Required components of a fully functional Asset Management Suite environment

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Last Updated November 04, 2014

Required components of a fully functional Asset Management Suite environment

Asset Management Suite lets you manage assets in your environment, set cost data, and manage the services and the licenses that are associated with the assets.

See About Asset Management Suite.

To achieve a fully functional Asset Management Suite environment, the following components must be in place on your network:

Active Directory server

You need a server that provides Active Directory services.

Mail server

Mail server is used to send out the notifications that are related to asset management processes.

SQL server

On the SQL server, you set up the Configuration Management Database (CMDB).

Notification Server

On Notification Server, you install all the main components of Asset Management Suite:

  • Asset Management Solution

    Asset Management Solution lets you set up and manage different asset management processes.

    See What you can do with Asset Management Suite.

  • Barcode Solution

    Barcode Solution lets you speed up asset data entry, reduce errors, track and audit assets, and manage inventory.

  • CMDB Solution

    CMDB Solution lets you manage your data in the Configuration Management Database (CMDB).

  • Data Connector

    Data Connector lets you import and export resource data between numerous external data sources and the CMDB. For example, you can import organizational view and group memberships and resource filter membership information. Additionally, you can export reports.

    See About importing configuration item data from other systems.

  • Inventory Solution

    Inventory Solution lets you add computer inventory data to your asset management system and obtain an up-to-date inventory of the computers in your network. Inventory Solution is also required, if you want to take full advantage of the software licensing features.

    See About software license compliance.

Barcode Manager

Barcode Manager must be installed on the laptop or workstation of each barcode technician. These computers become hosts for barcode scanning devices. Barcode technicians use their host computers to install the Barcoder on their handheld scanners. After the installation is accomplished, the handheld devices can communicate with Notification Server whenever they are connected to the host systems.

Workflow Server

If you intend to use the Asset Management Suite workflows in your environment, you must set up the Workflow Server. This system is used to run the workflows and to host the Process Manager portal that enables you to manage the workflow processes.

Workflow provides automation of the business processes that require inputs from multiple parties to accomplish a business goal. In Asset Management Suite, the workflow solution enables you to leverage new asset management workflows to perform asset ownership validation, hardware and software purchase requests, and lease termination.

See About Asset Management Suite workflows.
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