin Module.
2) Take screenshots of the SAP Systems list and delete them all and re-add them, starting with the Admin Module on top when re-adding.
Note: The deletion does NOT remove any data from FNMS, as the Beacon is only responsible for scheduling the inventories.
IOJ-2079647 Inventory import (read/write/export)

Import writers "Reconciling software licenses" step may fail with error: "System.NullReferenceException: [...] at ManageSoft.Compliance.Importer.Procedures.ManageSoft.LicenseReconcile.PopulateExistingComputerLicenseLinks()"

IOJ-1996262 Inventory import (read/write/export)

ILMT import does not import current sub and full capacity

Use FNMS to calculate sub-capacity for IBM PVU
IOJ-1904129 Reports, SAM for IBM

"IBM PVU License Consumption" report doesn't show "Exemption reason" for exemption by device role.

The exemption reasons for licenses can be viewed in the consumption tab of licenses listed in the report.
IOJ-1909714 Uploaded file importers

Oracle VMs can report under the incorrect host when using a locally installed agent on Oracle VM Server

IOJ-1995118

Performance issue when filtering the All Purchases grid for purchases where Cost Center is not empty

Wait for page to load
IOJ-1996053 Bundles

Reconciliation error may occur due to a bundle (multi-product) licenses

IOJ-1995117 Database, Web UI

Delay in loading All Purchases grid after deleting a purchase order with no associated licenses

Wait for grid to load.
IOJ-2080023 Discovery, Web UI

Discovery & Inventory Rules Page Failed to Load Due to Invalid Data

IOJ-2071010 Documentation

Some documentation for FlexNet Manager Suite 2019 R1 on-premises incorrectly claims compatibility with SQL Server 2017

Updated documentation is available from Helpnet:
https://helpnet.flexerasoftware.com/fnms2019r1/onpremises/FlexNet%20Manager%20Suite%20Release%20Notes%202019%20R1%20-%20English.pdf
https://helpnet.flexerasoftware.com/fnms2019r1/EN/SysReq/index.html
https://helpnet.flexerasoftware.com/fnms2019r1/onpremises/FlexNet%20Manager%20Suite%20System%20Requirements%202019%20R1.pdf
IOJ-2085217 Documentation

Upgrading FNMS may stop during the Batch Server Configuring Powershell Script by exceeding the windows path limit of 260 characters

Shorten the path by replacing 'FlexNet Manager Suite' with 'FNMS' or similar to fit within Windows OS path length requirements.
IOJ-1920356 Documentation

Documentation for the SAP Reader command is not updated with the correct SystemID parameter for -s option

IOJ-2075812 Integration: AWS

AWS Adapter throws exception when there is no default profile region specified

IOJ-1928997 Inventory

Oracle Advanced Security is not shown as used when Data Pump usage is detected

No Workaround
IOJ-1914988 Inventory

Oracle instances started from a symbolic link path do not have their correct ORACLE_HOME discovered by parsing the oratab file and inventory fails

IOJ-1922824 Inventory import (read/write/export)

Inventory import test connection does not prevent inventory data import into FlexNet Manager Suite

IOJ-2069386 Purchase management

The "Expiry date" column in the file 'PurchaseOrderImportTemplate.xlsx' is incorrectly formatted to MM/DD

IOJ-1931018 Reports

Cascading deletion incorrectly deletes the custom reports marked as "Public" when the user who created them is deleted

Leave the operator in the disable state.
IOJ-2074397 Software license management

Exempting IBM PVU sub-capacity ineligible devices is still calculating the host as full-capacity

IOJ-1988630 Uploaded file importers

Evidence counts maybe assigned to the incorrect application if the incoming evidence has no publisher set and the product name is the same

IOJ-1990297 Web UI

Inventory Settings(OD):Saving Inventory settings page with upgrade mode as "Upgrade selected platforms in the selected targets" is redirecting to unexpected error page

IOJ-2076638

IBM PVU license reconcile fails with Solaris zone that is missing logical processor information

The workaround for this issue is to override the number of logical processor property on the solaris zone which is impacted.
IOJ-1928453

In the PVU Consumption details report, the Capped Cores (Partial processsor) value should be used

IOJ-1929493

LMS_CPU_Results report doesn't get generated when LMSReport is downloaded by a scoped operator

IOJ-1989993

IBM Regions may not display when viewing the License grid

Run the attached SQL in your 2019 R1 environment:
FNMS2019R1-with-cluster-ibm-region-fix-Grid_LicenseComputerConsumptionListModelByLicense.sql
IOJ-1996461

Duplicate Key errors on the #NumProducts temporary table during CAL based reconcile

IOJ-1995806

Unable to retrieve multiple subscriptions from Azure

IOJ-2073951 Integration: SaaS Manager, Web UI

SaaS Manager button should not appear in UI by default