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Part 2: ā€œFiltersā€.

And we are continuing our series of tutorials. As we promised, today weā€™re going to describe the most popular filters and advise how to apply them best.

All filters are located right under the ā€œSoftwareā€ and ā€œLicensesā€ tabs and have the following form:

While filters are not enabled, the main list will display all of the software from all scanned workstations.

Use ā€œAsset filterā€ to display a list of software on specific workstations. Select a device, several devices (make sure that the ā€œMultiple selectionā€ box is checked) or a group in the network tree to …

Usually, when someone visits the “Software accounting” tab for the first time, he just doesnā€™t know from where to start. Well, software and license accounting in networks has never been too easy. We decided to release a series of blog posts for those who have just begun to use this module or avoided using it for some reason. We are going to advise you from where to start and what kind of information may prove to be most useful.

Part 1: ā€œGetting Startedā€.

First, you need to pay attention to the menu in the upper left corner. This is where …

When you rescan an asset that has already been scanned in the past, you probably want to get the most up-to-date information. And you also want to see what exactly has changed.

The latter used to be a rather tricky thing to do. But look!

  • BIG FEATUREChange log.

How it works

A quick reminder: every time you scan an asset, TNI creates a new snapshot of it and puts it in your storage. In the View details tab you switch between snapshots using a date/time box next to the asset name:

Snapshot_menu

In Options / Scanner you can …

We’re delighted to announce that Total Network Inventory 3 is available today.

TNI 3 is a major update we’ve been working on for quite some time. It’s packed with great stuff.

  • BIG FEATURESoftware Asset Management module.
  • BIG FEATURENew hardware scanning technology: collected data is now far more detailed and more accurate.
  • + lots of less noticeable improvements and bugfixes

Software Asset Manager (SAM)

You may have heard a word or two from us about this one.

Software browser

We’ve brought the Software accounting feature in TNI to the whole new level. You won’t find anything like this in other …

Today weā€™re back with new TNI 2 update. And itā€™s all about ACTION!

Or, rather, actions: things you can now do remotely to computers in your network right from TNI. But before we jump in, as always, hereā€™s the change-list:

  • BIG FEATUREStandard and custom actions.
  • NewDetection of CentOS and SliTaz Linux distributions: SliTaz and CentOS icons
  • FixedFreezing of the scan process in some cases.
  • FixedName resolving for assets with dynamic IPs.

Introducing actions

There are a few Standard actions that TNI performs directly (Reboot, Power-off and Wake-on-LAN) as well as Custom actions, where you …

Greetings! The change list is short this time, but check it out:

  • BIG FEATUREScan scheduler

The “list” kind of looks like a cigarette, but remember: smoking kills…
Yeah, I’d rather tell you all about the new Big Feature.

Creating and scheduling a task list

Yes, the Scheduler operates on saved task lists.

To create these, you first add some tasks to the scanner, set them up (i.e. discover nodes within ranges, enter logins and passwords, etc) and then you click Save current tasks button on the sidebar.

The result is what you see in the figure here. Each …