Guest John Posted February 9, 2008 Posted February 9, 2008 Hi, I'd like to use any "smart" program to discover my computers on the network and get some reports. Everest Professional is very nice product but I need to run it on EVERY computer. I've checked LOGinventory and similar products... Well, my idea is: I have 200 computers on my network and I need to run once per month network discovery tool and collect hardware and software details from computer. Report must include like following: computer name, disk, memory and CPU characteristics, operating system, and all other settings are optional... Please advice what to use for this. p.s. any Microsoft products, like System Center Essentials maybe or...? THNX! -- IT portal - http://www.it-infonews.com
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted February 9, 2008 Posted February 9, 2008 Re: Network (hardware and software) discovery "John" <John@_REMOVE_THIS_> wrote in message news:eu$wXv2aIHA.4196@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Hi, > > I'd like to use any "smart" program to discover my computers on the > network and get some reports. Everest Professional is very nice product > but I need to run it on EVERY computer. I've checked LOGinventory and > similar products... > > Well, my idea is: I have 200 computers on my network and I need to run > once per month network discovery tool and collect hardware and software > details from computer. Report must include like following: computer name, > disk, memory and CPU characteristics, operating system, and all other > settings are optional... > > Please advice what to use for this. > > p.s. any Microsoft products, like System Center Essentials maybe or...? > > THNX! > > -- > IT portal - http://www.it-infonews.com > You could try this script: http://dieseyer.de/scr-html/hardwareinventur.html
Guest John Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 Re: Network (hardware and software) discovery > You could try this script: > http://dieseyer.de/scr-html/hardwareinventur.html Please advice how to use it. Should I save it as .vbs and run on any server machine or...? Thnx
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 Re: Network (hardware and software) discovery "John" <John@_REMOVE_THIS_> wrote in message news:uniHJh7aIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> You could try this script: >> http://dieseyer.de/scr-html/hardwareinventur.html > > Please advice how to use it. Should I save it as .vbs and run on any > server machine or...? > > Thnx > > Yes, save it as a .VBS file, then run it in your domain environment. It's supposed to pick up all connected workstations.
Guest John Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 Re: Network (hardware and software) discovery "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message news:OXk%23WI8aIHA.6024@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > > "John" <John@_REMOVE_THIS_> wrote in message > news:uniHJh7aIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> You could try this script: >>> http://dieseyer.de/scr-html/hardwareinventur.html >> >> Please advice how to use it. Should I save it as .vbs and run on any >> server machine or...? >> >> Thnx >> >> > > Yes, save it as a .VBS file, then run it in your domain > environment. It's supposed to pick up all connected workstations. > When I started that file nothing happend - Excel is opend but with empty spreedsheet. Any other commercialn solution?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 Re: Network (hardware and software) discovery "John" <John@_REMOVE_THIS_> wrote in message news:OOh4B$AbIHA.5348@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... > "Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@fly.com.oz> wrote in message > news:OXk%23WI8aIHA.6024@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> >> "John" <John@_REMOVE_THIS_> wrote in message >> news:uniHJh7aIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>>> You could try this script: >>>> http://dieseyer.de/scr-html/hardwareinventur.html >>> >>> Please advice how to use it. Should I save it as .vbs and run on any >>> server machine or...? >>> >>> Thnx >>> >>> >> >> Yes, save it as a .VBS file, then run it in your domain >> environment. It's supposed to pick up all connected workstations. >> > > When I started that file nothing happend - Excel is opend but with empty > spreedsheet. > > Any other commercialn solution? > It certainly worked for me when I tested it. I would check Google for the commercial stuff.
Guest John Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 Re: Network (hardware and software) discovery > It certainly worked for me when I tested it. I would check > Google for the commercial stuff. Can you suggest for the commercial SW?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted February 10, 2008 Posted February 10, 2008 Re: Network (hardware and software) discovery "John" <John@_REMOVE_THIS_> wrote in message news:uG8v2$BbIHA.1204@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... >> It certainly worked for me when I tested it. I would check >> Google for the commercial stuff. > > Can you suggest for the commercial SW? > Sorry, I can't - my customised version of the VB Script meets my needs.
Guest Gwen Zierdt Posted February 22, 2008 Posted February 22, 2008 RE: Network (hardware and software) discovery Essentials 2007 sounds like it would meet your needs plus provide you with additional features as well. Check out the Essentials 2007 whitepaper at: http://switch.atdmt.com/action/mrtpro_FY07SCEClickontheWhitePaperLinktopofMai_1 You might be interested in trying out the VHD environment. It's a 30 day full feature trial that you can boot up on a Virtual Server, join you existing domain and see if it provides you the type of features you are seeking. Check out: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=27342759-e9d6-4073-918c-e9dff77d0206&DisplayLang=en Hope that helps, Gwen Zierdt The Real World is Messy: making sense with Essentials 2007 http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/gzierdt/default.aspx "John" wrote: > Hi, > > I'd like to use any "smart" program to discover my computers on the network > and get some reports. Everest Professional is very nice product but I need > to run it on EVERY computer. I've checked LOGinventory and similar > products... > > Well, my idea is: I have 200 computers on my network and I need to run once > per month network discovery tool and collect hardware and software details > from computer. Report must include like following: computer name, disk, > memory and CPU characteristics, operating system, and all other settings are > optional... > > Please advice what to use for this. > > p.s. any Microsoft products, like System Center Essentials maybe or...? > > THNX! > > -- > IT portal - http://www.it-infonews.com > > >
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