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Contents
Technical Support ............................................................................................... 4
Chapter 1
Introducing Inventory for Network Devices ..................... 9
About Inventory for Network Devices ................................................ 9
What's new in Inventory for Network Devices 7.1 .............................. 10
Components of Inventory for Network Devices .................................. 11
Where to get more information ....................................................... 11
Chapter 2
Installing Inventory for Network Devices ....................... 15
System requirements ....................................................................
Installing or upgrading Inventory for Network Devices .......................
Migrating to Inventory for Network Devices 7.1 .................................
Uninstalling Inventory for Network Devices .....................................
Chapter 3
15
15
16
17
Using the Agentless Inventory Home page .................... 19
Agentless Inventory Home page ...................................................... 19
Chapter 4
Gathering agentless inventory ......................................... 21
About gathering agentless inventory ...............................................
Gathering agentless inventory ........................................................
Creating agentless inventory tasks using the wizard ...........................
Manually creating and modifying agentless inventory tasks .................
Scheduling agentless inventory tasks ..............................................
Chapter 5
21
23
24
25
27
Viewing agentless inventory status and results ........... 29
About agentless inventory status and results .................................... 29
Viewing agentless inventory reports ................................................ 29
Chapter 6
Mapping network device data .......................................... 31
About SNMP data mapping ............................................................ 31
Using SNMP data mapping tables .................................................... 32
Exporting and importing SNMP data mapping tables .......................... 33
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Contents
Index
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Chapter
1
Introducing Inventory for
Network Devices
This chapter includes the following topics:
■
About Inventory for Network Devices
■
What's new in Inventory for Network Devices 7.1
■
Components of Inventory for Network Devices
■
Where to get more information
About Inventory for Network Devices
Inventory for Network Devices gathers inventory data from discovered devices
in your network. This inventory is gathered from the devices that are not managed
through the Symantec Management Agent. Because a management agent is not
required, this inventory is considered an agentless inventory.
Agentless inventory gathers inventory on the devices that are already discovered
and exist as resources in the Symantec Management Platform's Configuration
Management Database (CMDB). Generally, you use agentless inventory to gather
inventory on the devices that are discovered using the Network Discovery
component of the Symantec Management Platform.
This inventory is performed by running agentless inventory tasks on discovered
devices and reporting the data to Notification Server. The discovery data is stored
in the CMDB. You configure the automated tasks that are scheduled to run at
regular intervals to keep your inventory data current.
You can gather inventory on the following types of devices:
■
Cluster
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What's new in Inventory for Network Devices 7.1
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Computer
■
Computer: virtual machine
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Infrastructure device
■
IP phone
■
KVM device
■
Network-attached storage
■
Network backup device
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Network printer
■
Out-of-band management device
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Out-of-band management device: chassis management controller
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Physical rack
■
Physical rack: physical enclosure
■
Physical rack: physical enclosure: physical bay
Currently, agentless inventory gathers inventory only on SNMP-enabled devices.
You can determine the type of inventory that is gathered through SNMP data
mapping tables. Agentless inventory collects data from the SNMP-enabled network
devices that are based on SNMP data mapping tables. The tables identify the data
fields you want to collect and apply the settings to selected device types.
See “Gathering agentless inventory” on page 23.
See “About SNMP data mapping” on page 31.
What's new in Inventory for Network Devices 7.1
In the 7.1 release of Inventory for Network Devices, the following new features
are introduced:
Table 1-1
Feature
List of new features
Description
Support for the Symantec Management The Inventory for Network Devices 7.1 release supports the Symantec
Platform 7.1.
Management Platform 7.1.
Symantec Management Platform 7.1 works on 64-bit Microsoft Windows
Server 2008 R2.
See “About Inventory for Network Devices” on page 9.
Introducing Inventory for Network Devices
Components of Inventory for Network Devices
Components of Inventory for Network Devices
Inventory for Network Devices runs on the Symantec Management Platform and
uses the components of the platform.
