Moderated by:Sponsored by: Episode 5: How to Use SCCM to Collect Microsoft SQL Server Editions, Oracle Applications and Many More e=cm 2 Rod Trent, CEO, myITforum May 24, 2012

SCCM Guru – The Genius Series ( e=cm 2 ) ConfigMgr inventory pain points How to collect additional information Join the Beta program Wrap-up and contest Agenda 2

ConfigMgr 2007 (and CM2012) pulls in an enormous amount of inventory data (it does it’s job) –In most cases Sifting through data and applying proper categories and taxonomies is time consuming and costly Piecing the right information together is near impossible –Hardware revision/level/age, Software, Operating System, True-ups, Windows 7 migrations Adobe! ConfigMgr Pain Points Data Confusion

How to identify software from Add/Remove and EXEs How to identify software suites How to get ready for Windows 7 migration Last Webcast

SCCM is a great operational solution But enterprises want to do more: –Software Asset Management –License Compliance –Supporting True-ups Did I mention Adobe? Challenges

Architecture Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information InventoryProcessInventoryProcess DeploymentProcessDeploymentProcess

Normalization NormalizationProcessNormalizationProcess Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information InventoryProcessInventoryProcess DeploymentProcessDeploymentProcess

From Data to Information 1 Machine - Machine Name: ACME480, Machine ID: 480, Serial Number: 3Z8UCB1, OS: Windows XP 8

Normalize CM is able to identify all software data captured by SCCM But, Normalize CM is limited by the data collected by SCCM What about the data missed by SCCM? Normalize Dependencies

Everything leaves a “Fingerprint” –Data Sleuthing For example: –SQL Server Edition Edition not collected Not in Add/Remove or.EXE Available to WMI / MSSQL queries –Oracle Database Not identified No Add/Remove, no.EXE Available to XML file / Oracle SQL queries What is Missed

Search, Read: –Open and Close XML Files –WMI Key/Value –Registry Key/Value –Windows Services –Running Processes –Open Ports Open, Execute, and Close SQL SCCM Required Capabilities

Extending Discovery (Step 1) NormalizationProcessNormalizationProcess Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Extended data Extended data InventoryProcessInventoryProcess DeploymentProcessDeploymentProcess New recurring advertisement

Extending Collection (Step 2) Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information NormalizationProcessNormalizationProcess InventoryProcessInventoryProcess Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information Add/Remove Add/Remove File information File information DeploymentProcessDeploymentProcess New recurring advertisement Extended data Extended data

Recurring advertisement –1 package: Python scripts, OS independent, no.Net/Java dependencies –1 configuration file containing rules for each fingerprint –Schedulable –Size ~2MB –No agent. Zero footprint. No Win Services. No external communication. –Run by CM agent within the CM cached folder –Results stored in the WMI space Results collected by the standard SCCM Hardware Inventory collection –Requires MOF file extension Low Impact Collection Engine

From Data to Information 1 Machine - Machine Name: ACME480, Machine ID: 480, Serial Number: 3Z8UCB1, OS: Windows XP 15

Uses existing SCCM infrastructure Extends the depth of SCCM inventory collections Now you can use SCCM for: –Software Asset Management –License Compliance –Supporting True-ups Benefits

BDNA Normalize CM Hardware and software inventory data Normalized hardware and software information

BDNA has developed more than 150,000 fingerprints over 11 years –Multi-platform: Windows, Unix, Linux, Mac... BDNA is bringing this knowledge to the SCCM community –Increasing the value of customers’ investment in SCCM and BDNA Normalize CM Normalize CM: Technopedia

Fingerprint – Priorities ManufacturerProduct NameAttribute 1 MicrosoftSQL Server, Office, Windows, Visual,…Installed with MSDN ? MicrosoftBizTalkEdition MicrosoftExchange ServerEdition MicrosoftForefront Server MicrosoftISA ServerEdition MicrosoftLync ServerEdition MicrosoftOffice Multi Language Pack MicrosoftSharePoint ServerEdition MicrosoftSQL ServerEdition / Windows Auth or Mix Mode / SA account MicrosoftSystem Center Configuration Manager Server w/SQL MicrosoftSystem Center Data Protection Manager ServerEdition MicrosoftSystem Center Management SuiteEdition MicrosoftSystem Center Operations Manager ServerEdition MicrosoftVisual Studio w/MSDNEdition MicrosoftWindows Terminal ServerAdministration mode or Application mode ? OracleAll Products OracleDatabaseEdition / Component QuestToad for OracleEdition / Components / Trial

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