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  1. FlexNet Manager Update: Application Recognition Library 2973 and Service Life Data Pack 818 are available

     

    What's new in this release?

    • Count of new applications added:

    Top10PublishersCurrent Library Totals:

    • Number of applications in ARL:  311,534 across 18,553 publishers.
    • Number of commercial applications with service life dates:  98,596
    • Number of evidence recognition rules: 3,384,798
    • Installer evidence rules:  2,241,226
    • File evidence rules:   1,143,443
    • WMI evidence rules: 1,723
    • Application suite evidence rules: 1,883

     

    Details of changes in the ARL

    You can inspect changes made in this ARL release as per the following links:

     

     

     

    Updating library data

     

    FlexNet Manager Cloud: These updates will be installed before Monday, July 27th, 2026.

     

    FlexNet Manager On-premises: This library release will be applied to your FlexNet Manager according to the schedule settings and processes configured for your instance. If your environment requires you to download and update library data manually, see the following article for guidance: Downloading the FlexNet Manager Suite Content Libraries manually.

    You can inspect currently installed library versions using the FlexNet Manager Menu > System Health > System Health Dashboard menu option.

     

    Upcoming ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates: We nominally expect the next ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates to be published on or around Friday, July 31st , 2026

     

    Reporting issues with ARL and SLDP updates

     

    Should you have any FlexNet Manager library data issues, please submit a case by logging in to the Flexera Community and selecting the Get Support > Open new case menu option.

    We are interested in feedback on these announcements. If you have any questions or suggestions for improvements, please comment below. 

    We trust you will find this update helpful and look forward to continually improving your application recognition results.

     

    Team Content

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  2. FlexNet Manager Update – SKU, PURL & Bundle updates - Release #582

     

    The SKU, Product Use Rights Libraries (PURL) and Bundles libraries, used by FlexNet Manager Suite, have been updated. For on premise customers the SKU/PURL/Bundles libraries have been published and are now available.

    Customers of Flexera One IT Asset Management (ITAM) will have this update applied by the Recognition Data Import task and will be available on Monday, July 27th 2026 in your time zone.

     

    What's new in this release?

    • 24,065 new SKUs have been added to the SKU library. The following table provides an overview of the number of SKUs with respect to publisher: 
    • More than 9283 SKUs are mapped to their respective applications.
    • SKUs missing PURL templates and existing mapping were refreshed which covered more than 15,300 SKUs. Details on the number of SKUs covered across each publisher: 

     

    • 40 new custom FLX SKUs – 7 SKUs for Microsoft publisher and 33 SKUs for other publishers have been created and released to supplement FlexeraOne SaaS Manager workflow for the respective products and cater to customer requests. SKUs details are available in the attached spreadsheet 'CustomFlexeraSKUsForJuly2026.xlsx'.
    • Updated 79 bundles by adding/removing applications and SKUs as per latest vendor literature
    • 63 bundles were updated, incorporating mappings for a total of 2,705 SKUs.
    • 34 New Bundles Published image.png
    • Oracle Coherence Recognition Improvements: ARL Build #2971 introduces dedicated application recognition and precedence rules for Oracle Coherence, enabling more accurate differentiation between auto-installed and configured deployments. Same Oracle Coherence application has also been added to the Oracle WebLogic Server Enterprise and Oracle WebLogic Server Suite bundles in SKU build #582. These enhancements improve Oracle WebLogic licensing accuracy, provide clearer compliance visibility, and help minimize the risk of license classification errors.

     

    • Library information is as follows:
      • Total number of SKUs in the library is 21,44,260 across 2,520 publishers.
      • Total number of PURL templates is 7,336 across 80 publishers.
      • Total number of published Bundles is 5,007 across 39 publishers.

     

    How do I report issues with SKU/PURL/Bundles Library updates?

     

    Should you have any issues related to SKU/PURL/Bundles processing with FlexNet Manager, please contact Flexera Support. Visit Contact-Flexera-Support for more details.

     

    The regular schedule for SKU/PURL/Bundles updates

     

    We expect the next update to the PURL, SKU & Bundles Library to be available on Friday, August 21st 2026. The libraries are available as soon as published and are updated weekly via the Recognition Data Import task, or as otherwise reflected in your local configuration. Customers of Flexera One IT Asset Management (ITAM)  will have this update applied by Monday, August 24th 2026 in your time zone.

