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pinoyskull
May 26th, 2009, 06:44 AM
Hi,

Is there a suitable desktop management system that can



1) Remotely manage software inventory, installations and removal.
2) Keeps inventory of system name, hardware info and software.

3) Has a place for current assignee and possibly department.


a GUI solution is preferred.
loell
May 26th, 2009, 07:16 AM
if it's for enterprise, in ubuntu that would be landscape (http://www.canonical.com/projects/landscape)

but if it's only for SOHO then maybe Mandriva Directory Server will do.
pinoyskull
May 26th, 2009, 07:45 AM
if it's for enterprise, in ubuntu that would be landscape (http://www.canonical.com/projects/landscape)

but if it's only for SOHO then maybe Mandriva Directory Server will do.
@loell

Yeah, something like MDS but I need something that can remotely manage softwares too (install / uninstall)
jsgotangco
May 26th, 2009, 08:01 AM
How about something that provides FCAPS? There's a bunch of stuff out there and could be complex though. Zenoss comes to mind, but there are also stuff like opennms, pandora fms, etc.
pinoyskull
May 28th, 2009, 12:18 PM
any more suggestions?
loell
May 28th, 2009, 12:48 PM
webmin? ;)
pinoyskull
May 28th, 2009, 12:50 PM
btw laptops ang ima manage ng software. So I need something that can keep track of the laptop's softwares and changes.
jsgotangco
May 28th, 2009, 01:28 PM
You need something that does FCAPS. If the FCAPS concept is too complex, perhaps OCS Inventory NG can be useful to you.

In the Microsoft world, I used to do this with Systems Management Server.

Usually these kind of software require a client to be installed into every machine.
pinoyskull
May 29th, 2009, 05:41 AM
Thanks Jerome
jdarias
May 30th, 2009, 01:51 AM
AFAIK Landscape is not free, it is a commercial application and service offered by canonical. Is this correct?
loell
May 30th, 2009, 01:56 AM
AFAIK Landscape is not free, it is a commercial application and service offered by canonical. Is this correct?

yes, that is correct.
jsgotangco
May 30th, 2009, 01:22 PM
If you are to manage 100+ machines in an enterprise environment, the cost of Landscape is peanuts.
pinoyskull
May 30th, 2009, 06:53 PM
You need something that does FCAPS. If the FCAPS concept is too complex, perhaps OCS Inventory NG can be useful to you.

In the Microsoft world, I used to do this with Systems Management Server.

Usually these kind of software require a client to be installed into every machine.
We are testing OCS Inventory NG now, a bit not user friendly at first but I think this is the one that we are looking for :)
steve_c
June 25th, 2009, 01:52 AM
Inquiring minds want to know what you think of your testing of OCS-inventory NG.

Another alternative I'm considering myself is open-audIT:
http://www.open-audit.org/index.php

Anyone have any experience with both of these products and care to give feedback?
kiminaiseah
July 1st, 2009, 05:46 PM
use OpenNMS, it can barely look any application installed on client side, supported windows,linux,mac,sun