Determine where software is installed using the legacy Software Asset Management plugin
When using the legacy Software Asset Management (com.snc.software_asset_management) plugin to determine where your software is installed, you must keep the following points in mind.
- The software instance no longer contains discovered information. The information previously went to the Software Instance [cmdb_software_instance] table, but now goes to the Software Installation [cmdb_sam_sw_install] table. Because the table has changed, you must change your transform maps to point to the new table.
- Models identified by a discovery tool are linked to software models.
- Use grouping to obtain more specific information from a software counter.
- Software installations link a computer with a software model (via a discovery model).
A discovery tool places the data it obtains into the Software Installation
[cmdb_sam_sw_install] table. All of the information can be seen in the Software Installations
list and the individual Software Installation forms. When a record is created, the system
analyzes the Discovery Model table and
identifies five key points.
- Publisher
- Display name
- Prod ID
- Version
- Revision