     

    Downloading the SKU/PURL Libraries Manually

     

    The SKU/PURL library updates can be downloaded from the Flexera Product and Licensing Center (PLC 2.0).

    For full details on how to install content library files once they have been downloaded, see the "Manual Updates of Library Data" topic in the Installing FlexNet Manager Suite On-Premises PDF applicable to your version of FlexNet Manager Suite.

     

    To locate this PDF,  go to the Flexera Product Documentation website and select your FlexNet Manager Suite version from the VERSION drop down list. The file will now be listed and available for you to download.

    Monthly updates are our minimum commitment. We may also provide additional updates from time to time based on customer demand. We will continue to send email alerts to announce each update.

     

    Regards,

    Team Content

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  3. FlexNet Manager Update: Application Recognition Library 2971 and Service Life Data Pack 816 are available

     

    What's new in this release?

    •  Oracle Coherence Recognition Improvements: Added dedicated application recognition and precedence rules to distinguish between auto-installed and configured Oracle Coherence deployments. This improves Oracle WebLogic licensing accuracy, provides clearer compliance insights, and reduces the risk of licensing misclassification.
    • Count of new applications added:

    Top10PublishersCurrent Library Totals:

    • Number of applications in ARL:  311,402 across 18,543 publishers.
    • Number of commercial applications with service life dates:  98,596
    • Number of evidence recognition rules: 3,384,798
    • Installer evidence rules:  2,238,599
    • File evidence rules:   1,142,600
    • WMI evidence rules: 1,723
    • Application suite evidence rules: 1,876

     

    Details of changes in the ARL

    You can inspect changes made in this ARL release as per the following links:

     

     

    Updating library data

     

    FlexNet Manager Cloud: These updates will be installed before Monday, July 20th, 2026.

     

    FlexNet Manager On-premises: This library release will be applied to your FlexNet Manager according to the schedule settings and processes configured for your instance. If your environment requires you to download and update library data manually, see the following article for guidance: Downloading the FlexNet Manager Suite Content Libraries manually.

    You can inspect currently installed library versions using the FlexNet Manager Menu > System Health > System Health Dashboard menu option.

     

    Upcoming ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates: We nominally expect the next ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates to be published on or around Friday, July 24th, 2026

     

    Reporting issues with ARL and SLDP updates

     

    Should you have any FlexNet Manager library data issues, please submit a case by logging in to the Flexera Community and selecting the Get Support > Open new case menu option.

    We are interested in feedback on these announcements. If you have any questions or suggestions for improvements, please comment below. 

    We trust you will find this update helpful and look forward to continually improving your application recognition results.

     

    Team Content

     

     

     

     

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  4. FlexNet Manager Update: Application Recognition Library 2970 and Service Life Data Pack 815 are available

     

    What's new in this release?

     

    • Count of new applications added:

    Top10PublishersCurrent Library Totals:

    • Number of applications in ARL:  311,183 across 18,535 publishers.
    • Number of commercial applications with service life dates:  98,596
    • Number of evidence recognition rules: 3,383,793
    • Installer evidence rules:  2,236,289
    • File evidence rules:   1,138,345
    • WMI evidence rules: 1,723
    • Application suite evidence rules: 1,872

     

    Details of changes in the ARL

    You can inspect changes made in this ARL release as per the following links:

     

     

    Updating library data

     

    FlexNet Manager Cloud: These updates will be installed before Monday, July 13th, 2026.

     

    FlexNet Manager On-premises: This library release will be applied to your FlexNet Manager according to the schedule settings and processes configured for your instance. If your environment requires you to download and update library data manually, see the following article for guidance: Downloading the FlexNet Manager Suite Content Libraries manually.

    You can inspect currently installed library versions using the FlexNet Manager Menu > System Health > System Health Dashboard menu option.

     

    Upcoming ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates: We nominally expect the next ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates to be published on or around Friday, July 17th, 2026

     

    Reporting issues with ARL and SLDP updates

     

    Should you have any FlexNet Manager library data issues, please submit a case by logging in to the Flexera Community and selecting the Get Support > Open new case menu option.

    We are interested in feedback on these announcements. If you have any questions or suggestions for improvements, please comment below. 

    We trust you will find this update helpful and look forward to continually improving your application recognition results.

     

    Team Content

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  5. FlexNet Manager Update: Application Recognition Library 2969 and Service Life Data Pack 814 are available

     

    What's new in this release?

