6.2 Acquiring software information
You can acquire information for software installed on lower-level systems from the managing server.
Software information acquisition is executed while the system is running even if you specify the acquisition execution timing.
If you want to maintain the latest information for the software information that can be referenced in the managing server, enable the automatic notification function for the updated inventory information. In order to enable the automatic notification function for the updated inventory information, REALTIME_INVENTORY=YES must be specified in the operating-environment settings file.
If you enable the automatic notification function without specifying REALTIME_INVENTORY=YES, note that information about deleted software is not reported to the managing server, and therefore is not automatically deleted from the managing server. To check the latest software information, delete the package status file of the managing server, and then acquire software information.
The acquisition method depends on the means used to acquire the software information. The following table shows the software information acquisition methods.
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Acquisition means |
Acquisition method |
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First acquisition |
Second or later acquisition |
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Execute a job to acquire software information |
Acquires all information. |
Acquires all information. |
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Execute a regular command to acquire software information# |
Acquires all information. |
Differences from the first acquisition are acquired |
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Use the function for automatically reporting updated inventory information |
Acquires all information. |
Differences from the first acquisition are acquired |
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When you execute a regular command to acquire software information, you must specify "REGULARJOB_NOSERVER_NOEXEC=NO" to the operating-environment settings file.
The following shows software information that is acquired from the distribution-destination system.
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Managing server |
Acquired information |
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Windows (GUI) |
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Remotely installed software |
Information for Hitachi program products and UAPs is acquired. |
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All software |
Search results derived from the search list are acquired in addition to Hitachi program products and other companies' software and patch information#. If you select Specify drive to be searched for, all fixed drives are searched. Other companies' software information and patch information is acquired from the output results of the following command:
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For systems other than Linux, patch information is not acquired by default. To acquire patch information, delete the patch-information suppressing file by using the following methods. Note that patch information is always acquired for Linux.
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For AIX and Solaris:
rm /NETMRDS/rdsprm/.ForbidPatchInformation
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For HP-UX:
rm /var/opt/NETMDMW/rdsprm/.ForbidPatchInformation
To suppress patch information again, create a patch-information suppressing file by using the following methods.
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For AIX and Solaris:
touch /NETMRDS/rdsprm/.ForbidPatchInformation
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For HP-UX:
touch /var/opt/NETMDMW/rdsprm/.ForbidPatchInformation
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Version and generation-number might be displayed not in upper case letter but in lower case letter when you display other company's software information on the managing server.
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The last update date of the installed package information may remain blank on the managing server. In this case, execute the Acquire information for software installed from the managing server.
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The following table describes the software information items that you can view when you display Installed Software Details by using the managing server.
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Item |
OS |
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HP-UX |
Solaris |
AIX |
Linux |
MacOS |
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Software Name |
Y |
E |
Y |
E |
Y |
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Version |
Y |
E |
Y |
E |
Y |
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Software Vendor |
N |
N#1 |
N |
N#1 |
N |
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Support URL |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
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Purchasing Status |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
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Product ID |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
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GUID |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
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Software type |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
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Installation Date#2 |
Y |
E |
Y#3 |
E |
Y |
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Installation Folder |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
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Windows Store app |
N |
N |
N |
N |
N |
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E: Expanded information can be collected
Y: Can be collected
N: Cannot be collected
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Can only be acquired when the setting to expand software information is enabled.
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When the setting to expand software information is not enabled, Installation Date displays the date on which software information was acquired.
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Cannot be collected when the setting to expand software information is enabled.
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In the regular command, the information of the software deleted in the distribution-destination system is reflected in the managing server, but when used in conjunction with the immediate execution command, the information of the software deleted in distribution-destination system may not be reflected in the managing server. At that time, delete the resource state file of the managing server, and then obtain the latest software information in the immediate execution command.
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If you switch the setting of "the function for automatically reporting updated inventory information" in combination with the regular command and "the function for automatically reporting updated inventory information", the periodic execution of the first software information acquisition after the switch is not a difference acquisition, all information is acquired, and the managing server is notified.
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