[K12OSN] OT Computer Hardware/Software Inventory

[Conrad Lawes]

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.



On Dec 15, 2007 7:01 AM, Micha Silver <Micha at arava.co.il> wrote:

>  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.
> 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.
>
> Cheers,
> Micha
>
>
> -----הודעה מקורית-----
> מאת: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com בשם Kemp, Levi
> נשלח: ו 14/12/2007 18:43
> אל: Support list for open source software in schools.
> נושא: [K12OSN] OT Computer Hardware/Software Inventory
>
>
> At a tech meeting we had a few days ago my boss asked us to look into a
> solution to track our computers over the network. Both hardware and
> software, so that we can be in compliance with licenses and see where we
> need to focus more. He didn't want to spend much if any thing on it, so
> I was hoping to get some suggestions from the group on any ideas for
> handling this. I read some on OCS, but I'd like to avoid sitting down at
> every station. At that point I might as well walk around with a notepad
> and inventory it myself ;-) Thanks for your thoughts.
>
> Levi Kemp
> Technology Specialist
> Bolivar R-1 Schools
> 417-328-8943
> lnkemp at bolivar.k12.mo.us
>
> "The only secure computer is one that's unplugged, locked in a safe, and
> buried 20 feet under the ground in a secret location... and I'm not even
> too sure about that one"
>
>         --Dennis Hughes, FBI
>
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Regards,
Conrad Lawes
PXE Guru
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