[olug] Asset Management

[Jay Swackhamer]

Remote Control         = VNC
Remote Desktop         = VNC
Files Follow           = NFS of /home or mounting home dir upon login
Imaging of system      = Mondo Rescue http://www.microwerks.net/~hugo/
Application Management = Ximian Red Carpet
                         or in-house app using available tools
Inventory system       = http://lhinv.sourceforge.net/
                         or
                         scripts feeding data into mysql
                         cat /proc/pci
                         lspci
                         dmesg
                         fdisk -l
                         lsmod


> Is there anything that meets some of these, even if it is multiple
> packages?
> IE: Remote control = VNC
>
> Thanx for anyone's input!
>
> Craig Wolf
> Linux Web Server Support
> Backup Supervisor
> Desktop/Network Specialist
> 402-894-6283
>
>
>>>> bbrush at unlnotes.unl.edu 5/1/2003 >>>
>
> I'd be very surprised if there's anything even remotely like ZENworks
> in
> the OSS community.  It does what most geeks abhor, impose policy from
> without, and without the ability to circumvent it, so I don't see it
> very
> likely that there's ever been much interest in the OSS community to
> replicate that sort of software.
>
> Also ZEN has had something like 8 years of really intensive development
> to
> get it where it is today.
>
> Just as an aside,  with the latest desktop release of ZEN you can now
> run
> it in a completely Windows environment (no Netware at all).
>
> Novell is however working on ZENworks for Desktops for Linux.  No word
> on a
> release date however.  I'm guessing a minimum of 2 years before we see
> any
> actual software.
>
> Bill
> (the following included just for grins)
> CNA
> CNE
> CNS - Zenworks
> (For those of you not familiar with Novell certifications those are
> all
> "Certified Novell -"  Administrator, Engineer, Specialist)
>
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>                       "Craig Wolf"
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>                       05/01/2003 08:42
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> Here goes with my best, high-level look at what it is capable of (at
> the
> desktop):
> Remote control of the system
> Inventory the hardware and software on the system
> Imaging of the system
> Remote Desktop (you desktop, preferences(settings), and files follow
> you)
> Application management (installing new software or self healing
> software if malfunctioning)
>
> Here is where you can find more info:
> http://www.novell.com/products/zenworks/desktops/quicklook.html
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