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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As extension plugin are available... and since you
only have to install once,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I will say that OCS is a very good
solution.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have been using with enough sucess to known that
I will reuse it for the nest time.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(I took a pen for my first inventory, OCS for the
second one, and never took back a pen !)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For me, on windows machine only i must
say...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. Pen is long. It take more time writing the name
of the machine, memory and harddrive</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(the very strict minimum) than to install
OCSClient.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. OCS client collect other useful data, (CPU, MAC
Adresse.....)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3. The data are SQL stored... that mean you can do
whatever you want just by writing your own query !</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>4. You don't have to do it again 6 month
later....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>And how i have done it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>(We couldn't use GPO as alternative software
already use them and miss things up !)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 1. By batch login
script...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> The batch was to heavy (already 5min to
switch on some old computer)</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So after 1 day of complaint, i take this
solution out.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 2. By remote software
installation.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>PSTOOLS allow you to run command on remote windows
computers if you are</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>authentified as admin. That how i continued to
install. A batch script</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>run, ping IP and try to launch install on powered
on computer. A choice allowing me</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>to control thing more deeply.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> 3. Hence initial installation
was done, I just add it to a "install script" that already do</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>some initial installation for me: registry key
change... (Num lock for example)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Now, i can said that we have 92 computer running
and that more than a half is more than 6 year old.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As computer name are meaningfull choosen, that
allowed me to see where to oldest one are.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Useful to change them by spare one. As well to find
RAM slot machine for spare ram bank.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In a word, yes, it is a bit of work for first
run... but not as much as pen. And after, great !!</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<A title=pxeboot@gmail.com href="mailto:pxeboot@gmail.com">Conrad Lawes</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=k12osn@redhat.com
href="mailto:k12osn@redhat.com">Support list for open source software in
schools.</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, December 15, 2007 5:56
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [K12OSN] OT Computer
Hardware/Software Inventory</DIV>
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<DIV>I second Micha's recommendation. For the price (free) and feature,
I would highly recommend OCSInventory. It supports both Linux and
Windows systems and well supported by the community.</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR> </DIV>
<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Dec 15, 2007 7:01 AM, Micha Silver <<A
href="mailto:Micha@arava.co.il">Micha@arava.co.il</A>> wrote:<BR>
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<P><FONT size=2>I use OCSInventory, and we don't need to "sit down at every
station". It installs from a logon script, (or set into an AD group
policy) and then over time it starts collecting specs and software for each
workstation into a mysql database. You can then do filtering by software.
<BR>The software inventory part isn't that good: you have to filter by
software name (i.e "Office 2003 Professional"), then change the software and
filter again. It doesn't give any kind of automatic summary of how many
stations with each software package. But it's certainly usable. You can also
filter by queries like "RAM<512" etc.
<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR>Micha <BR><BR><BR>-----הודעה
מקורית-----<BR>מאת: <A href="mailto:k12osn-bounces@redhat.com"
target=_blank>k12osn-bounces@redhat.com</A> בשם Kemp, Levi<BR>נשלח: ו
14/12/2007 18:43<BR>אל: Support list for open source software in schools.
<BR>נושא: [K12OSN] OT Computer Hardware/Software Inventory
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<DIV class=Wj3C7c><BR><BR>At a tech meeting we had a few days ago my boss
asked us to look into a<BR>solution to track our computers over the network.
Both hardware and<BR>software, so that we can be in compliance with licenses
and see where we <BR>need to focus more. He didn't want to spend much if any
thing on it, so<BR>I was hoping to get some suggestions from the group on
any ideas for<BR>handling this. I read some on OCS, but I'd like to avoid
sitting down at <BR>every station. At that point I might as well walk around
with a notepad<BR>and inventory it myself ;-) Thanks for your
thoughts.<BR><BR>Levi Kemp<BR>Technology Specialist<BR>Bolivar R-1
Schools<BR>417-328-8943<BR><A href="mailto:lnkemp@bolivar.k12.mo.us"
target=_blank>lnkemp@bolivar.k12.mo.us</A><BR><BR>"The only secure computer
is one that's unplugged, locked in a safe, and<BR>buried 20 feet under the
ground in a secret location... and I'm not even<BR>too sure about that
one" <BR><BR> --Dennis
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clear=all><BR>-- <BR>Regards,<BR>Conrad Lawes <BR>PXE Guru
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