Comments on: Open Source Software and Hardware Inventory Management Software

By: Vicente

Vicente — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:22:46 +0000

I personally use the GLPI, this software allows adding various plugins that increase its capacity, plus it’s open source.

You can combine it with the ocsinventory, so that you install the client on the pc’s ocsinventory and it did raise the inventory, then import the glpi and complete the missing information (serial, date of purchase, etc).

Besides the glpi allows you to create components that do not list the ocsinventory, has a help desk module and you can segment your assets into different entities (these may represent entiades companies departametos, etc). among other interesting features.

In addition you have several languages to choose from and perhaps more importantly provides constant updates

OCS Inventory NG
http://www.ocsinventory-ng.org/en/

Glpi Web
http://www.glpi-project.org/

Plugin for importing data ocsinventory
http://plugins.glpi-project.org/spip.php?article92

I hope they serve

By: Hilas

Hilas — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:20:46 +0000

yeah me too .. i need some software of inventory and control of stock (for control in/out) .. but not for computer system. .its for a wharehouse with to meny products .. can help me ?

By: Love Station

Love Station — Fri, 07 Oct 2011 05:35:22 +0000

I am looking for an inventory software for my business. Any suggetion?

By: elrengo

elrengo — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 20:03:44 +0000

Hi, I need a IT Asset Management Software, but must manage the IT Asset for example: cellphones, phones, desktops, laptops, monitors, headset, etc. All software I found only manage asset that are connected with the network but not all the asset asocied with IT. IT infratrusture managed telephony, mobile phones, computers, data centers etc.
Exist any software to manage all that CI?

By: Limbu

Limbu — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:09:39 +0000

Great work guys, thanks for sharing this vital information

By: DigiDwain

DigiDwain — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 16:41:53 +0000

Spiceworks was cumbersome for me and it has issues with my antivirus software. I also noticed a severe performance impact when I used it. Also, I keep getting emails from Spiceworks even though I have unsubscribed and uninstalled the software. My personal experience would be to stay away from Spiceworks until they have a better product.

By: Ron

Ron — Wed, 05 May 2010 18:29:49 +0000

I’m looking for one that allows for checking in and out hardware. Anyone know of anything that does that? It also has to be customizable. We have our own network products with lots of ports that need to be ‘checked out’ to individual users.

Thanks!

Ron.

By: Sandy P

Sandy P — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 10:03:57 +0000

Have you guys checked netassetmanager.sourceforge.net. Its a simple Hardware and software inventory management tool with some great reporting functionality right now only for windows networks.

By: Liju

Liju — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 12:08:55 +0000

This will be useful but little complicated to start. http://www.glpi-project.org

By: Siem

Siem — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:36:14 +0000

To just collect hardware and software data, have a look at System Configuration Collector (scc.qnh-infrastructure.nl). Each line of collected data is classified and this enables SCC to compare two consecutive snapshots and record differences in a logbook. Data can be send to the server part of SCC where summaries are generated and snapshots of systems can be compared.
SCC aims at a minimal footprint and requires a posix shell. Transfer to the server is possible via scp, ftp and email.

By: orient

orient — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:42:35 +0000

GLPI is the best :-) best customization, lots of plugins, best for an administrator with lots of PCs and still it is totally free.. very neat interface.. It rocks..!!!

By: Trix

Trix — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:49:30 +0000

I’m in the same boat as Sprawl, in that I just want the basic features outlined in the original post, with no network/agent discovery. Something that can report on lease or software expiries would be great. GLPI looks good; I wouldn’t bother with OCS integration if I can avoid it.

By: Sprawl

Sprawl — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:34:35 +0000

All of these options are overkill for what I want, which is a glorified database front-end. I don’t need clients and auto-sensing. I just want to keep track of computers, and software licenses associated to said computers, on a clean web-based user interface.

Seem like everything are full help desk solutions…

By: gerd

gerd — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 12:21:56 +0000

hi together,

everything looks very nice. my opinion is ocs. does anybody know, how to inventory devices in depth, without installing a inventory client?

By: Richard Muirhead

Richard Muirhead — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:22:41 +0000

Hi there,

You might want to have a look at Tideway. Free software, hardware and application inventory and CMDB including automated dependency identification and tracking.

Download a free version at: http://www.tideway.com/downloads/foundation/

“Tideway is data center search. It automatically discovers configuration items (CIs) across disparate technology layers – from business applications to switches and all the dependencies in between – and provides the information in a single, automated view. Tideway maps business applications to their underlying physical and virtual infrastructure, making it quick and easy to see exactly how your infrastructure supports your business.”

Would be great to get you involved in the community and have some feedback.

Best,

Richard.

By: Chris Hearn

Chris Hearn — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 13:15:01 +0000

Did you ever choose between any of these? I’m in the same boat, and currently I’m trying out Open-Audit, Paragent, and Spiceworks.

Spiceworks most likely won’t make it as it needs to run on a Windows box.

I’ve Open-Audit installed, but no clients added yet. Need to figure out how.

Paragent looks nice, but installing might be difficult.

By: Juan Musper

Juan Musper — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:19:53 +0000

I second that GLPI post! This one amazed me! I’ve just begun using it, and it really fits my needs, comprehensive interface with many options to choose from to make a parfect asset tracking records. Helpdesk ticketing system is included…Open-source rocks!

http://glpi-project.org/spip.php?lang=en

By: Clark Gaylord

Clark Gaylord — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:50:23 +0000

The OpenAudit URL is http://www.open-audit.org/

By: Tim Ritchey

Tim Ritchey — Thu, 08 May 2008 15:23:58 +0000

We are working on updating the open-source installer for Paragent. It is a little rough right now getting all the components going. If you have any questions, be sure to join the google groups paragent-discuss. We try to help out as much as possible.

By: Adrian Perez

Adrian Perez — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:19:45 +0000

The correct url for openaudirt is http://www.open-audit.org

I´ve read openaudit is the replacement to Windows Inventory.