Altiris™ Inventory for Network Devices 7.0 Release Notes
| Article:DOC1565 | | | Created: 2009-03-05 | | | Updated: 2009-03-05 | | | Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC1565 |
Description
Question
What do I need to know about Altiris™ Inventory for Network Devices 7.0 from Symantec?
Answer
Altiris™ Inventory for Network Devices 7.0 from Symantec
Build number 7.0.557 (Hot Fix 1 7.0.559)
Release Notes
Additional Information about this Product
Introduction
Inventory for Network Devices collects information from discovered devices on your network. You can get inventory data for devices, such as routers, switches, printers, Windows, NetWare, UNIX, and Linux computers. The information from these devices is stored in the CMDB. You can use reports to analyze the inventory data.
Inventory for Network Devices is part of the following suites:
- Altiris™ Client Management Suite from Symantec
For release notes, see Knowledge Base article 40929. - Altiris™ Server Management Suite from Symantec
For release notes, see Knowledge Base article 45893.
Update: Localized documentation for this product is now available for French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese.
To install localized documentation, open the Symantec Installation Manager, click Check for Updates and select the language documentation package that you want to install.
To view localized documentation, do one of the following:
- Set your browser to a supported language, open the Symantec Management Console, and from the Help menu click Context or Documentation Library.
- Go to C:\Program Files\Altiris\Documentation\Web\language\product
Where to get more information
The product installation includes the following documentation:
| Document | Description | Location |
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User’s Gude |
Information about how to use this product, including detailed technical information and instructions for performing common tasks. This information is available in PDF format. |
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Help |
Information about how to use this product. This information is the same as in the User’s Guide.
Help is available at the solution level and at the suite level. This information is available in HTML help format. |
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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| Resource | Description | Location |
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Symantec Management Platform Release Notes |
Information about new features and important issues in the Symantec Management Platform.
This information is available as an article in the Knowledge Base. |
https://kb.altiris.com/article.asp?article=45141&p=1 You can also search for the product name under Release Notes. |
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Installing the Symantec Management Platform products |
Information about using Symantec Installation Manager to install the Symantec Management Platform products.
This information is available as an article in the Knowledge Base. |
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Altiris 7 Planning and Implementation Guide |
Information about capacity recommendations, design models, scenarios, test results, and optimization best practices to consider when planning or customizing an Altiris 7 Infrastructure for your organization.
This information is available as an article in the Knowledge Base. |
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Knowledge Base |
Articles, incidents, and issues about this product. | |
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Symantec Connect (formerly Altiris Juice) |
An online magazine that contains best practices, tips, tricks, and articles for users of this product. |
http://www.symantec.com/connect/endpoint-management-virtualization |
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Online Forums |
Forums for users of this product. |
Features in this Release
The following are the main new features of this 7.0 release:
Inventory for Network Devices tasks
Inventory for Network Devices gathers data by running tasks that are part of the Symantec Management Platform task management component. The inventory data is stored in the CMDB. When you configure a network inventory task, you select the protocols and credentials to use for the inventory. You use a connection profile to configure the way the protocols are used.
Agentless Inventory task wizard
The new wizard-based approach helps simplify the creation of agentless inventory tasks. Through a simple 4-step wizard, you can specify the type of network devices to inventory, select network protocols to be used as well as enter task’s name, and choose when to run it.
Agentless Inventory portal
The portal provides a convenient landing page for everything related to Inventory for Network Devices with easy access to the Inventory wizard, Data mapping tables, inventory job status, and high-level visual status information.
Expanded protocol support
By leveraging the platform's Pluggable Protocol Architecture (PPA), we have expanded our supported network protocols to SNMP v2, IPMI and WS-Man.
Virtualization support
We have added support for VMware ESX 3.x/3i guest and host inventory.
Installation and Upgrade
Prerequisites
- Notification Server 7.0 SP1
- Network Discovery 7.0 (build 7.0.788)
- Network Discovery Hot Fix 1 (build 7.0.791)
New Installation
The installation of Inventory for Network Devices is managed through the Symantec Installation Manager. You can download the installation files directly to your server or create offline installation packages.
For more information, see the Symantec Management Platform Installation Guide (see KB article 45732).
Upgrade Issues
| Issue | Article ID |
The following data is migrated1. The data class list from 6.X to 7.0: 2. SNMP table map tables. 3. MIB files |
Upgrade Steps
You can upgrade Inventory for Network Devices 6.x if you run the Symantec Installation Manager on a Notification Server 6.x computer. To upgrade from Inventory for Network Devices 6.x, you must first upgrade your 6.x Notification Server to Symantec Management Platform 7.0. During the Notification Server upgrade process, you can select to upgrade Inventory for Network Devices 6.x to 7.0.
For more information, see the Symantec Management Platform Installation Guide (see KB article 45732).
Additional Information about this Product
Security and Permissions
The Symantec Management Platform provides role-based security. The Admin role has all rights to perform all agentless inventory tasks. For other users, you can assign rights to different roles.
There are four unique privileges for Inventory for Network Devices:
| Privilege | Description |
| Read SNMP Table | Lets you access the SNMP Table Mappings page for initial viewing. |
| Import SNMP Table XML | Lets you import SNMP Table mapping definitions as .XML. |
| Manage SNMP Tables | Lets you create, delete, and edit existing SNMP user tables. Note: Pre-defined tables cannot be edited. |
| Test SNMP Table Mappings | Lets you use the test snmp functionality on the SNMP Table Mappings page. |
Known Issues in this Release
The following are unresolved issues in this release. For additional information regarding an issue, click the Article ID link.
| Known Issue | Article ID | Internal ID |
Hierarchy supportData Mapping tables do not replicate down.Device Mapping tables are not replicated. |
73529 75682 | |
LicensingLicense is not released when setting the device to “retired” status. |
76824 | |
LocalizationInventory strings in the migration wizard are in English. |
74425 | |
UninstallUninstalling the solution from SIM will cause an error. |
76166 | |
ReportsCannot drill down in the Network Devices. report. |
75843 | |
SNMP Data Mapping TableAdding a column to a table causes an unhandled error. |
76342 | |
Multiple Inventory TasksIf multiple inventory tasks are restarted before an instance is finished, several threads will timeout. |
76601 |
Legacy ID
40801
Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/DOC1565
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