Overview

You can count items of inventory information collected from clients to determine whether or not the most recent anti-virus definition file has been installed. You can also group clients on the basis of the count results and send a warning message in batch mode to clients where the most recent anti-virus definition file has not been installed.

• For details on the anti-virus products for which information can be acquired by JP1/Software Distribution, see 2.2.2(1) Available software information.

The following figure shows the general procedure for sending a warning message to clients if the most recent anti-virus definition file has not been installed.

Figure 4-8 General procedure for sending a warning message to clients if the most recent anti-virus definition file has not been installed

Operating procedure

To send a warning message to the clients on which the most recent virus definition file has not been installed:

1. Acquire information about the anti-virus products from the clients.
   
   • For details on how to execute the Get software information from client job, see 3.2.1 Procedure for collecting software information in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
2. Count the clients where the most recent virus definition file has not been installed.
   
   • For details on starting Inventory Viewer, see 4.1.1 Starting Inventory Viewer in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
   • For details on how to use inventory information to count clients, see 4.2.1 Counting procedure in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
   • For details on displaying the virus-definition files, see 4.2.3(3)(a) Counting by virus definition files in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
   Count the clients where the most recent virus definition file has not been installed.
   
3. Create a host group from the count results.
   
   • For details on how to create a host group from count results, see 4.2.7 Creating a host group from count results in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
4. Send a message to the created host group.
   
   • For details on sending messages, see 7.5 Sending messages to clients in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.

Notes

• For notes on collecting software information, see 3.2.3 Notes on collecting software information in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.
• For notes on executing the Report message job, see 7.5.2 Notes on sending messages to clients in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.