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JP1 Version 12 JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 Administration Guide


6.38 Procedure for configuring device maintenance settings and checking detection results

You can configure device maintenance settings to define duplicate or idle devices as devices suggested for deletion. Devices that are detected as devices suggested for deletion can then be deleted automatically or manually.

To add definitions of devices suggested for deletion:

  1. Display the Settings module.

  2. In the menu area, select Inventory and then Device Maintenance Settings and Detection Results.

  3. In the information area, click the Add Detection Conditions for Duplicate Devices button or the Add Detection Conditions for Idle Devices button.

  4. In the dialog box that appears, specify the conditions for determining duplicate devices and idle devices.

  5. Click the OK button.

The definitions of duplicate devices and idle devices are added and displayed in the Detection Conditions for Device Maintenance area of the Device Maintenance Settings and Detection Results view.

Tip

Based on the specified conditions for detecting duplicate or idle devices, detection is performed once a day. If devices that match the conditions exist, List of Devices Suggested for Deletion appears in the lower part of the Device Maintenance Settings and Detection Results view. Scheduled detection is performed according to the value specified for the DeviceAutoMaintenanceTime property in the configuration file (jdn_manager_config.conf). For details about the DeviceAutoMaintenanceTime property, see the description of how to use configuration files to change processing settings in the JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 Configuration Guide.

Devices not subject to device maintenance can be specified in advance. Alternatively, you can select devices in List of Devices Suggested for Deletion and change their settings so that they are no longer subject to device maintenance.

Tip

When a device is deleted, the system configuration information is deleted along with the device information. At this time, the device is also deleted from the host group and ID group.

In addition, you can specify settings so that the asset status of the hardware assets associated with deleted devices is automatically changed to the Disposed status or to another status. However, if you want the asset status of the hardware asset information associated with deleted devices to be automatically changed to the Disposed status or to another status, you will need to configure the appropriate settings. For details, see 11.1.16 Automatically changing the asset status of hardware assets associated with deleted devices.

Notes on using device maintenance to delete device information for the first time

Perform the following procedure:

  1. Disable the automatic deletion of duplicate devices and idle devices to prevent device information from being automatically deleted by mistake.

    You can disable this feature by clearing the Automatic deletion setting check box in the following dialog boxes.

    • Add Detection Conditions for Duplicate Devices

    • Edit Detection Conditions for Duplicate Devices

    • Add Detection Conditions for Idle Devices

    • Edit Detection Conditions for Idle Devices

  2. In the Device Maintenance Settings and Detection Results view that opens from Inventory of the Settings module, click the Start Detection button to manually start the detection of devices suggested for deletion. Then, decide whether to delete each device or exclude it from the maintenance targets.

Note

To allocate a software license to a device that was added when a device was replaced or an OS was re-installed, you can transfer a software license.

To specify or change the settings for suppressing device maintenance:

You can explicitly specify to exclude, from the targets of device management, devices that do not access a management server for a long time (for example, because the user of the device is on a long-term business trip or the device is in a cluster environment).

  1. Go to the Settings module.

  2. In the menu area, select Inventory and then Device Maintenance Settings and Detection Results.

  3. In Settings for Suppressing Device Maintenance in the information area, click the Change button.

  4. In the dialog box that appears, select a device, and then click the Make Related button or the Exclude button to specify whether to include the device in the targets for which device maintenance is suppressed.

If you include a device in the targets for which device maintenance is suppressed, the device will not be detected as a device suggested for deletion even if the device meets the defined detection conditions for duplicate devices or the defined detection conditions for idle devices. In addition, the device will not be deleted during the automatic deletion of devices suggested for deletion. If you exclude a device from the targets for which device maintenance is suppressed, the device will be detected as a device suggested for deletion if the device meets the defined detection conditions for duplicate devices or the defined detection conditions for idle devices.

To edit the definitions of devices suggested for deletion:

If you want to change the defined detection conditions for duplicate devices or the defined detection conditions for idle devices, edit the conditions. Note that you can edit the detection conditions for duplicate devices and the detection conditions for idle devices only on the local server. In a multi-server configuration, if you want to change the detection conditions for duplicate devices or the detection conditions for idle devices of a management relay server under the local server, edit the conditions by using the operation window on the applicable management relay server.

  1. Go to the Settings module.

  2. In the menu area, select Inventory and then Device Maintenance Settings and Detection Results.

  3. In the information area, click the Edit button for the detection conditions you want to edit (detection conditions for duplicate devices or detection conditions for idle devices).

  4. In the displayed dialog box, edit the detection conditions for duplicate devices or the detection conditions for idle devices, and then click the OK button.

The selected detection conditions (either the detection conditions for duplicate devices or the detection conditions for idle devices) are updated.

To remove definitions of devices suggested for deletion:

You can remove unused detection conditions for duplicate devices and unused detection conditions for idle devices. Note that you can remove the detection conditions for duplicate devices and the detection conditions for idle devices only on the local server. In a multi-server configuration, in you want to remove the detection conditions for duplicate devices or the detection conditions for idle devices of a management relay server under the local server, use the operation window on the applicable management relay server.

  1. Go to the Settings module.

  2. In the menu area, select Inventory and then Device Maintenance Settings and Detection Results.

  3. In the information area, select the detection conditions that you want to remove (detection conditions for duplicate devices or detection conditions for idle devices), and then click the Remove button.

    You can select multiple detection conditions to remove detection conditions for duplicate devices and detection conditions for idle devices in a batch.

  4. In the dialog box that appears, click the OK button.

The selected detection conditions (detection conditions for duplicate devices or detection conditions for idle devices) are removed.

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