Job Management Partner 1/Asset Information Manager Administrator's Guide

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Summary of amendments

The following table lists changes in the manuals 33020-3-S76-90(E), 3020-3-S77-90(E), and 3020-3-S78-90(E) for JP1/Asset Information Manager 09-50 and product changes related to these manuals.

Changes Location
Related asset information can now be managed. Description: 1.2.2
Planning and Setup Guide: 2.1.1(2)
By assigning divisions to users, a single user can now manage information about multiple groups. Description: 1.2.2, 1.2.3
Planning and Setup Guide: 3.1.3
Admin. Guide: 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.4(1), 1.6
Login authentication can now be performed by linking to Active Directory. In addition, Active Directory user information can now be acquired. Description: 1.2.10, 2.10, 2.11
Planning and Setup Guide: 1.2.3, 3.5, 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 4.1, 4.1.1(9), 5.3, 5.3.6, 5.3.6(1), 5.3.6(3), 5.3.6(4), 5.3.6(5), 5.3.6(6), 5.3.6(7), 5.3.6(8), 5.3.6(9), Appendix D
Admin. Guide: 1.1.1
The following operation logs can now be referenced and summarized:
  • USB connection allowed
  • USB connection suppressed
  • Connection allowed for external media other than USB
  • Connection suppressed for external media other than USB
Description: 2.9(1)
Planning and Setup Guide: 4.1.1(7)
Admin. Guide: 2.7.1, 2.7.1(1)(a), 2.7.1(2)(a)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 is now supported as a database management system. Description: Entire manual
Planning and Setup Guide: Entire manual
Admin. Guide: Entire manual
Under Link with JP1/SD in the Server Setup dialog box, the setting Host ID has been changed to Targets for inventory.
Targets for inventory allows the user to acquire inventory information from all devices, or only from devices with host identifiers, or only from devices with system information.
Planning and Setup Guide: 1.3, 5.3.7(5)
The setting Inventory acquisition method has been added under Link with JP1/SD in the Server Setup dialog box, which allows the user to select Multithreading method as the method for acquiring inventory information. Planning and Setup Guide: 1.3, 5.3.7(20)
The setting Multiplex level for inventory has been added under Link with JP1/SD in the Server Setup dialog box, which allows the user to specify the multiplex level when inventory information is collected using the multithread method. Planning and Setup Guide: 1.3, 5.3.7(21)
By defining an assignment-exception MAC list, users can now register multiple devices as separate assets when JP1/Software Distribution inventory information is acquired, even if the devices have the same MAC address. Planning and Setup Guide: 3.2.3, 3.2.3(17)
Machine serial number can be selected as the assigned key when JP1/Software Distribution inventory information is acquired. Planning and Setup Guide: 3.2.3(1), 3.2.3(11), 3.2.3(12), 3.2.3(13), 3.2.3(14), 5.3.7(8), 5.3.7(9), 5.3.7(10), 9.6.1, Appendix D
The following items have been added under Link with Directory Server in the Server Setup dialog box:
  • Directory server usage
  • Server name
  • Port number
  • Access user
  • Response monitoring time
  • User information DN
  • User ID attribute name
  • User name attribute name
Planning and Setup Guide: 3.5.1, 5.3, 5.3.1, 5.3.6, 5.3.6(1), 5.3.6(3), 5.3.6(4), 5.3.6(5), 5.3.6(6), 5.3.6(7), 5.3.6(8), 5.3.6(9), Appendix D
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 is now supported as a Web browser. Planning and Setup Guide: 4.1.1(2), 4.2.1, 5.2.1(2), 11.8(1)
The setting Status to display in device search windows under Basic Information in the Server Setup dialog box has been added to the Add Related Device window. Planning and Setup Guide: 5.3.4(21), 8.2
The setting Device log management has been added under Basic Information in the Server Setup dialog box, which allows the user to select whether to manage the initial change history of a device to be managed when a Delete change log task is performed. Planning and Setup Guide: 5.3.4(22)
Items in the outbox can now be copied to create new Items. Planning and Setup Guide: 5.3.4(20), Appendix D
Admin. Guide: 3.3.1, 3.3.6, 3.3.6(1)
Asset Information Manager operations can now be output to an audit log. Planning and Setup Guide: 5.3.4(23), 5.3.4(24), Appendix D, Appendix G, G.1, G.2, G.3, G.3(1), G.3(2), G.3(3), G.3(3)(a), G.3(3)(b), G.3(4), G.4, G.5
