Feature Request - OCSNG inventory import

[rborel]

It would be nice to be able to do like GLPI and import the data from OCS Inventory NG due to the sheer amount of data that OCSNG collects per system.

This would solve a couple of negative things about setting up the inventory in Zabbix. 1. the input time it takes when you have alot of systems. 2. OCS auto-collects on a timed schedule to update the information.

RB

[gpostaire]

Yes, that would be a great feature.

Why not synchronise with GLPI (or RT) too, in order to create ticket ?

[dagof]

What about h-inventory ( http://www.h-inventory.com/ )? Or maybe better a generic import support in order to develop tools which translate formats from several systems.

[dminstrel]

There are several interesting inventory packages. I'm also testing Open-AudIT (http://www.open-audit.org) which shows a lot of promise. What's great about that package is that it's agent-less. It uses a WMI script to query Windows machines. Its RSS feed showing what software was recently installed on which computer is very nifty.

The drawback is that it's another NMS to install, configure and maintain. ZABBIX is great for servers and network hardware but not as a PC inventory system. The information needs are just different. In large LANs, sysadmins need to focus on change management (e.g., what new machines have appeared since last scan, which haven't responded in a while?) and licensing compliance.

The dream, of course, would be to have a tool that does both. If I were a better programmer, I'd expand ZABBIX's inventory features to include software management and port Open-AudIT's audit script to talk to ZABBIX instead.

What do you guys think? Should PC management be separate from server/network management?

Cheers,

[JonB]

I have also been playing with Open-AudIT as an inventory tool. Currently I have the PC's/servers that are shown on my Zabbix network maps url linked back to the OA summary for that device so I can click on any device on the network map and get the inventory audit information.

I use the Zabbix agent to run the openaudit.vbs script every hour so OA is updated hourly.

I have also used a php script that I found in the Cookbook and modified to send remote commands to the zabbix agent which in turn runs scripts on the PC. In my case I have a link from the device summary screen in OA to that script in Zabbix which send a remote command to the zabbix agent to run UltraVNC's SingleClick via a repeater so that I can remotely access to that PC at any time.

In my case I would like to offer my clients Managed Services but not have to pay large amounts of money for a commercial Managed Services Platform like Level Platforms.

I almost have all the bits and pieces in place and integrated (sort off), the only thing I have left to sort out is some form of Patch Management and then tidy the whole lot up.

Jon