Managing Tanium Connections

FlexNet Manager Suite 2019 R2 (On-Premises Edition)
FlexNet Manager Suite provides an inventory connector to import Tanium software and hardware data.
Establishing a connection between Tanium and FlexNet Manager Suite, consists of the following three stages:
  • Configure Tanium Asset to connect to FlexNet Manager Suite
  • Install Tanium Connector on FlexNet Manager Suite
  • Configure FlexNet Beacon to connect to Tanium.

Before you begin

To complete this process, your chosen FlexNet Beacon must meet the following requirements, some of which should have been fulfilled when the FlexNet Beacon software was installed:
  • PowerShell 5.1 or later
  • The FlexNet Beacon software installed on the inventory beacon must be release 14.0, which is shipped with FlexNet Manager Suite 2019 R2 or later.
Note: The connection to Tanium supports optional use of a proxy.
  1. Configure Tanium Asset to connect to FlexNet Manager Suite.
    1. You must have an SQL database configured that implements the required Flexera database schema. For instructions see the "Configure Flexera staging database" tutorial at https://docs.tanium.com/asset/asset/exportasset.html?Highlight=flexera.
    2. You must configure Tanium Asset to export data to FlexNet Manager Suite by adding FlexNet Manager Suite as a destination. For instructions see the "Add Flexera destination" topic at https://docs.tanium.com/asset/asset/exportasset.html?Highlight=flexera.
    3. You must create an Flexera SQL Edition view within Tanium Asset. For instructions see the "Creating a Flexera SQL Edition view within Tanium Asset" topic in the FlexNet Manager Suite Inventory Adapters and Connectors Reference PDF available through the title page of online help.
    4. You can optionally integrate Tanium Asset with Tanium Index to provide file evidence information to Flexera. For instructions see the "(Optional) Enable file evidence content" topic at https://docs.tanium.com/asset/asset/exportasset.html?Highlight=flexera.
  2. Install Tanium Connector on FlexNet Manager Suite — For instructions, see the "Installing Tanium Connector on FlexNet Manager Suite" topic in the FlexNet Manager Suite Inventory Adapters and Connectors Reference PDF available through the title page of online help.
  3. Configure FlexNet Beacon to connect to Tanium. — For instructions see the "Configure FlexNet Beacon to connect with Tanium" topic in the FlexNet Manager Suite Inventory Adapters and Connectors Reference PDF available through the title page of online help.