When an Item is attached, users who have been assigned as agents for that Item can now be notified by email. Planning and Setup Guide: 5.3.5, 5.3.5(2), Appendix D
Admin. Guide: 3.1.1, 3.2.2
The setting Number of JP1/CSC notifications has been added under Link with JP1/SD in the Server Setup dialog box, which allows the user to set the timing for reporting the acquisition of JP1/Software Distribution inventory information to JP1/Client Security Control. Planning and Setup Guide: 5.3.7(19)
The following operations have been added for data maintenance tasks:
  • Delete related asset information that does not have target asset information
  • Delete division information set for groups that no longer exist
Planning and Setup Guide: 5.9.3(1), 5.9.3(3)
Settings for Windows Server 2008 have been added to the following cluster administrator resources:
  • Microsoft Internet Information Services resource
  • Embedded RDB service resource
Planning and Setup Guide: 5.13.3
The following asset types have been added for importing and exporting:
  • Division information
  • Assign division
Planning and Setup Guide: 7.1.2(2), 7.1.2(3), 7.1.3(3), 7.1.4(16), 7.2.3(3), 14.1.1, 14.1.2, 14.2.9, 14.3.5, 14.3.6, 14.4, 14.4.20, 14.4.21
Admin. Guide: 4.10.1(3)(q), 4.10.1(3)(r), 4.10.2(1), 4.10.2(2)
Related asset information has been added as an asset type that can be specified when importing asset information with the Import job menu or with jamCsvImport.bat, and when exporting asset information with the Export job menu or with jamCsvExport.bat. Planning and Setup Guide: 7.1.2(2), 7.1.3(3), 7.1.4(15), 7.2.3(3), 14.1.1, 14.1.2, 14.1.3, 14.2.26, 14.3.11, 14.4, 14.4.19
Admin. Guide: 4.10.1(3)(p), 4.10.2(1), 4.10.2(2)
The official authority Item auditor has been added. Users who have this official authority can view the latest Item content and attachments in the Execution Item Management window. Planning and Setup Guide: 10.1.1, 10.2, 10.2.3
Admin. Guide: 3.4
A table object has been added to allow multiple entries for a single Item object. In addition, the component Table Designer has been added for defining table objects. Planning and Setup Guide: 10.4.3, 10.4.3(1), 10.4.3(1)(e), 10.4.3(3), 10.4.5, 10.4.5(1), 10.4.5(2), 10.4.5(3), 10.4.5(4), 10.5.2, 10.5.4(1), 10.5.4(2)
A date can now be set to the subject data type of an Item. Planning and Setup Guide: 10.4.3(3)(b)
A note about the work required to rebuild Microsoft Internet Information Services has been added. Planning and Setup Guide: 11.5.6
Greater detail is now provided in the table that shows the correspondence between information created for Asset Information classes and the inventory information assigned in JP1/Software Distribution. Planning and Setup Guide: 13.1
The modification date of system configuration information and the modification date of registry information can now be managed as asset information. Planning and Setup Guide: 13.1.1, 14.2.2, 14.4.1
DivisionInfo has been added as an object class. Planning and Setup Guide: 14.1.1, 14.1.3, 14.2.9, 14.4, 14.4.20, 14.4.21
The following association classes have been added:
  • DivisionLink
  • DivisionUserLink
Planning and Setup Guide: 14.1.2, 14.1.3, 14.3.5, 14.3.6, 14.4
In the table listing the size of each information item in the section on the disk space required by the asset management database, the size of the hardware information item has been changed from 51.7 KB to 52.1 KB. Planning and Setup Guide: C.2(1)
The number of assigned license keys can now be displayed in the Owned License List window. Admin. Guide: 2.4.1
The Related devices tab has been added to the Device Details dialog box, which allows the user to manage linkages between devices. Admin. Guide: 2.8, 2.8.6
A Divisions tab has been added to the Group Details dialog box of the Group and User job menu, in which options such as modifying division information and outputting a list of divisions to a CSV file have been added. An option for assigning divisions to users has also been added to the Divisions tab. Admin. Guide: 4.1, 4.1.3, 4.1.5, 4.1.5(1), 4.1.5(2), 4.1.6, 4.1.6(1), 4.1.6(2), 4.1.6(3), 4.1.6(4), 4.1.6(5)
A note has been added about the format of CSV files that are imported using the Import job menu. Admin. Guide: 4.10.1(1)

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In addition to the above changes, minor editorial corrections have been made.