Job Management Partner 1/Asset Information Manager

Administrator's Guide

3020-3-S78-90(E)


Contents

Notices
Summary of amendments
Preface

1. Basic Operating Procedure
1.1 Logging in to and out of Asset Information Manager
1.1.1 Logging in
1.1.2 Logging out
1.2 Window component names and usage
1.3 Search procedure
1.4 Registration procedure
1.5 Differences in window functions by user role
1.6 Job menus that can be used to specify divisions as search conditions and values to be registered

2. Executing Asset Management Jobs
2.1 Device Management
2.1.1 Checking the number of owned devices (Device Totals)
2.1.2 Searching for devices (Device List)
2.1.3 Searching for unused devices (Unused Device List)
2.1.4 Registering device information (New Device)
2.1.5 Changing device information (Batch Update)
2.1.6 Checking the number of devices that require stocktaking (Totals of Stocktaking-Unexecuted Devices)
2.1.7 Registering actual stocktaking data (Confirm Stocktaking Device)
2.1.8 Managing the device change log (Device Change Log)
2.2 Contract Management
2.2.1 Registering contract information (New Contract)
2.2.2 Changing contract information (Contract List)
2.3 Problems
2.3.1 Managing system problems (Problems)
2.4 Software License
2.4.1 Checking the license usage status (Owned License List)
2.4.2 Checking for exceeded licenses (Excess License List)
2.4.3 Checking for expired licenses (Unauthorized Usage List)
2.4.4 Checking for unused licenses (Unused License List)
2.4.5 Checking the usage status of unregistered software (Unknown Usage List)
2.4.6 Adding a license (New Software)
2.4.7 Searching for software (Software List)
2.4.8 Changing the managerial group of a license (Transfer License)
2.4.9 Registering volume contract information (New Volume License)
2.4.10 Changing volume contract information (Volume License List)
2.4.11 Totaling licenses (Totals List & Execution)
2.4.12 Managing the installed software update history (Update History)
2.5 Software Applied Management
2.5.1 Managing the software application status (Software Applied)
2.5.2 Checking the status of software distribution (Distribution Status)
2.5.3 Managing WSUS updates (WSUS Updates Management)
2.6 Software Usage Management
2.6.1 Checking software usage status (Software Operation Status)
2.6.2 Checking for unauthorized software installations (Unauthorized Install List)
2.6.3 Checking programs used (Program Execution History)
2.6.4 Checking operated windows (Window Title Update History)
2.7 Security Management
2.7.1 Checking operation logs (Operation Log List)
2.7.2 Totaling operation logs (Operation Log Total)
2.7.3 Tracing user operations
2.8 Managing device details
2.8.1 Viewing and changing device details (Device tab)
2.8.2 Viewing and changing network information (Network tab)
2.8.3 Viewing and changing installed software assets (Software tab)
2.8.4 Browsing and adding patch information (Patch tab)
2.8.5 Browsing and adding anti-virus software (Anti-Virus tab)
2.8.6 Viewing or changing related asset information (Related Devices tab)
2.8.7 Browsing and changing assigned license information (License tab)
2.8.8 Viewing inventory information (Inventory tab)
2.8.9 Viewing and changing contract information (Contract tab)
2.8.10 Viewing and changing the maintenance log (Maintenance tab)
2.8.11 Browsing update history (Update Records tab)

3. Executing Asset Management Jobs That Use Items
3.1 Creating Items (New Item)
3.1.1 Creating new Items
3.1.2 Example of creating a Problem Report Form
3.1.3 Example of using the provided sample Items
3.2 Processing received Items (Inbox)
3.2.1 Approving or rejecting Items
3.2.2 Specifying a substitute
3.2.3 Resending a rejected Item
3.3 Checking and pulling back sent Items (Outbox)
3.3.1 Checking the status of a sent Item
3.3.2 Pulling back sent Items
3.3.3 Sending saved Items
3.3.4 Checking the progress of Items
3.3.5 Deleting Items
3.3.6 Creating a new Item by copying an Item
3.4 Managing Items (Execution Item Management)
3.5 FAQ (Creating and processing Items)

4. Managing Shared Information
4.1 Changing user and group information (Group and User)
4.1.1 Adding a group
4.1.2 Adding a user
4.1.3 Deleting groups or users
4.1.4 Moving groups or users
4.1.5 Viewing and editing groups
4.1.6 Viewing and editing divisions
4.1.7 Viewing and editing user information
4.2 Searching for users (Search Users)
4.3 Changing information about asset locations (Location)
4.3.1 Adding a location
4.3.2 Deleting a location
4.3.3 Moving a location
4.4 Changing IP group information (IP Group)
4.4.1 Adding an IP group
4.4.2 Viewing IP address usage
4.4.3 Assigning IP addresses to devices
4.4.4 Releasing the IP addresses assigned to devices
4.4.5 Downloading the IP address usage
4.4.6 Deleting an IP group
4.5 Managing device catalog information (Device Catalog)
4.5.1 Registering a device catalog
4.5.2 Deleting a device catalog
4.6 Establishing correspondence between software names (Software Name)
4.6.1 Registering a software name
4.6.2 Consolidating software names
4.6.3 Deleting a software name
4.6.4 Changing a software name and attributes
4.6.5 Assigning an installed software name
4.6.6 Releasing assignment of an installed software name
4.6.7 Registering license information
4.6.8 Changing license information
4.6.9 Adding downgrade software assets
4.6.10 Releasing a software name from downgrade software
4.7 Changing information about installed software (Installed Software)
4.7.1 Registering an installed software name
4.7.2 Changing the installed software information
4.7.3 Assigning to a software name
4.7.4 Deleting an installed software name
4.8 Adding and changing types and statuses (Code)
4.8.1 Adding codes
4.8.2 Changing a code's display value
4.8.3 Deleting code information
4.8.4 Meaning of codes depending on specification range
4.8.5 Code IDs shared among multiple classes
4.8.6 Code information that cannot be added or deleted
4.9 Viewing and changing individual information (Individual Information)
4.10 Changing asset information in a batch operation (Import)
4.10.1 Creating a CSV file to be imported
4.10.2 Creating import conditions
4.10.3 Executing imports
4.10.4 Deleting import conditions
4.11 Exporting asset information in CSV format (Export)
4.11.1 Creating export conditions
4.11.2 Executing an export operation
4.11.3 Deleting export conditions
4.12 Checking the import results (Result Import)
4.13 Viewing log information (Log)

Appendixes
A. Version Changes
B. Glossary

Index