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Asset Management - 10/2/2008 2:28:04 PM

swyck

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I've installed Asset Management on my SMS 2003 SP3 test server. I can see reports, but most do not return any data.

I'm not finding any documentation on how Asset Management works. For example does it use Software Inventory, Hardware Inventory or something else, does it need to be configured in anyway, and if so how? Existing SMS 2003 documentation seems to be all written pre-SP3.

Any help would be appreciated.

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RE: Asset Management - 10/2/2008 3:13:26 PM

swyck

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Looks like I just had to wait a bit more for data to populate.

I'd still like to know more about the data flow here, and how we manage licenses.

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RE: Asset Management - 10/2/2008 3:26:50 PM

Rickym61

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Here are some SP3 hotfixes which I recommend you install
KB941214 is simply to resolve some issues from the SP3 upgrade, ie. A new client.msi, add/remove programs performance issues for starters.
KB953027 is to add the XP SP3 platform to the enviroments tab for the program, so if you wanted to just deploy to XP SP3 machines, you can do, also adds other platforms Vista SP1 etc.
KB938759 is so you can distrubute files over 500mb

Here is the info on which new SP3 classes in the sms_def.mof give you info for which reports.

http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2293492&SiteID=17

SMS_InstalledSoftware

This class tracks information about installed software. The following reports are dependent on this class:

License 1C - Computers with a specific Microsoft License Ledger Item and Sales Channel Software 1A - Summary of Installed Software in a Specific Collection Software 2A - Software Families Software 2B - Software Categories with a Family Software 2C - Software by Category and Family Software 2D - Computers with a Specific Software Product Software 2E - Installed Software on a Specific Computer Software 3A - Uncategorized Software Software 6A - Search for Installed Software SMS_InstalledSoftwareMS

This class tracks information specifically about installed Microsoft software. The following reports are dependent on this class:

License 1A - Microsoft License Ledger for Microsoft License Statements License 1B - Microsoft License Ledger Item by Sales Channel License 1C - Computers with a specific Microsoft License Ledger Item and Sales Channel License 1D - Microsoft License Ledger products on a specific computer SMS_SystemConsoleUsage

This class polls the System Security Event Log for information about all console usage. The following reports are dependent on this class:

Hardware 1A - Summary of Computers in a Specific Collection Hardware 2B - Computers within an age range with a collection Hardware 3A - Primary computer users Hardware 3B - Computers for a Specific Primary Console User Hardware 4A - Shared (multi-user) Computers Hardware 5A - Console Users on a Specific Computer Hardware 6A - Computers for Which Console Users Could not be Determined Hardware 7C - Computers with a Specific USB Device Hardware 8A - Hardware that is Not Ready for a Software Upgrade Hardware 9A - Search for computers License 1C - Computers with a specific Microsoft License Ledger Item and Sales Channel License 2B - Computers with Licenses Nearing Expiration License 3B - Computers with a Specific License Status License 4B - Computers with a Specific Product Managed by Software Licensing Service Software 2D - Computers with a Specific Software Product Software 4B - Computers with a Specific Auto-Start Software Software 5B - Computers with a Specific Browser Helper Object SMS_SystemConsoleUser

This class polls the System Security Event Log for information about specific console users. The following reports are dependent on this class:

Hardware 3A - Primary computer users Hardware 3B - Computers for a Specific Primary Console User Hardware 4A - Shared (multi-user) Computers Hardware 5A - Console Users on a Specific Computer

Note

This class only reads the last 90 days of the event log, regardless of the length of the log. If the log has less than 90 days of data, the entire log is read. SMS_AutoStartSoftware

This class tracks information about software that starts automatically with the operating system. The following reports are dependent on this class:

Software 4A - Auto-Start Software Software 4B - Computers with a Specific Auto-Start Software Software 4C - Auto-Start Software on a Specific Computer SMS_BrowserHelperObject

This class tracks browser helper objects. While some browser helper objects are beneficial, most software considered "malware" is in the form of browser helper objects. The following reports are dependent upon this class:

Software 5A - Browser Helper Objects Software 5B - Computers with a Specific Browser Helper Object Software 5C - Browser Helper Objects on a Specific Computer Win32_USBDevice

This class tracks devices connected to USB ports. The following reports are dependent upon this class:

Hardware 7A - USB Devices by Manufacturer Hardware 7B - USB Devices by Manufacturer and Description Hardware 7C - Computers with a Specific USB Device Hardware 7D - USB Devices on a Specific Computer SMS_Processor

This is an existing SMS class to which new properties have been added to provide more complete data about processors. The following reports are dependent upon this class:

Hardware 1A - Summary of Computers in a Specific Collection Hardware 2A - Estimated Computer Age by Ranges within a Collection Hardware 2B - Computers within an age range with a collection Hardware 8A - Hardware that is Not Ready for a Software Upgrade Hardware 9A - Search for computers SMS_InstalledExecutable

This class is not currently used to support existing Asset Intelligence reports. However, it can be enabled to support custom reports.

SMS_SoftwareShortcut

This class is not currently used to support existing Asset Intelligence reports. However, it can be enabled to support custom reports.

SoftwareLicensingService

This class is specific to Windows Vista. For more information, see the Microsoft TechNet article Windows Vista Volume Activation 2.0 Technical Attributes. The following reports are dependent upon this class:

License 2C - License Information on a Specific Computer License 5A - Computers Acting as a Key Management Service SoftwareLicensingProduct

This class is specific to Windows Vista. For more information, see the Microsoft TechNet article Windows Vista Volume Activation 2.0 Technical Attributes. The following reports are dependent upon this class:

License 2A - Count of Licenses Nearing Expiration by Time Ranges License 2B - Computers with Licenses Nearing Expiration License 2C - License Information on a Specific Computer License 3A - Count of Licenses by License Status License 3B - Computers with a Specific License Status License 4A - Count of Products Managed by Software Licensing License 4B - Computers with a Specific Product Managed by Software Licensing Service

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