Method and System For Identifying And Conducting Inventory Of Computer Assets On A Network
A system that includes one or more clients, databases and servers. The clients communicate with the servers using hyper-text transfer protocol. Each client includes a scheduling and monitoring agent. Each server includes several components. A first server component performs a plurality of functions, including receiving requests from the client(s) for configuration file verification information and storing in the database(s) a log of the requests. A second server component is capable of performing a plurality of functions, including receiving hardware and software inventory information, as well as software metering statistics, and storing the inventory information in at least one of the databases.
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11 . In a system comprising (a) one or more clients, one or more of which comprises a scheduling and monitoring agent, (b) one or more servers, and (c) one or more databases, communicating over a network, a method comprising:
(A) collecting computer asset information;
(B) reporting to at least one of the servers the computer asset information; and
(C) storing the computer asset information in at least one of the databases;
wherein the collecting step occurs in accordance with a schedule executed by the scheduling and monitoring agent and wherein the schedule is downloaded by at least one of the servers to at least one of the clients.