See “About Inventory for Network Devices” on page 9.
Inventory for Network Devices also includes the following components:
Table 1-2
Components of Inventory for Network Devices
Component
Description
Inventory for Network Devices tasks (also
known as agentless inventory tasks)
You create and schedule tasks to collect
inventory on discovered devices.
See “Gathering agentless inventory”
on page 23.
Agentless inventory wizard
You can use the wizard to easily create
agentless inventory tasks.
See “Creating agentless inventory tasks
using the wizard” on page 24.
Agentless Inventory Home page
This portal page provides links to
commonly-used tasks and a summary of
inventory data.
See “Agentless Inventory Home page”
on page 19.
Agentless inventory reports
After inventory data is gathered, you can
view that data using predefined or custom
reports.
See “Viewing agentless inventory reports”
on page 29.
SNMP data mapping tables
These tables define the type of inventory
data that is gathered.
See “About SNMP data mapping” on page 31.
Where to get more information
Use the following documentation resources to learn about and use this product.
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Where to get more information
Table 1-3
Documentation resources
Document
Description
Location
Release Notes
Information about new
features and important
issues.
The Product Support page, which is available at the following URL:
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/all_products.jsp
When you open your product's support page, look for the
Documentation link on the right side of the page.
User Guide
Information about how
to use this product,
including detailed
technical information
and instructions for
performing common
tasks.
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The Documentation Library, which is available in the Symantec
Management Console on the Help menu.
■ The Product Support page, which is available at the following URL:
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/all_products.jsp
When you open your product’s support page, look for the
Documentation link on the right side of the page.
Help
Information about how
to use this product,
including detailed
technical information
and instructions for
performing common
tasks.
The Documentation Library, which is available in the Symantec
Management Console on the Help menu.
Context-sensitive help is available for most screens in the Symantec
Management Console.
You can open context-sensitive help in the following ways:
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The F1 key when the page is active.
Help is available at the ■ The Context command, which is available in the Symantec
Management Console on the Help menu.
solution level and at the
suite level.
This information is
available in HTML help
format.
In addition to the product documentation, you can use the following resources to
learn about Symantec products.
Table 1-4
Symantec product information resources
Resource
Description
Location
SymWISE
Support
Knowledgebase
Articles, incidents, and
issues about Symantec
products.
http://www.symantec.com/business/theme.jsp?themeid=support-knowledgebase
Introducing Inventory for Network Devices
Where to get more information
Table 1-4
Symantec product information resources (continued)
Resource
Description
Location
Symantec
Connect
An online resource that http://www.symantec.com/connect/endpoint-management
contains forums, articles,
blogs, downloads, events,
videos, groups, and ideas
for users of Symantec
products.
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Where to get more information
Chapter
2
Installing Inventory for
Network Devices
This chapter includes the following topics:
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System requirements
■
Installing or upgrading Inventory for Network Devices
■
Migrating to Inventory for Network Devices 7.1
■
Uninstalling Inventory for Network Devices
System requirements
Inventory for Network Devices has the following system requirement:
■
Symantec Management Platform 7.1
Symantec Management Platform is installed or upgraded automatically when you
use Symantec Installation Manager to install or upgrade this product.
For more information on the Symantec Management Platform prerequisites and
installation instructions, see the Symantec Management Platform Help.
See “About Inventory for Network Devices” on page 9.
Installing or upgrading Inventory for Network Devices
You install or upgrade Inventory for Network Devices 7.1 by using the Symantec
Installation Manager. You can download the installation files directly to your
server or you can create offline installation packages.
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Migrating to Inventory for Network Devices 7.1
For more information, see the IT Management Suite Implementation Guide at
http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC3464.
See “About Inventory for Network Devices” on page 9.
