Job Management Partner 1/Software Distribution Setup Guide

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10.9.1 Inventory information that can be acquired as asset information

The table below lists and describes the asset information in Asset Information Manager Subset that is created and updated on the basis of the inventory information stored in the managing server database.

For details about the inventory information assignment settings, see 10.8.5 Setting assigned items (Assign Inventory) in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 1.

Table 10-11 Details of asset information that is created and updated on the basis of the inventory information

Item name Value to be set Whether or not the value is updated when there is existing data
Asset ID The value is assigned automatically during creation. N
Asset type Hardware N
Asset number One of the following assigned items selected by Assign Inventory:
  • Auto
  • Get from the user inventory
  • Host name (with domain name)
  • Host name (without domain name)
  • Working key
  • IP address
  • MAC address
  • Computer name
The default is Auto. Working key is a host ID or a node identification key.
Y
Group ID ID corresponding to the group specified in Group Y
Group One of the following assigned items selected by Assign Inventory:
  • Do not set
  • Enter the group to which the user belongs
  • Get from the user inventory
The default is Do not set.
Y
User ID The ID corresponding to the user name set in User name is set. Y
User name One of the following assigned items selected by Assign Inventory:
  • Do not set
  • User ID (user inventory information)
  • E-mail (user inventory information)
  • User name (user inventory information)
  • System Configuration Information
The default is Do not set.
Y
Location ID ID corresponding to the location set in Location Y
Location name One of the following assigned items selected by Assign Inventory:
  • Do not set
  • Get from the user inventory
The default is Do not set.
Y
Status Among the values of the AssetStatus code ID, the item selected by Assign Inventory is set.
The default is Active.
Y
Registration date Date and time the new asset information was created by acquisition of inventory information N
SD installed status Installed is set Y
Modification date of system configuration information Acquired from System configuration information last update date in system configuration information. Y
Modification date of system information Acquired from Last time system information was updated in system configuration information. Y
Modification date of software inventory information Acquired from Last time software inventory information was updated in system configuration information. Y
Modification date of installed package information Installed package information last update date in system configuration information Y
Modification date of user inventory information User inventory information last update date in system configuration information Y
Modification date of registry information Acquired from Registry information last update date in system configuration information. Y
last modification date of the inventory Final update date/time for system configuration information or for deletion history information is set, whichever is more recent Y
Assigned key Node name in system configuration information Y
Usage management Among the values of the AssetWorkKind code ID, the item selected by Assign Inventory is set.
The default is Used.
Y
User property One of the following assigned items selected by Assign Inventory:
  • Do not set
  • System Configuration Information
  • Code (code ID AssetProperty1 to AssetProperty6)
  • Get from the user inventory
  • Get from the registry
  • Constant value
The default is Do not set.
Y

Legend:
Y: Updated
N: Not updated

Note
If Use asset number is selected for Assign key for asset information in the Server Setup dialog box, the asset number cannot be updated.
If Use working key is selected for Assign key for asset information in the Server Setup dialog box, and a value other than Auto is selected for Asset No. in the Assign Inventory window, and the value of the inventory information corresponding to the selected assigned item changes, the asset number also changes. However, the asset number does not change in the following cases:
  • The new value duplicates the asset number that was registered in the Asset Information Manager Subset database.
    Duplication of values may occur if host name, IP address, MAC address, or Computer name is selected as the assigned item for asset number.
  • The most recent information has not been collected by the managing server.
Organization of this subsection
(1) Asset information that can be acquired from a machine on which JP1/Software Distribution is not installed

(1) Asset information that can be acquired from a machine on which JP1/Software Distribution is not installed

The following table provides details of Asset Information Manager Subset's asset information that is created and updated on the basis of information acquired from a machine on which JP1/Software Distribution is not installed.

Table 10-12 Details of asset information that can be acquired from a machine on which JP1/Software Distribution is not installed

Item name Value to be set Whether or not the value is updated when there is existing data
Asset ID The value is assigned automatically during creation. N
Asset type Hardware is set. N
Asset No. The value is assigned automatically. N
Status If the attribute of the non-Software Distribution host table is Target, the Active status is set; if it is Non-target or Remove, the Erase status is set. Y#
Registration date Date and time the new asset information was created by acquisition of inventory information. N
SD installed status Not installed is set. Y
Inventory last update date/time Final update date/time is set for machine on which JP1/Software Distribution is not installed. Y
Usage management Unused is set. N

Legend:
Y: Updated
N: Not updated

#
The attribute is set to Erase only when existing asset information is assigned. If the attribute of a non-Software Distribution host table is Non-target or Remove, and the item cannot be assigned to an existing device, it will not be registered.