11.6 Selecting the items to be acquired as device change logs (Acquire Device Update Record Items)
You can select the items that are to be acquired as device change logs according to management purposes.
The device change log is acquired when the inventory information of JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager is registered. Therefore, to manage the device change log, linkage with JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager is required.
You can change the items to be acquired as device change logs from the Acquire Device Update Record Items window, which is displayed by clicking the Acquire Device Update Record Items job menu. The following figure shows the Acquire Device Update Record Items window.
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This window lists the items that can be acquired as device change logs. If user-specific hardware information is used to manage the device information, you can also acquire a change log for the user-specific information. You can view the change log acquired based on the settings specified here using the Device Change Log job menu under Device Management and the Update Records tab in the Device Details dialog box.
To acquire information about an item as device change log, select its Acquire check box and then click the Update button.
To remove an item from the device change log, clear its Acquire check box and then click the Update button.
- Email notification for device change log
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If a device change log has been acquired, the number of changed devices can be reported to the asset manager by email notification. For details about how to notify the asset manager about the number of changed devices by email, see 7.9.8 Notification of device information change.
- Notes
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In the Customize Managed Items job menu, if you hide the items that can be acquired as device change logs, the device change log is not acquired. They will no longer be displayed in this window.
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If the device change log is to be acquired for the item Network information.IP address or Network information.MAC address, a large amount of information about devices used in DHCP operation might be acquired. You can use the Server Setup dialog box to select whether the device change log is to be acquired for IP and MAC addresses during DHCP operation. For details about the settings for acquiring the device change log of IP and MAC addresses, see 7.3.4(13) Acquisition of DHCP address update log.
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If the device change log is to be acquired for the item Network information.IP address or Network information.MAC address, the device change log for IP and MAC addresses is acquired using the MAC address as the key value. Therefore, if you set to not acquire the MAC address in the device change log, the device change log might be acquired even when there is no change to the IP address.
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