User manual SYMANTEC ALTIRIS ASSET MANAGEMENT SUITE 7.0 V1.0

[. . . ] Asset Management Suite User Guide Version 7. 0 Asset Management Suite User Guide The software described in this book is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of the agreement. Documentation version: 7. 0 Legal Notice Copyright © 2010 Symantec Corporation. Symantec and the Symantec Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U. S. This Symantec product may contain third party software for which Symantec is required to provide attribution to the third party ("Third Party Programs"). [. . . ] For more information on obtaining licenses, see the Symantec Management Platform Getting Started Guide. 16 Installing Asset Management Suite Licensing Asset Management Suite Chapter 3 Migrating data from Notification Server 6. x This chapter includes the following topics: About migrating data from Notification Server Migrating software license items from Notification Server About migrating data from Notification Server You can migrate data from Notification Server 6. x environments to be used in your Symantec Management Platform 7. 0 environment. Several different migration options are available, such as on-box upgrade, off-box upgrade, and import. See instructions for migrating data in the Symantec Management Platform Installation Guide. Migrating software license items from Notification Server After completing the task of migrating data from a Notification 6. x environment, you must perform additional tasks to migrate software license items to Symantec Management Platform 7. 0. Software license items that still need to be migrated are called legacy software licenses. 18 Migrating data from Notification Server 6. x Migrating software license items from Notification Server To migrate legacy software licenses 1 Complete the steps to migrate data from Notification Server 6. x. See instructions in the Symantec Management Platform Installation Guide. 2 Make sure that your Migrate Legacy Software Licenses settings are correct. See "Configuring settings for migrating legacy software licenses " on page 37. 3 4 Make sure that the Software Catalog is populated and current. You can use manual entry, run the Software Discovery task or run an inventory policy. In the Symantec Management Console, click Home > Service and Asset Management > Software Licensing. A list of software license items appears in the Licensing Reports part. Software license items that still need to be migrated do not appear in the list. 5 In the right pane, in the Legacy Licenses Requiring Migration part, click Legacy License Count. The Legacy License Count indicates the number of software license items that still need to be migrated. The migration wizard appears. 6 Follow the on-screen instructions in the migration wizard for each software license item that needs to be migrated. After a software license item is migrated, it appears in the Software License list. The Legacy License Count indicates the number of software license items that still need to be migrated. Chapter 4 Using configuration items This chapter includes the following topics: About configuration items Viewing and creating configuration items Merging two configuration items About configuration items Asset Management Suite stores information in its database. All the asset-related information that you want to track must be entered into the database. Asset Management Suite provides a user interface that helps you easily enter information. You enter information into the database as a configuration item, also called a resource entry. Configuration items represent an object or any detail that you want your system to track. Although you can enter any type of information about any item type, Asset Management provides predefined configuration item types. A configuration item is an entry that represents a specific resource or detail in your environment. These items can be assets, locations, invoices, schedules, users, contracts, and so on. The following items are examples of configuration items: A user named Jon A location named California A computer named GX260 A depreciation schedule named Straight Line An invoice named Invoic0002 20 Using configuration items Viewing and creating configuration items You can associate a configuration item with other configuration items. [. . . ] In the left pane tree view, expand Settings > Service and Asset Management > Asset Management Solution, and then click Migrate Legacy Software Licenses. In the right content window, follow the on-screen instructions to configure the settings. Save your changes. 3 4 Chapter 9 Using configuration items for assets This chapter includes the following topics: About asset configuration item types Creating configuration items for assets About asset configuration item types Assets are defined as any property or object of value that your company or business owns. To track an asset, you create a configuration item to represent it in the system. [. . . ]