Scenarios for asset import

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Last Updated May 08, 2012

Scenarios for asset import

You can update existing assets or import secondary assets using the asset import in CCS.

The following table describes different scenarios for asset import to meet your requirements:

Table: Scenarios for asset import

Scenario

What you need to do

Output

Updating existing assets from the specified source

To achieve this business objective, you need to do the following:

  • Select an asset type

  • Select the source from the following list:

    • CSV File

    • Database or any other data source using ODBC connection

    • Directory Server

    • Network

  • Select assets from the specified source

Only selected assets get updated from the given source.

Importing secondary assets

To achieve this business objective, you need to do the following:

  • Select any of the following asset type:

    • IIS Virtual Directory

    • IIS Website

    • Oracle Configured Database

    • SQL Database

    • SQL Server

    • UNIX File

    • UNIX Group

    • Windows Directory

    • Windows File

    • Windows Group

    • Windows Share

  • Select Network as the source.

  • Select the applicable assets from the specified source.

Secondary assets get imported.

Updating existing assets from the network

To achieve this business objective, you need to do the following:

  • Select any of Windows machine or UNIX machine asset type.

  • Select Network as the source.

  • Select the applicable assets from the specified source.

Assets get updated from Network. In this case, assets are imported from Directory Server (LDAP). For instance, IP addresses are updated only for the scoped assets.
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