This topic describes how to track software suites, such as Microsoft® Office.
To track software suites, you must create entries in the Inventory Software
Dictionary, and then create a dynamic group that contains the managed systems
on which the software suite is installed.
The Inventory Software Dictionary finds a match for an entry
definition only if all associated files for the entry are in the same directory.
To locate product suites (such as Microsoft Office) that might not have
all applications in the same directory, you can create separate dictionary
entries for each application in the suite and then create a dynamic group
to display all managed systems and devices that are found with the specified
application files.
Complete the following steps to create separate dictionary
entries and to create a dynamic group:
- In theIBM Director Console Tasks
pane, right-click the Inventory task; then, click Edit
Software Dictionary.
- In the Inventory Software Dictionary Editor window,
in the Entry Definition pane, use the Title and Entry Type fields
to identify and classify each entry that you create in the inventory-software
dictionary. You also can complete the other fields as needed.
- In the Associated Files group
box, click Add.
- In the Associated File Attributes window, click Enter
File Information or Select File From List;
then, click OK. The easiest method is to select the
file from a list. When you finish selecting the file name, the corresponding
attributes are displayed in the Associated Files group
box.
- 選擇性的: Click Edit to
change any of the attributes.
- 選擇性的: If you want to add more files
to the definition, repeat steps 3 through 5.
- Click the Save Entry icon to save your software-dictionary
entry. You have now created one entry that identifies the file (or set of
files, if you specified more than one file) that corresponds to one application
in a single directory.
- Click to add another software-dictionary entry. Repeat steps 2 through 7 for
each software-dictionary entry you want to create, and then click to close
the Inventory Software Dictionary Editor window.
- To ensure detection of the installed software packages, perform
an inventory collection on the managed system or device with the specific
software that is installed on it.
- In the IBM Director Console Groups
pane, right-click anywhere except on an entry and click New
Dynamic.
- In the Available Criteria pane of the Dynamic Group Editor window,
expand the Inventory tree. To display the list of software-dictionary
entries from which you can create a new dynamic group, expand the Software tree,
and then expand the Program Title tree.
- Locate and click the first software-dictionary entry that you created;
then, click Add to add the entry to the Selected Criteria pane.
- Locate and click the second software-dictionary entry that you
created; then, click Add to add it to the Selected Criteria pane.
- In the Choose Add Operation window, click All true (AND) to
create a group that includes a managed system or device only if all of the
software-dictionary entries that you selected are located on that managed
system or device.
- Locate and add the rest of the entries that you created. For each
subsequent entry that you add to the Selected Criteria pane, select the All
true (AND) option when prompted.
- When you have finished building your group of entries, click .
- In the Save As window, type the name that you want to display in
the Groups pane. Click OK.
- Click to close the Dynamic Group Editor window.
- Click the new group in the IBM Director Console Console
Groups pane. The managed systems and devices that meet the search criteria
for the software entries that you created are displayed in the Group Contents
pane. All entries must be present on the managed system or device for the
managed system or device to be displayed.