User manual SYMANTEC INVENTORY FOR NETWORK DEVICES 7.0 SP2

[. . . ] AltirisTM Inventory for Network Devices from Symantec User's Guide Version 7. 0 AltirisTM Inventory for Network Devices from Symantec User's 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 © 2008 Symantec Corporation. Symantec, the Symantec Logo, Altiris, and any Altiris or Symantec trademarks used in the product 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"). [. . . ] Agentless inventory tasks use connection profiles to manage the protocols that are used to communicate with network devices. Connection profiles are a component of the Symantec Management Platform. When devices are discovered, the protocols used to communicate with the device are stored in the resource for that device in the CMDB. When using agentless inventory tasks, you do not specify a connection profile or protocols. Rather, agentless inventory tasks use the same protocols that were enabled when the device was discovered. For more information, view topics about resource discovery and using connection profiles in the Symantec Management Platform Help. Gathering agentless inventory You can gather inventory data of discovered network devices and enter that data in the CMDB. This process guides you through the steps to discover network devices. See "About gathering agentless inventory" on page 15. Gathering agentless inventory Creating agentless inventory tasks using the wizard 17 Table 3-1 Step Step 1 Process for gathering inventory of network devices Action Discover network devices. Description You can only gather inventory of the devices that are already discovered. For more information, view topics about Network Discovery in the Symantec Management Platform Help. Step 2 Create an agentless inventory task. You create and schedule tasks to collect inventory. You can use two methods for creating tasks: using the Inventory wizard and creating tasks manually. See "Creating agentless inventory tasks using the wizard" on page 17. See "Manually creating and modifying agentless inventory tasks" on page 19. Step 3 (Optional) Modify task settings or After you create a task, you can modify schedules. See "Manually creating and modifying agentless inventory tasks" on page 19. See "Scheduling agentless inventory tasks" on page 21. Step 4 View agentless inventory data. You can view the status of agentless inventory tasks and view reports that show discovery results. See "About agentless inventory status and results" on page 23. Creating agentless inventory tasks using the wizard The wizard guides you through the creation of an agentless inventory task and configuration of the basic settings. You can later edit the task's advanced settings and schedules by using the task page. See "Gathering agentless inventory" on page 16. 18 Gathering agentless inventory Creating agentless inventory tasks using the wizard To create Network inventory tasks using the agentless inventory wizard 1 2 3 4 In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Discovery and Inventory > Agentless Inventory. In the wizard, select whether to inventory a group of devices or an individual device. To inventory a group of devices, do the following: Click Choose devices. Select the group of target devices you want to inventory from the drop-down menu. You use the organizational views feature of Notification Server to filter the target devices you want to inventory. For example, you can use filters to target devices in a certain location or department. [. . . ] A list of tables is displayed on the left. 3 To view the details of the table, click a table. The table details are displayed on the right under the Table details tab. 4 To view the SNMP devices that the tables are mapped to, click the Device mappings tab. To test a table on a single device 1 2 3 Either in a new table, or in the details of an existing table, click Test on Device. If a valid response is received from the device, the data appears. Mapping network device data Using SNMP data mapping tables 27 To create a new mapping 1 2 3 4 On the SNMP Data Mappings Tables page, click New. This name identifies the field you want to collect when inventory runs. [. . . ]