6.2.1 Acquiring expanded software information

When the OS is Linux, Solaris, or AIX, Other companies' software / patch information in software information can be expanded as follows.

In case of Linux, the expansion is described on the following table.

Field	Pre-Expansion	Post-expansion
Software Name	Up to 50 characters of information is acquired. When information exceeds 50 characters, only 50 characters will be displayed.	Up to 255 characters of information is acquired. When information exceeds 255 characters, only 255 characters will be displayed.
Version	Information corresponding to `Version` displayed in the `rpm -qi` command is displayed. If the number of characters exceeds 6 characters, only 6 characters of information is displayed. "`.`" (dot) and "`_`" (underline) will be omitted, and alphanumeric characters is notified. Example: glibc-2.17-78.el7.x86_64 is displayed as "`217000`".	Values that correspond to `Version`, `Release`, and `Architecture` displayed in the `rpm -qi` command is displayed. Up to 128 characters of information is displayed. If the number of characters exceeds 128 characters, only 128 characters of information is displayed. The output result of the `rpm` command is displayed without being converted. Example: glibc-2.17-78.el7.x86_64 is displayed as "`2.17-78.el7.x86_64`".
Manufacturer	Nothing is displayed because it is not subject to acquisition.	Up to 128 characters of information is displayed When information exceeds 128 characters, only 128 characters will be displayed.
Install Date^#	The acquisition date of the software information is displayed.	Install Date information displayed on `rpm -qi` command is displayed with `YYYY/MM/DD` format.

#: The Install Date notifications are based on the agent's local time. Therefore, if the time zone of Agent is different with JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager, there may be difference on the date displayed.

In case of Solaris, the expansion is described on the following table. To show expanded software information notified from Solaris on JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager, JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager version of either 12-00-07 or later, or 12-10-03 or later is required.

Field	Pre-Expansion	Post-expansion
Software Name	Up to 50 characters of information is acquired. When information exceeds 50 characters, only 50 characters will be displayed.	Up to 255 characters of information is acquired. When information exceeds 255 characters, only 255 characters will be displayed.
Version	Information shown in the `pkginfo -l -c application` command is displayed. In addition, for Solaris 11.4, information shown in the `pkg info -l` command is also displayed. If the number of characters exceeds 6 characters, only 6 characters of information is displayed. "`.`" (dot) and "`_`" (underline) will be omitted, and alphanumeric characters is notified.	Information shown in the `pkginfo -l -c application` command and `pkg info -l` command is displayed. Up to 128 characters of information is displayed. If the number of characters exceeds 128 characters, only 128 characters of information is displayed. The output result of the command is displayed without being converted.
Manufacturer	Nothing is displayed because it is not subject to acquisition.	Up to 128 characters of information is displayed When information exceeds 128 characters, only 128 characters will be displayed.
Install Date^#	The acquisition date of the software information is displayed.	`INSTDATE` information displayed on `pkginfo -l -c application` command is displayed with `YYYY/MM/DD` format. Last Install Time information displayed on `pkg info -l` command is displayed with `YYYY/MM/DD` format. If `Last Install Time` information does not exist, "`-`" (hyphen) is displayed.

#: The Install Date notifications are based on the agent's local time. Therefore, if the time zone of Agent is different with JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager, there may be difference on the date displayed.

In case of AIX, the expansion is described on the following table. To show expanded software information notified from AIX on JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager, JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager version of either 12-00-07 or later, or 12-10-03 or later is required.

Field	Pre-Expansion	Post-expansion
Software Name	Up to 50 characters of information is acquired. When information exceeds 50 characters, only 50 characters will be displayed. For Software Name of patch information, 6th field (abstract) value of `instfix` command is displayed.	Up to 255 characters of information is acquired. When information exceeds 255 characters, only 255 characters will be displayed. For Software Name of patch information, 1st field (keyword name) value of `instfix` command is displayed.
Version	If the number of characters exceeds 6 characters, only 6 characters of information is displayed. "`.`" (dot) and "`_`" (underline) will be omitted, and alphanumeric characters is notified.	Up to 128 characters of information is displayed. If the number of characters exceeds 128 characters, only 128 characters of information is displayed.
Install Date	The acquisition date of the software information is displayed.	Information that should be acquired by AIX does not exist, so "`-`"(hyphen) is displayed.

If you want to acquire expanded software information, perform the following settings.

Specify EXPAND_SOFTWARE_INFORMATION=YES in the operating-environment settings file.
Specify Expand_LinuxSoftwareInformation=YES in the jdn_manager_config.conf file of JP1 / IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager.

Before specifying Expand_LinuxSoftwareInformation=YES, be sure to delete the installed package information of the Linux device, Solaris device, and AIX device from the remote installation manager. For details about deleting installed package information, see the description of Deleting installed package information in the manual JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 Distribution Function Administration Guide.

After completing the setting, by notifying the software information to JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager from the Linux device, Solaris device, and AIX device you can display the expanded software information on JP1 IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager.

Important

If you have enabled the setting to acquire the expanded software information, Installed Packages tab of System Configuration window on the Remote Install Manager no longer displays the information of other companies' software / patch information. Check the information of other companies' software / patch information from the operation window of JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager.

Template created on [Export Device List (Details)] of JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager with the setting for acquiring the expanded software information disabled, cannot be used on environments where the settings are enabled.

Create a new template in the environment where the setting for acquiring expanded software information is enabled.
To acquire expanded software information from Solaris device, Solaris 11 or later is needed as the OS. Expanded software information cannot be acquired from Solaris 10.

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