This section describes the Asset Information Manager that constitutes the asset management system.

• Asset Information Manager
  This program comprehensively manages IT asset information by acquiring inventory information or node information and importing asset information in CSV files into an asset management database in linkage with JP1/Software Distribution or HP NNM version 7.5 or earlier.
  Asset Information Manager consists of the three components and three subcomponents described below, to allow the user to select the necessary functions according to the program products to be linked.
  Server
  
  • Asset management server
    This is the basic component necessary to build an asset management server.
    
  • Linkage with JP1/SD
    This component is required to link to JP1/Software Distribution; it enables acquisition of information from JP1/Software Distribution and distribution to be directed from Asset Information Manager.
    
  Other products linkage
  
  • Information Viewer
    This component is required to reference Asset Information Manager asset information from another product such as HP NNM Version 7.5 or earlier.
    
  Linkage with WSUS
  When a WSUS server is linked, this connection component is necessary for using Asset Information Manager to manage the updates that arrive at the WSUS server. Install this component on the machine that acts as the WSUS server.