Migrating to Inventory for Network Devices 7.1
During the migration from Inventory for Network Devices 6.x, the following data
is automatically migrated:
The data class list from 6.x to 7.x
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Inv_SNMP_Host_Devices
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Inv_SNMP_Host_Resources
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Inv_SNMP_NW_Adapters
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Inv_SNMP_NW_Disk_Storage
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Inv_SNMP_NW_NLM
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Inv_SNMP_NW_Partitions
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Inv_SNMP_NW_Printers
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Inv_SNMP_NW_Server
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Inv_SNMP_NW_Settings
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Inv_SNMP_NW_Settings_Descriptions
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Inv_SNMP_NW_Volume
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Inv_SNMP_Physical_Entities
Inv_SNMP_Printer (changes its name to
Inv_SNMP_HP_Printer in 7.x)
■ Inv_SNMP_Software
■
SNMP data mapping tables
MIB files
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Inv_SNMP_Storage
■
Inv_SNMP_Win32_Print_Queues
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Inv_SNMP_Win32_Services
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Inv_SNMP_Win32_Shares
■
SNMPDeviceMap
■
SNMPTableMap
All MIB files in the 6.0
NetworkInventory\Mibs directory are
imported into the database during the
upgrade.
You perform the product migration from version 6.x to 7.1 and from version 7.0
to 7.1 according to the migration scenario for the IT Management Suite..
For more information, see IT Management Suite Migration Guide version 6.x to
7.1 and IT Management Suite Migration Guide version 7.0 to 7.1.
Installing Inventory for Network Devices
Uninstalling Inventory for Network Devices
See “About Inventory for Network Devices” on page 9.
Uninstalling Inventory for Network Devices
You uninstall Inventory for Network Devices 7.1 by using the Symantec Installation
Manager.
For more information, see the IT Management Suite Implementation Guide at
http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC3464.
See “About Inventory for Network Devices” on page 9.
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Uninstalling Inventory for Network Devices
Chapter
3
Using the Agentless
Inventory Home page
This chapter includes the following topics:
■
Agentless Inventory Home page
Agentless Inventory Home page
Agentless Inventory Home page is a portal page that provides a single launching
point for most of the activities that are associated with agentless inventory. It
contains the Web parts that display past, present, and future agentless inventory
activities. It also serves as a control panel for initiating and controlling agentless
inventory tasks. It provides access to other management pages for agentless
inventory. As with all Symantec Management Console portal pages, you can
customize Agentless Inventory Home page to meet your specific needs.
See “About Inventory for Network Devices” on page 9.
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Agentless Inventory Home page
Table 3-1
Web parts on the Agentless Inventory Home page
Web part
Description
Agentless Inventory Quick Start
The quick start provides links to commonly
performed tasks.
To create an agentless inventory task, you can
launch the agentless inventory wizard from here.
See “Creating agentless inventory tasks using the
wizard” on page 24.
You can also view and configure SNMP data
mapping tables.
See “About SNMP data mapping” on page 31.
Devices Inventoried by Type
This summary graph reports the total number of
devices that are inventoried. The graph is a bar
graph that groups the devices by their type.
Agentless Inventory Tasks
This Web part has the following two tabs:
Available Tasks
From this tab, you can view your agentless
inventory tasks. You can edit, delete, schedule,
or run an existing task or create a new one.
You can also view properties and the schedule
of a task.
■ Task Run
From this tab, you can view the tasks that are
running or have been previously run. You can
also stop a task that is in progress.
■
Click the Refresh icon to update the list.
Double-click the task to view the summary of the
task.
Edit
You can edit the layout of the Network Discovery
Home page.
For more information, view topics about portal
pages in the Symantec Management Console Help.
Chapter
4
Gathering agentless
inventory
This chapter includes the following topics:
■
About gathering agentless inventory
■
Gathering agentless inventory
■
Creating agentless inventory tasks using the wizard
■
Manually creating and modifying agentless inventory tasks
■
Scheduling agentless inventory tasks
About gathering agentless inventory
You can gather basic inventory data of discovered SNMP network devices such
as computers, network printers, network-attached storage devices, and network
backup devices. The inventory is performed by running agentless tasks on
discovered devices and reporting the data to Notification Server. The discovery
data is stored in the CMDB. You configure the automated tasks that are scheduled
to run at regular intervals to keep your inventory data current.