     

    • Count of new applications added:

    Top10PublishersCurrent Library Totals:

    • Number of applications in ARL:  311,166 across 18,540 publishers.
    • Number of commercial applications with service life dates:  98,593
    • Number of evidence recognition rules: 3,383,793
    • Installer evidence rules:  2,242,064
    • File evidence rules:   1,138,176
    • WMI evidence rules: 1,716
    • Application suite evidence rules: 1,837

     

    Details of changes in the ARL

    You can inspect changes made in this ARL release as per the following links:

     

     

    Updating library data

     

    FlexNet Manager Cloud: These updates will be installed before Monday, July 6th, 2026.

     

    FlexNet Manager On-premises: This library release will be applied to your FlexNet Manager according to the schedule settings and processes configured for your instance. If your environment requires you to download and update library data manually, see the following article for guidance: Downloading the FlexNet Manager Suite Content Libraries manually.

    You can inspect currently installed library versions using the FlexNet Manager Menu > System Health > System Health Dashboard menu option.

     

    Upcoming ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates: We nominally expect the next ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates to be published on or around Friday, July 10th, 2026

     

    Reporting issues with ARL and SLDP updates

     

    Should you have any FlexNet Manager library data issues, please submit a case by logging in to the Flexera Community and selecting the Get Support > Open new case menu option.

    We are interested in feedback on these announcements. If you have any questions or suggestions for improvements, please comment below. 

    We trust you will find this update helpful and look forward to continually improving your application recognition results.

     

    Team Content

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  6. FlexNet Manager Update – SKU, PURL & Bundle updates - Release #581

     

    The SKU, Product Use Rights Libraries (PURL) and Bundles libraries, used by FlexNet Manager Suite, have been updated. For on premise customers the SKU/PURL/Bundles libraries have been published and are now available.

    Customers of Flexera One IT Asset Management (ITAM) will have this update applied by the Recognition Data Import task and which was made available on Monday, June 29th, 2026, in your time zone.

     

    What's new in this release?

    • 446 new SKUs have been added to the SKU library. The following table provides an overview of the number of SKUs with respect to publisher: image
    • More than 361 SKUs are mapped to their respective applications.
    • SKUs missing PURL templates and existing mapping were refreshed which covered more than 3,751 SKUs. Details on the number of SKUs covered across each publisher: image
    •  28 new custom FLX SKUs – 13 Microsoft SKUs, 1 Oracle and 14 other publishers have been created and released to supplement Flexera One SaaS Manager workflow for the respective products and cater to customer requests. SKUs details are available in the attached spreadsheet 'CustomFlexeraSKUsForJune2026.xlsx'.
    • Publisher has been changed from ‘CA’ to ‘Quest’ for over 270 SKUs associated with Erwin products, following the acquisition.
    • License metric for over 1,300 SKUs has transitioned from ‘Floating User’ to a 'custom metric', enhancing alignment between PURL and SKU library.
    • In total, 303 SKUs have been fetched from IBM websites and synced to the SKU library.
    • "Microsoft 365 E7" and "Microsoft 365 E7 with No Teams" bundles have been released, along with their associated SKUs.
    • Refreshed 395 bundles by adding/removing associated applications and SKUs as per latest vendor literature - Bundle details are available in the attached spreadsheet 'RefreshedBundlesJune2026.xlsx'
    • 133 new bundles have been published as part of the June release, leveraging data from both the IBM Catalog and the IBM Terms (LID), with 1,944 SKUs mapped to the new bundles - Bundle details are available in the attached spreadsheet 'NewBundlesJune2026.xlsx'

     

    • Library information is as follows:
      • Total number of SKUs in the library is 21,45,203 across 2,530 publishers.
      • Total number of PURL templates is 7,476 across 84 publishers.
      • Total number of published Bundles is 4,972 across 38 publishers

     

    How do I report issues with SKU/PURL/Bundles Library updates?

     

    Should you have any issues related to SKU/PURL/Bundles processing with FlexNet Manager, please contact Flexera Support. Visit Contact-Flexera-Support for more details.

     

    The regular schedule for SKU/PURL/Bundles updates

     

    We expect the next update to the PURL, SKU & Bundles Library to be available on Friday, July 24th 2026. The libraries are available as soon as published and are updated weekly via the Recognition Data Import task, or as otherwise reflected in your local configuration. Customers of Flexera One IT Asset Management (ITAM) will have this update applied by Monday, July 27th 2026 in your time zone.

