Thanks for your input so far. More is always appreciated! As we grow the Assimilation project, interfaces to other tools come to mind, as well as whether the tool itself should be able to do more of these things. Some of the things we do clearly have overlap with asset tracking. So, learning more about what people need is a good thing.
Some of these things we discover in the Assimilation Project - others we can't discover. We're all over IP addresses, MAC addresses, active applications, and so on. For many machines we could probably discover serial numbers (from what I know). Things like location, warranty, in-service date, purchase date I don't think can be discovered from the hardware... :-D But we do know what switch and switch port(s) it's plugged into :-D. For our purposes, we will eventually know which business processes it (and its applications) supports. Probably will add some amount of hardware info (lspci or similar). On 02/21/2014 10:13 AM, Ryan wrote: > Search tool that understands CIDR input for IPs. > Fields that understand when an asset has a static address vs dynamic. > Assets have multiple interfaces. > Regex searching for DNS. > Well-Defined API. > > Ryan Peck > > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:16 AM, john boris <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > Alan, > In my current position I need to knoww the following info: > Location > Serial Number > IP (We use a lot of static IPS, no DNS for internal stuff) > Type > OS > Service Tag (MFGs Identity) > Warranty Status > Purchase Date > In Service Date > > Just to name a few things I need. > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 10:42 AM, Alan Robertson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I'm curious what you folks want in terms of basic asset tracking. > > > On 02/21/2014 08:08 AM, Chris Manly wrote: >> Every few months, I go looking around for a solution for >> this, and every time (so far) I've found that everything out >> there was overkill for my needs (OTRS), to closely tuned to >> someone else's vision of what they needed to be applicable, >> and/or a dead-end product. >> >> I hadn't come across the Asset Tracker plugin for RT, which >> is a shame. >> >> It also looks like BestPractical is building their own Asset >> extension for RT, based off RT 4.2. I think I may take a >> look at that one, since I've been a long-time fan of RT in >> general. >> >> -- >> Christopher Manly >> Coordinator, Library Systems >> Cornell University Library Information Technologies >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> 607-255-3344 <tel:607-255-3344> >> >> From: john boris <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Date: Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 2:17 PM >> To: Peter Loron <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Cc: LOPSA Discuss <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] Recommendations for basic asset >> tracking >> >> Peter, >> I used the Asset Tracker plugin to Request Tracker for a >> while until our place went to School Dude. I am not a fan >> of that software and it is a giant waste when the Asset >> Tracker plugin for RT worked and was free. >> Another free thing I used was called Asset Manager >> written by a guy who worked for BC Tree Fruit company. I >> just checked the link and it is dead. The company is >> still there but I guess he left or retired. I still use >> it for my purchase orders. He gave it out without >> warranty and said if you use it on the open internet you >> best keep it secure. I used it because I sit on a private >> network and none of my servers point to the outside so I >> didn't worry too much. It was written under the GNU GPL >> so it is free to distribute. It is much easier to setup >> then RT but it is not as extensive. I had to keep track >> of minimal equipment. If you are interested I can dig up >> the code and send it to you. >> >> >> On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Peter Loron >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hello, folks. I'm looking for a tool to replace the >> current spreadsheet of IT assets (servers, switches, >> end-user machines, etc). I've looked briefly at >> openDCIM, but that's serious overkill for us. F/OSS >> preferred, but commercial is ok, too. >> >> Any tools the hive mind has liked? >> >> Thanks! >> >> -Pete >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> This list provided by the League of Professional >> System Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ >> >> >> >> >> -- >> John J. Boris, Sr. >> Online Services >> www.onlinesvc.com <http://www.onlinesvc.com> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> This list provided by the League of Professional System >> Administrators >> http://lopsa.org/ > > > -- > Alan Robertson <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]> - @OSSAlanR > > "Openness is the foundation and preservative of friendship... 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