2.11 Managing assets
You can use JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 to centrally manage information about assets, such as devices, software licenses, and contracts that are managed within an organization.
This will help you efficiently manage assets. You can list assets and manage them as though in a ledger. You can also define relationships between assets. By doing this, for example, you can quickly check the contracts that were made for devices or the usage status of software licenses.
There are two ways you can manage asset information: using Asset Console and using the operation window ofJP1/IT Desktop Management 2. For differences between the two methods and details on asset management using Asset Console, see the JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Asset Console Configuration and Administration Guide.
Note that these two methods cannot be used at the same time. To maintain consistency of the asset information, you need to select whether you will use Asset Console or not when setting up the JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 system.
This section describes how to manage assets using the operation window of JP1/IT Desktop Management 2.
You can use the operation window of JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 to centrally control asset information including devices, software licenses, and contracts that are managed in the organization. You can list assets and manage them as though in a ledger. You can also define relationships between assets. By doing this, for example, you can quickly check the contracts that were made for devices or the usage status of software licenses. This will help you efficiently manage assets. You can also manage devices that do not have IP addresses, such as displays and USB memory devices, in addition to devices with IP addresses. You can also add customer-specific information as extended information.
JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 supports the following asset management tasks:
- Managing hardware assets
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You can manage information about owned devices, such as computers, servers, printers, network devices, and USB devices, as hardware asset information. As well as being able to manage detailed information about hardware assets, you can check the status of hardware assets within an organization. You can manage the status, for example, by organizing hardware into categories, such as In Use, In Stock, or Disposed.
- Managing software licenses
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You can manage information about owned software licenses and the usage status of individual software licenses. You can not only manage the total number of licenses, but also check for computers that use licenses without permission (after licenses are assigned to individual computers).
- Managing asset contracts
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You can register information about contracts for hardware assets and software licenses (such as support contracts, rental contracts, or lease contracts), and manage the information about individual contracts associated with individual assets. You can check contracts for which the expiration date is approaching, which will help you schedule a work plan.
- Managing costs for assets
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By managing information about contracts regarding hardware assets and software licenses, you can check the costs for those assets. By utilizing this information, you can check for unnecessary costs or estimate the costs necessary for maintaining assets.
This section describes how to use JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 for those tasks. Refer to the description related to your target task.
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