On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Hiisi hiisi@fedoraproject.org wrote:
Hi list! This maybe is a little off-topic on this list hence the 'OT' in the subject line. Sorry for that. I need to gather hardware information from computers on a local network and store it on a server. The server runs F16, clients run different ubuntu versions (11.04 mostly). The information should include such things as monitor serial numbers and other details for definite identification. The main purpose is inventarisation of all the hardware we have in the office. There's about 40 workstations. Google suggests use combination of OCS Inventory NG with GLPI [1]. The other idea is to write a set of bash scripts and put them on cron on workstations (the information should be updated weekly) and main script on the server would store information in the database. However if there's ready solution I would be happy to use it. Any tips? REFERENCES
-- Hiisi.
You may want to try Versiera as setup would only be a few minutes. Create an account, download and install the agents. It is simple and would collect all the info you require, though may be overkill as a lot of info is collected. If you're concerned about security, remove the agents after you gather all the info you need. You can then export the data to a spreadsheet. I should also disclose that we develop Versiera and it is not open source, though free to use.
Best,
Frank