Find Software Inventory Difference between Domain and Enterprise

Products

• CA Client Automation - IT Client Manager
• CA Client Automation

Issue/Introduction

How to compare the Software Inventory of computers on DOMAIN and Enterprise to find if there are some replication problems ?

Environment

Client Automation - All Versions

Resolution

1- Copy attached script Compare_repli_SW_Inv.dms on the Enterprise Server in a temp directory (ex: c:\TEMP\Compare_SW_Inv)

 

2- Execute this command :

 

cd c:\temp\Compare_SW_Inv

dmscript Compare_repli_SW_Inv.dms

 

or if logged user has not enough right on Enterprise mdb :

dmscript Compare_repli_SW_Inv.dms -SQLEM ca_itrm NOT_changedR11

 

Replace NOT_changedR11 by the valid password for ca_itrm SQL account on Enterprise mdb if it has been changed.

 
The first execution generates the file Compare_repli_SW_Inv_DM.txt with details about the DOMAIN Managers

Edit this file and remove the DOMAINs which do not exist anymore or not available on network
And adjust the password for ca_itrm if it is not NOT_changedR11 for the DOMAINs

 

3- Then execute again the script :

 

dmscript Compare_repli_SW_Inv.dms

or

dmscript Compare_repli_SW_Inv.dms -SQLEM ca_itrm NOT_changedR11

 

 

This script generates a log like <DSM Path>\logs\Compare_repli_SW_Inv_*.txt

 

 

This script generates some files <domain_name>.txt which contain Software Inventory Difference. There is one file per DOMAIN

 

 

Example :

 

 

Lines have following format :

Computer UUID;Computer Name;Software Name;Software Version;Source Type;Detection Date

 

Example :

0x9D07C16D0188C44CB2152685D0A8889D;<ComputerName>;Foundation Classes (MFC) 7.0;7.0;CA Provided;2023-02-09 13:42:03.000

 

Computer <ComputerName> (with UUID 0x9D07C16D0188C44CB2152685D0A8889D) has CA Provided Software "Foundation Classes (MFC) 7.0 7.0" detected at DOMAIN level. But this inventory does not appear at Enterprise level.

 

 

If a line ends with ;ES

0x9D07C16D0188C44CB2152685D0A8889D;<ComputerName>;Foundation Classes (MFC) 7.0;7.0;CA Provided;2023-02-09 13:42:03.000;ES

 

It means that inventory is present at Enterprise level but not at Domain level.

 

Additional Information

Compare_repli_SW_Inv 

12 February 2023 : Version 1.0