     

    Downloading the SKU/PURL Libraries Manually

     

    The SKU/PURL library updates can be downloaded from the Flexera Product and Licensing Center (PLC 2.0).

    For full details on how to install content library files once they have been downloaded, see the "Manual Updates of Library Data" topic in the Installing FlexNet Manager Suite On-Premises PDF applicable to your version of FlexNet Manager Suite.

    To locate this PDF, go to the Flexera Product Documentation website and select your FlexNet Manager Suite version from the VERSION drop down list. The file will now be listed and available for you to download.

    Monthly updates are our minimum commitment. We may also provide additional updates from time to time based on customer demand. We will continue to send email alerts to announce each update.

     

    Regards,

    Team Content

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  7. FlexNet Manager Update: Application Recognition Library 2967 and Service Life Data Pack 812 are available

     

    What's new in this release?

     

    • Count of new applications added:

    imageCurrent Library Totals:

    • Number of applications in ARL:  311,035 across 18,542 publishers.
    • Number of commercial applications with service life dates:  98,536
    • Number of evidence recognition rules: 3,380,928
    • Installer evidence rules:  2,239,797
    • File evidence rules:   1,137,578
    • WMI evidence rules: 1,716
    • Application suite evidence rules: 1,837

     

    Details of changes in the ARL

    You can inspect changes made in this ARL release as per the following links:

     

     

    Updating library data

     

    FlexNet Manager Cloud: These updates will be installed before Monday, June 29th, 2026.

     

    FlexNet Manager On-premises: This library release will be applied to your FlexNet Manager according to the schedule settings and processes configured for your instance. If your environment requires you to download and update library data manually, see the following article for guidance: Downloading the FlexNet Manager Suite Content Libraries manually.

    You can inspect currently installed library versions using the FlexNet Manager Menu > System Health > System Health Dashboard menu option.

     

    Upcoming ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates: We nominally expect the next ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates to be published on or around Friday, July 3rd, 2026

     

    Reporting issues with ARL and SLDP updates

     

    Should you have any FlexNet Manager library data issues, please submit a case by logging in to the Flexera Community and selecting the Get Support > Open new case menu option.

    We are interested in feedback on these announcements. If you have any questions or suggestions for improvements, please comment below. 

    We trust you will find this update helpful and look forward to continually improving your application recognition results.

     

    Team Content

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  8. FlexNet Manager Update: Application Recognition Library 2966 and Service Life Data Pack 811 are available

     

    What's new in this release?

    • With this ARL release, you can now identify IBM sub-capacity devices running EOS technologies and take early action to stay compliant. The feature provides clear insights to support timely upgrades and avoid compliance risks. For more info, please refer https://community.flexera.com/s/feed/0D5PL00000uK8sh0AC

     

     

    Count of new applications added:

     

    Top10Publishers 

      Current Library Totals:

    • Number of applications in ARL :310,722 across 18,542 publishers.
    • Number of commercial applications with service life dates: 98,513
    • Number of evidence recognition rules: 3,377,263
    • Installer evidence rules: 2,236,830
    • File evidence rules: 1,136,882
    • WMI evidence rules: 1,716
    • Application suite evidence rules: 1,835

     

     

    Details of changes in the ARL

     

    You can inspect changes made in this ARL release as per the following links:

     

     

     

    Updating library data

     

    Flexera One ITAM: These updates will be installed before Monday, June 22nd , 2026.

     

    FlexNet Manager On-premises: This library release will be applied to your FlexNet Manager according to the schedule settings and processes configured for your instance. If your environment requires you to download and update library data manually, see the following article for guidance: Downloading the FlexNet Manager Suite Content Libraries manually.

     

    You can inspect currently installed library versions using the FlexNet Manager Menu > System Health > System Health Dashboard menu option.

     

    Upcoming ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates: We nominally expect the next ARL and Service Life Data Pack updates to be published on or around Friday, June 26th, 2026

     

    Reporting issues with ARL and SLDP updates

     

    Should you have any FlexNet Manager library data issues, please submit a case by logging in to the Flexera Community and selecting the Get Support > Open new case menu option.

     

    We are interested in feedback on these announcements. If you have any questions or suggestions for improvements, please comment below.

     

    We trust you will find this update helpful and look forward to continually improving your application recognition results.

     

    -Team Content

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