See “About Inventory for Network Devices” on page 9.
See “Gathering agentless inventory” on page 23.
When you configure agentless inventory tasks, you specify the following:
■
Which devices to inventory
■
Which network protocols to use to communicate with devices (connection
profile)
■
When to run the task
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About gathering agentless inventory
You can configure multiple tasks to meet your needs.
For example, you can create the tasks that are based on the following:
■
Which devices you want to inventory
■
How often you want to run the inventory tasks
You can create and configure agentless inventory tasks in the following ways:
Using the Agentless
Inventory wizard
The wizard guides you through the creation and
configuration of agentless inventory tasks. You can later
edit the advanced settings and schedules of a task by using
the task page.
See “Creating agentless inventory tasks using the wizard”
on page 24.
Manually creating a task
You can manually create tasks from the Task Management
Portal. This option lets you configure more advanced
settings and schedules.
See “Manually creating and modifying agentless inventory
tasks” on page 25.
You can only gather inventory of the devices that are already discovered. You can
use Network Discovery to discover network devices and create resources for them
in the CMDB.
For more information, see the topics about Network Discovery in the Symantec
Management Platform Help.
See “About Inventory for Network Devices” on page 9.
Agentless inventory tasks use connection profiles to manage the protocols that
are used to communicate with network devices. Connection profiles are
components of the Symantec Management Platform. When devices are discovered,
the protocols that are used to communicate with the device are stored in the
resource for that device in the CMDB. When you use agentless inventory tasks,
you do not specify a connection profile or protocols. Agentless inventory tasks
use the same protocols that were enabled when the device was discovered.
For more information, see the topics about resource discovery and using
connection profiles in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
Gathering agentless inventory
Gathering agentless inventory
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 21.
Table 4-1
Process for gathering inventory of network devices
Step
Action
Description
Step 1
Discover network devices.
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 agentless inventory tasks. 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 24.
See “Manually creating and modifying
agentless inventory tasks” on page 25.
Step 3
(Optional) Modify task settings or After you create a task, you can modify
schedules.
the settings of a task or create
additional schedules.
See “Manually creating and modifying
agentless inventory tasks” on page 25.
See “Scheduling agentless inventory
tasks” on page 27.
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 29.
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Creating agentless inventory tasks using the wizard
Creating agentless inventory tasks using the wizard
The wizard guides you through the creation of an agentless inventory task and
the configuration of the basic settings. You can later edit the advanced settings
and schedules of the task by using the task page.
See “About gathering agentless inventory” on page 21.
See “Gathering agentless inventory” on page 23.
To create Network inventory tasks using the agentless inventory wizard
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Discovery
and Inventory > Agentless Inventory.
2
In the Agentless Inventory Quick Start, click Run inventory wizard.
3
In the wizard, select whether to inventory a group of devices or an individual
device.
4
To inventory a group of devices, perform the following steps in order:
5
■
Click Choose devices.
■
In the list, click the group of target devices that you want to inventory.
You use the Organizational views feature of Notification Server to filter
the target devices you want to inventory. You can use pre-existing filters
or create your own. For example, you can use filters to target devices in
a certain location or department. You can also filter by a certain asset or
network resource type. For a default filter, you can select Default > All
Resources > Asset > Network Resource.
For more information, see topics about using filters and organizational
views in the Symantec Management Platform Help.
■
Under Include Device Types, click the type of devices you want to
inventory.
To inventory an individual device, perform the following steps in order:
■
Click Individual device
■
In the drop-down list, click the device that you want to inventory.
This list includes all devices that have been previously discovered and
have resources in the CMDB.
6
Click Next.
7
Name the task, and then click Next.
8
Schedule the task.
See “Scheduling agentless inventory tasks” on page 27.
