Updating the Inventory Beacon Configuration

IT Asset Management (Cloud)

You can modify the configuration of a registered inventory beacon if needed. You can also reconfigure a beacon if you want to rotate its password.

You must maintain the same unique ID for each inventory beacon that was generated at installation time. This means that you cannot share configuration files between beacons. Should you need to refresh settings for an inventory beacon (for example, if your cloud credentials had been compromised), proceed from the web interface for IT Asset Management. Using a web browser on the inventory beacon is most convenient (and assumed in this procedure).

To reconfigure an inventory beacon:

1. Go to Data Collection > IT Assets Inventory Tasks > Beacons.
2. On the row for your chosen inventory beacon, click the edit icon (a pencil).
   The Beacon Properties page displays.
3. On the General tab of the beacon properties, in the Status section, click Reconfigure beacon.
4. On the Reconfigure Beacon page, the following information is displayed. Some fields are editable.
   • Name—You can modify the name for the beacon. The new name will be used to identify this inventory beacon in future listings.
   • Unique ID—The unique ID of the beacon is displayed. This value is read-only and cannot be edited.
   • Destination—Displays whether this beacon is an IT Asset Management beacon or an IT Visibility beacon. For customers of both IT Visibility and IT Asset Management, you can modify the beacon destination.
     • ITAM—The beacon will become an IT Asset Management beacon.
     • ITV—The beacon will become an IT Visibility beacon.
   • Upgrade Mode—You can modify upgrade mode and select from the following options:
     • Manual—The beacon will never be automatically upgraded. This is the default and recommended option.
     • Always upgrade to approved version—The beacon will always be automatically upgraded to the approved version. The version number of the approved version is also displayed for your information.
     • Always upgrade to latest version—The beacon will always be automatically upgraded to the latest version.
     • Use a specific version chosen for this beacon—If you select this option, a list of all available beacon versions are displayed for you to select a specific version, and the beacon will be automatically upgraded to this version.

   Note: If this is a child beacon, you cannot select the parent beacon on this page. Instead, you will need to select the parent beacon and add credentials on the beacon server.
5. (Optional) If you want the beacon to be enabled right after it is created, select the Enabled checkbox.
6. Click Save to save the new configuration.
7. Click Download configuration, and in the confirmation dialog, click YES. A configuration file in the XML format will be downloaded.
   Important: The configuration file includes a new password, and can only be used on the one inventory beacon. You cannot reuse a configuration file for multiple beacons. Furthermore, when a new password has been generated, the configuration file must be imported into the inventory beacon, because the old password is no longer accepted by the central application server.
8. Go to the FlexNet Beacon software interface, and on the Parent connection tab, click Import configuration.
9. Browse to the configuration file you just downloaded, and click Open.
10. When the configuration details are changed, the inventory beacon runs a background check on the connection, and displays the results on the page. If there are problems listed, you can address these and (if required) click Test connection to retry. For more information and troubleshooting, see Creating and Registering an Inventory Beacon to Upload Inventory to Flexera One.