Re: need to do a domain inventory, but can't afford SMS
From: Torgeir Bakken (MVP) (Torgeir.Bakken-spam_at_hydro.com)
Date: 02/12/04
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Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 05:24:05 +0100
Gerry Voras wrote:
> I am going to inherit very soon a 250+ workstation AD domain. One of the
> 1st things I'm going to need to do is accomplish a hardware and software
> inventory of all the equipment. However, my budget request for SMS (which
> I'm used to) was denied. I've compiled a bunch of SMS, DMI, and SNP trap
> tools over the years -- so my questions are:
>
> 1) any freeware tools available that I can use to take advantage of my
> existing stuff?
> 2) any other tools I should be considering instead (free or low cost?)
>
> Thanks!
Hi
For inventory to a csv file using WMI from vbscript (WMI comes default with
WinME, Win2k and WinXP), in the quickFIND field, search for:
poor mans sms
at Win32 Scripting [Clarence Washington]
http://cwashington.netreach.net
for a good example of this written by Steve Pyatt that you can use as a start
point.
Here is another one:
Using WMI for Inventory Management
http://www.serverwatch.com/tutorials/article.php/1475601
"A WSH script using VBScript is explained. The script uses
WMI to query a computer for some predetermined information.
The acquired information is written to a database using ADO."
The free AIDA32 is also an option.
http://www.aida32.hu/aida32.php
It can do automatic audit (e.g. using a logon script) via command-line
switches and save results to a file in various formats like HTML, CSV
or XML, or put it in a database (it has ADO/ODBC database support)
5.1 Command-line Mode
http://www.aida32.hu/proguide/en/proguide.htm#commandline_mode
AIDA32 network audit in practice
http://www.aida32.hu/aida-articles.php?n=002&lang=en
Using SQL databases for AIDA32.
http://www.aida32.hu/aida-articles.php?n=003&lang=en
-- torgeir Microsoft MVP Scripting and WMI, Porsgrunn Norway Administration scripting examples and an ONLINE version of the 1328 page Scripting Guide: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter
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