Gathering agentless inventory
Manually creating and modifying agentless inventory tasks
9
Click Finish.
10 To view the created tasks, do one of the following:
■
View the lists of tasks on the Agentless Inventory Home page.
To view newly created tasks, you may need to click the Refresh symbol.
■
Click Manage > Jobs and Tasks > System Jobs and Tasks > Discovery and
Inventory.
Manually creating and modifying agentless inventory
tasks
You can manually create, modify, and stop agentless inventory tasks from the
Task Management Portal.
See “About gathering agentless inventory” on page 21.
See “Gathering agentless inventory” on page 23.
To manually create agentless inventory tasks
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Discovery
and Inventory > Agentless Inventory.
2
In the Agentless Inventory Tasks Web part, on the Available Tasks tab, click
New.
3
In the New Agentless Inventory Task dialog box, give the task a descriptive
name.
4
Select whether to inventory a group of devices or an individual device.
5
To inventory a group of devices, perform the following steps in order:
6
■
Click Group of Devices.
■
In the list, click the group of target devices you want to inventory.
You use the Organizational views feature of Notification Server to filter
the target devices you want to inventory. You can use pre-existing filters
or create your own. For example, you can use filters to target devices in
a certain location or department. You can also filter by a certain asset or
network resource type. For a default filter, you can click Default > All
Resources > Asset > Network Resource.
For more information, see the topics about using filters and organizational
views in the Symantec Management Console Help.
■
Click the type of devices you want to inventory.
To inventory an individual device, perform the following steps in order:
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Manually creating and modifying agentless inventory tasks
7
■
Click Individual device.
■
In the drop-down list, click the device that you want to inventory.
This list includes all devices that have been previously discovered and
have resources in the CMDB.
(Optional) Click and configure the option to only inventory the devices that
were not inventoried in the specified number of days.
You can reduce the gathered inventory and limit the inventory scan to devices
that have not been scanned in a certain number of days.
8
Click Advanced.
9
(Optional) Configure the maximum number of threads that are used
concurrently.
During the inventory process, a separate thread is used for each device. You
can increase or decrease this number. This number is based on the amount
of traffic you want this task to generate or on the capacity of your Notification
Server. For example, if you run the task during the night and are not concerned
about network traffic, you can increase this number. This method lets you
gather inventory from many devices. If you are concerned about the
processing load on your server, you may want to decrease this number.
10 Click OK.
11 Click OK.
12 (Optional) Schedule a task.
See “Scheduling agentless inventory tasks” on page 27.
To modify agentless inventory tasks
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Manage menu, click Jobs and
Tasks.
2
In the left pane, click Jobs and Tasks > System Jobs and Tasks > Discovery
and Inventory.
You can also view and edit agentless inventory tasks on the bottom of the
Agentless Inventory Home page.
3
In the right pane, click the task that you want to modify.
Gathering agentless inventory
Scheduling agentless inventory tasks
To stop agentless inventory tasks
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Discovery
and Inventory > Agentless Inventory.
2
In the Agentless Inventory Tasks Web part, click Tasks Run.
To view newly created tasks, you may need to click the Refresh symbol.
3
Click the task that you want to stop and then click Stop.
Scheduling agentless inventory tasks
When you schedule tasks, you can configure multiple schedules for an individual
task or use shared schedules. Agentless inventory tasks use the task management
component of the Symantec Management Platform that provides flexibility to
target computers and schedule tasks.
For more information, see the topics about using and scheduling tasks in the
Symantec Management Platform Help.
See “Creating agentless inventory tasks using the wizard” on page 24.
See “Gathering agentless inventory” on page 23.
To schedule agentless inventory tasks
1
On the Home menu, click Discovery and Inventory > Agentless Inventory.
2
In the Agentless Inventory Tasks Web part, click the Available Tasks tab.
3
Click the task that you want to schedule, and then click Schedule.
4
Click one of the following options:
■
Now
■
Schedule
5
Click OK.
