Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Setup Guide

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10.9 Inventory information that can be displayed by Asset Information Manager Subset

The information supported by Asset Information Manager Subset is created and updated on the basis of inventory information.

If information is to be collected also from devices on which JP1/Software Distribution Client has not been installed, the available information is limited. For details about the information that can be acquired from a machine on which JP1/Software Distribution is not installed, see 10.9.1(1) Asset information that can be acquired from a machine on which JP1/Software Distribution is not installed and 10.9.2(1) Hardware information that can be acquired from a machine on which JP1/Software Distribution is not installed.

The following table describes the correspondence between the information that is created and updated, and the inventory information that is assigned.

Table 10-10 Correspondence between information that is created and updated and the inventory information that is assigned

Information in AIM Subset JP1/Software Distribution inventory information
Sys cnfg Sys#1 Inst pckg SW inv MS Office Virus def User inv Rgstr
Asset information Y Y N N N N Y Y
Hardware information Y Y N N N N Y Y
Network information Y Y N N N N Y Y
Installed software information#2 N Y Y Y N N Y N
Installed software list#2 N Y Y Y N N Y N
Component information#2 N N N N Y N N N
Software list N N Y Y N N N N
Patch information#3 N Y Y N N N N N
Patch name list N Y Y N N N N N
Virus definition information N N N N N Y N N
Group information#4 N N N N N N Y N
Location information#4 N N N N N N Y N
IP address N Y N N N N N N
Device change log information Y Y N N N N Y Y
Software update log information N N Y Y N N N N

Legend:
Information in AIM Subset: Information in Asset Information Manager Subset
Sys cnfg: System-configuration information
Sys: System information
Inst pckg: Installed package information
SW inv: Software inventory information
MS Office: Microsoft Office information
Virus def: Virus definition information
User inv: User inventory information
Rgstr: Registry information
Y: Can be assigned
N: Cannot be assigned

#1
Some JP1/Software Distribution system information (security information, domain type, AMT firmware version, and printer server name) cannot be assigned.

#2
This information is not created or updated if the system is set to acquire only hardware-related information.
For details about how to specify the types of information acquired from JP1/Software Distribution, see 10.2.5 Setting the link with JP1/SD.

#3
If unapplied patch information is set to be acquired, information about patches requiring installation can also be acquired. For details about how to specify the settings to acquire unapplied patch information, see 7.2 Detecting client patch information in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.

#4
This information is created or updated if the system is set to register the group names and location information of the user inventory information during inventory information assignment.

Note
  • When system information and system configuration information are assigned, if the source value is null, Asset Information Manager Subset's information is not updated.
  • Information is updated when the status is Active, Stock, Pre-Scrap, or Erase. If the status of an assigned device is Stock, Pre-Scrap, or Erase, it is changed to Active.

The following provides the details of each type of information that is created and updated.

Organization of this section
10.9.1 Inventory information that can be acquired as asset information
10.9.2 Inventory information that can be acquired as hardware information
10.9.3 Inventory information that can be acquired as network information
10.9.4 Inventory information that can be acquired as installed software information
10.9.5 Inventory information that can be acquired as installed software list
10.9.6 Inventory information that can be acquired as component information
10.9.7 Inventory information that can be acquired as patch information
10.9.8 Inventory information that can be acquired as a patch list
10.9.9 Inventory information that can be acquired as virus definition information
10.9.10 Inventory information that can be acquired as group information
10.9.11 Inventory information that can be acquired as location information