Feature Request - Tracking Decommissioned Machines

[#1]

More and more Casper is also becoming a tool to track all of our computer assets. Eventually a computer gets too old for us to use or is deemed not repairable. In our old inventory system (Which we are still running simultaneously as well.) we can change the classification of these machines to "decommissioned". For accounting, historical and work order purposes we track those machines for a time even after they are sent off to recycling. It would be great if Casper had some sort of classification for this so that you could leave it in inventory but not take up a license (managed or unmanaged.) I'm not sure how practical this would be, but it would be handy for us. These decommissioned assets would not need much information on them. Just asset number, make and model and serial number. Maybe some date information. Just bare bones basics. I'm not sure if this is something anyone else would use or not but it would be very handy for us.

[#2]

That's exactly what we would like to see. And either no license fee (or a very discounted)
one for those machines labeled as stolen, parted out, or decommissioned.

[Anonymous]

Hello all,

Just to clarify the point, unmanaged Macs will not count as a licensed seat. If you edit the record for a decommissioned Mac, and remove the Management Username and Management Password (and uncheck Ensure this computer is managed), it will be considered unmanaged, and not show up in a search for managed computers.

You can also create a building, department etc called Decommissioned (or something to that effect) and assign it to those machines to easily find them or create a Smart Group in the JSS.

Thanks,

Josh

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[#4]

Would the software inventory from those assets show up in audits? Or are
they segmented off?

Thanks,

Julius

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[ernstcs]

I was under the impression that although the system still shows up as unmanaged, it still counts against your seats. Your Total Computers on the Admin tab -> Activation Code tab. Is there some separation between managing systems and what you license and what you inventory (recon?)

Craig E

[tlarkin]

One thing we do for stolen equipment is add the word _STOLEN at the end of the computer name in the JSS database. Then we create a smart group based on the name. That is how we track it, you could maybe do something similar.

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Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
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office: 913-627-0351

[#7]

But then isn't that stolen machine still taking up a managed or unmanaged license ? This is another example of a thing we would do as well.
We are a large school district and over the years these stolen or decommissioned machines can add up. Taking up managed or unmanaged
licenses in Casper. Perhaps Jamf can still charge us for these licenses, but at a lower rate.

[tlarkin]

I may need to read the fine print of the EULA with Casper or perhaps contact their legal department but if the client machine is not in use how can it be taking up a license? If you decommission a machine and toss it in storage, its not in use at all so how can it feasibly be using a license? I don't know the ins and outs of how exactly the license works but I would contact Jamf and ask them, and then let us know so we all know.

Thanks

Tom

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Thomas Larkin
TIS Department
KCKPS USD500
tlarki at kckps.org
blackberry: 913-449-7589
office: 913-627-0351

[#9]

I think a solution could be to change "Ensure this computer is managed" from a check box to a drop down with managed and unmanaged as options as well as to add "Stolen", "Parted Out" (We salvage broken off warranty computers to repair other computers), Decommissioned or any other possible options.