6
(Optional) To create multiple schedules, click Schedule, and create a new
schedule.
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Chapter
5
Viewing agentless inventory
status and results
This chapter includes the following topics:
■
About agentless inventory status and results
■
Viewing agentless inventory reports
About agentless inventory status and results
After an agentless inventory has been performed, the data about the devices is
stored in the CMDB. You can view the reports that show the data from the
inventory. The Agentless Inventory Home page presents one of the reports as a
data summary. On this page you can view the status of the tasks. In the Resource
Manager, you can also view and create reports about the inventory data, and view
discovered devices.
See “Gathering agentless inventory” on page 23.
See “Agentless Inventory Home page” on page 19.
See “Viewing agentless inventory reports” on page 29.
Viewing agentless inventory reports
You can view the results of your agentless inventory by viewing reports. You can
view predefined reports or create your own.
For more information, see the topics about reports in the Symantec Management
Platform Help.
You can filter the results that are based on the manufacturer and model of the
inventoried devices. You can view the results as a grid view that displays the
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Viewing agentless inventory reports
names and properties of the devices or as a chart view. You can change a chart
view to a grid view by clicking the chart. You can also view the additional details
about the device by viewing it in the Resource Manager.
See “About agentless inventory status and results” on page 29.
To view agentless inventory reports
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Reports menu, click All
Reports.
2
In the left pane, click Reports > Discovery and Inventory > Agentless
Inventory.
3
In the left pane, click the type of device you want to view.
4
In the left pane, click the report you want to view.
5
Enter the parameters of the report and click the Refresh symbol.
To view a resource in the Resource Manager
1
On the Manage menu, click Resource.
2
Click the resource that you want to view and then click OK.
For more information, see the topics about Resource Manager in the Symantec
Management Platform Help.
Chapter
6
Mapping network device
data
This chapter includes the following topics:
■
About SNMP data mapping
■
Using SNMP data mapping tables
■
Exporting and importing SNMP data mapping tables
About SNMP data mapping
You use SNMP data mapping tables to define how to map SNMP devices to the
data that you want to collect. Many predefined tables exist for common SNMP
devices. You can also create your own tables to customize the collected data. These
tables are managed from the SNMP Data Mapping Tables page. The predefined
mappings cannot be edited.
See “Using SNMP data mapping tables” on page 32.
When you define a table, you specify Management Information Base (MIB) data
objects, also known as MIB files or MIBs. MIBs are the data objects that are defined
in the database. An SNMP manager uses them to control hardware and software
resources. MIBs let you expand the data fields that can be collected when inventory
runs. Inventory Solution for Network Devices already provides many MIBs of the
leading hardware manufacturers. You can also import additional MIBs using the
MIB Import task.
For more information, see the topics about MIB import in the Symantec
Management Platform Help.
When you map tables to a device, you choose a device from a list of classified
SNMP devices. This list is the same list of SNMP devices that are configured on
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the SNMP Device Classifications page of Network Discovery. This list cannot be
manually edited from the SNMP Data Mapping Tables page. However, you can
configure it from the SNMP Device Classifications page of Network Discovery.
For more information, see the topics about classifying SNMP devices in the
Symantec Management Platform Help.
To gather the same inventory from different Notification Servers, you can also
export a table and then import it on a different server.
See “Exporting and importing SNMP data mapping tables” on page 33.
You can also test table definitions to ensure that you have defined the field values
for a table definition correctly. When you test the table, you test it on a single
device that you specify.
Using SNMP data mapping tables
You use SNMP data mapping tables to define how to map SNMP devices to the
data that you want to collect. Many predefined tables are provided for common
SNMP devices. You can also create your own tables to customize the collected
data. The predefined mappings are read-only and cannot be edited.
See “About SNMP data mapping” on page 31.
To view SNMP data mapping tables
1
In the Symantec Management Console, on the Home menu, click Discovery
and Inventory > Agentless Inventory.
