On Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:58:59 -0400, Don Imbriale <don.imbri...@gmail.com> wrote: >... >One issue is that in the database of known software sometimes the names >given to software is not what you might expect and in other cases software >may be mis-identified.
Sometimes? At our site, *much* of the time. >Also, when the agent does run, there can be a lot of data collected. Just >as with management of SMF data, you might need to set up procedures for >management of that data (when to offload it, where to put it, how long to >keep it, etc.). The amount of data generated here for the value derived bordered on obscene. >On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Don Imbriale <don.imbri...@gmail.com>wrote: >>... >> The reports are only as good as the data that is collected. If you install >> new software or move things around, you need to re-run the initial scan. >> Periodically the database of known software is updated (via PTF I believe). Exactly my point. The vendor-provided database was hopelessly innacurate, and the reconciliation process to correct it cost more man-hours than any process we could implement, and in the end, still did not yield reliable results. Regards, Art Gutowski ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
