IT inventory and resource management with OCS Inventory NG 1.02 : eliminate inventorying dilemmas by implementing a free & feasible IT inventory solution / Barzan "Tony" Antal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Antal, Barzan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information resources management--Software.

Information resources management.

Inventory control--Software.

Inventory control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (260 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham, U.K. : Packt Open Source, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Eliminate inventorying dilemmas by implementing a free and feasible IT Inventory solution

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Credits; About the Author; About the Reviewer; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Introduction to IT Inventory and Resource Management; Inventorying requirements in the real world; A feasible solution to avoid inevitable havoc; Streamlining software auditing and license management; More uses of an integrated IT inventory solution; Gathering relevant inventory information; Overall inventory demands to enhance usability; Centralization: introducing the client-server model; Example of the client-server model-an Internet forum

The client-server model versus the peer-to-peer paradigmIT inventorying based on the client-server model; How does OCS Inventory NG meet our needs?; Brief overview on OCS Inventory NG's architecture; Rough performance evaluation of OCS-NG; Meeting our inventory demands; Set of functions and what it brings to the table; Taking a glance at the OCS-NG web interface; An incentive on functionalities; Summary; Chapter 2: Setting up an OCS Inventory NG Management Server; Getting ready for the OCS-NG installation; Setting up prerequisite software on Linux flavors; Demystifying package management

The everlasting dilemma of solving dependency hellGetting familiar with your distribution's package manager; Yum on RPM-based Linux distributions; APT and Aptitude/Synaptic on Debian and its derivates; Installing Apache, MySQL, and PHP/Perl on Linux systems; Installing the AMP stack with yum; Installing AMP stack with apt; Installing AMP stack with emerge on Gentoo; Installing the AMP stack with an XAMPP precompiled package; Setting up the necessary modules on Linux systems; Setting up the OCS-NG management server on Linux operating systems; Installing OCS-NG server via an RPM package

Installing OCS-NG server via installation scriptDownloading and extracting the OCS-NG server package; Running the installation script and checking prerequisites; The real work behind the scenes of the script; Setting up the OCS-NG management server on Windows operating systems; XAMPP for Windows, the warm-up stage; Warning: XAMPP 1.6.8-1.7.1-known issue and solution; Launching the OCS-NG integrated installation; A pragmatic look at initial configuration; Summary; Chapter 3:The Zen of Agent Deployment; Behind the scenes: How agents earn their living; Choosing the best agent type

Demystifying the LocalSystem account of Windows OSChoosing the best deployment method; Deploying agents on Windows operating systems; Getting familiar with command-line arguments; Manual installation strategies; Using OcsLogon.exe to deploy via GPO or login scripts; Using the packager to create the deployable agent; Getting the agent package on the OCS-NG server; Deployment via Active Directory GPOs; Initiating deployment with OcsLogon.exe via login script; Unattended installation via the PsExec.exe tool; Deploying agents on Linux operating systems

Installing agents on Linux with user interaction

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9786612579486

9781282579484

1282579487

9781849511117

184951111X

OCLC:

697697977