2
In the Agentless Inventory Quick Start, click Data mapping tables.
3
In the left pane, click a table.
4
In the right pane, on the Table details tab, view table details.
5
In the right pane, on the Device mappings tab, view the SNMP devices to
which the table is mapped.
To test a table on a single device
1
Either in a new table or in the details of an existing table, click Test on Device.
2
Enter the host address or host name of the device you want to test.
3
Click Test.
The data appears if a valid response is received from the device.
To create a new mapping
1
On the SNMP Data Mapping Tables page, click New.
2
Enter a new table name and click OK.
Mapping network device data
Exporting and importing SNMP data mapping tables
3
Click the New symbol and add new rows.
4
To configure the row values, do the following:
■
Enter a name.
The name identifies the data field you want to collect when inventory
runs. The name you select is stored in the database and appears on
inventory reports.
■
Select a type.
■
Enter a length.
This field specifies the length of the field value. Some fields are predefined,
such as the integer type, which is always the length of 4.
■
(Optional) Make this row a primary key.
Check Key to enable the row to be a primary key in the data table.
■
Click Select OID to select an Object ID.
The Object ID is mapped to the source of the protocol information. For
example, it can map to the Object ID for an SNMP query. When you click
this field, you use the Object ID Selection Tool dialog box to select an
Object ID from the available MIBs. You can view the details of the Object
ID information when a row is selected in the column definition table.
See “About SNMP data mapping” on page 31.
5
Click OK.
6
Click Save changes.
7
Click Device Mappings and apply the table to devices.
8
In the list of all available device classes and types, in the first column of the
table, check the check boxes of the device types you want to apply to this
table.
9
Test the table to validate the table configuration.
See “Using SNMP data mapping tables” on page 32.
10 Click Save changes.
Exporting and importing SNMP data mapping tables
If you manage network devices in a large infrastructure, you can export and send
table configurations to other locations within your organization. This method is
an easy way to ensure that all servers that use Inventory for Network Devices
collect the same inventory. After you configure the tables that define the inventory
collection, you can save them using the Export option. You can send these files
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to other administrators, who can then use the Import option to update the database
for their servers.
See “About SNMP data mapping” on page 31.
See “Using SNMP data mapping tables” on page 32.
To export a mapping table
1
On the SNMP Data Mapping Tables page, click the table you want to export
and then click Export.
2
Click Save.
3
Specify the path to which to save the exported file and the new file name, and
click Save.
By default, the file name is the same as the table name.
To import a mapping table
1
On the SNMP Data Mapping Tables page, click Import.
2
Browse to the file and click OK.
Index
A
agentless inventory
about 9, 21
connection profile 22
customizing 31
data mapping 31
gathering 23
home page 11, 19
portal page 29
protocol settings 22
SNMP data mapping tables 11
task status 19, 29
agentless inventory reports 11
agentless inventory task 9, 11, 22
creating 24–25
modify 26
modifying 25
reports 29
scheduling 27
stop 27
agentless inventory wizard 11, 22, 24
inventory (continued)
network devices 9, 23–25. See agentless
inventory
SNMP devices 21
Inventory for Network Devices
about 9
task. See agentless inventory tasks
M
migrating
automatically 16
manually 16
N
network devices
data mapping 31–32
inventory 9, 23. See agentless inventory
network devices inventory. See agentless inventory
P
protocol settings
agentless inventory 22
C
connection profiles
agentless inventory 21–22
context-sensitive help 11
R
Release Notes 11
requirements 15
D
data mapping
network devices 31–32
documentation 11
H
help
context-sensitive 11
I
installing 15
inventory
agentless inventory 21
S
SIM 15
SNMP data mapping 11
network devices 31
SNMP data mapping table
create 32
export 34
import 34
test 32
view 32
SNMP-enabled devices
inventory. See agentless inventory
36
Index
Symantec Installation Manager. See SIM
system requirements 15
T
task. See see agentless inventory task
U
upgrading 16
uprgading 15