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Inventory unmanaged computers

  • February 25, 2010
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I was just wondering how some of you may handle the inventory of unmanaged
computers. I am mainly looking at keeping track of software licensing, and
want some of my unmanaged clients to still update their inventory once a
week automatically. Is this possible with the jamf binary?

Thanks

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Alan Benedict
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    • karthikeyan_mac
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    • February 25, 2010

    Hi Alan,

    Use Recon from the workstation ( will not be helpfull for large environment)
    Scan the network using recon
    Using Quick Add Package of Recon. ( Share the Quick Add Package and user can install it from the shared drive or zip it the package and send it in a mail)

    Check for Previous threads: *Self Service as a way to get the JAMF client deployed in new environment*

    Regards,
    Karthikeyan M

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    • abenedict
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    • February 25, 2010

    The problem with this suggestion is that the machines will now be managed
    and I want to keep them unmanaged and just have them send inventory reports
    and thats it.

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    • milesleacy
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    • February 25, 2010

    Hi all,

    This came up when I was onsite with a customer this week. The solution we found was to...

    1. Make sure the jamf binary is on the Mac to be inventoried.
    2. Make sure the "Ensure this computer is managed" checkbox is not checked in the Mac's inventory record.
    3. Create a launchd task on the Mac that will run the command...

    /usr/sbin/jamf recon -overrideJSS "https://jss.yourorganization.com:8443/"

    ...at your desired interval.

    For those who are unfamiliar with creating launchd tasks, AFP548 has a great article on the subject...
    http://www.afp548.com/article.php?story050620071558293

    As usual, test, test, test.

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      • abenedict
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      • February 25, 2010

      Awesome, exactly what I was looking for.
      Thanks!

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