Computer Details Window

Concept

The computer details window displays the full configuration of a particular computer - e.g. all the information contained in the specific computer record as selected and double clicked from the Computers window. By customizing columns in the Computers window (right click in its window header area), you can display most of the information from the Detail window's Information and Audit panes in tabular form in the Computers window itself. See the Computers Window Documentation for more general information about computers.

At the top of the Computer details window, the Computer ID is shown. The Computer ID is assigned by KeyServer, according to the settings in Computer ID Types in the Admin menu. The window also contains six panes with further information and configuration options. The default view shows the Information and Audit panes.

Information Pane

This pane shows basic information about the computer, such as the Client Version (version of KeyAccess which was running on the computer the last time it connected to KeyServer) and the Last Address the computer used when connecting to KeyServer. The one property in this pane which can be changed is the Login type. The drop-down menu lets you select either Full, Basic, or Prohibited.

Audit Pane

This pane shows information about hardware and software audits from the computer. 6.1 and 6.0.2.8 or better clients will send the hardware information to KeyServer when they first login. Older 6.0 clients only send this information when (and if) they perform a software audit.

• At the bottom of the pane, the date and time of the Base Audit is displayed. This date is used by some reports to distinguish software which was present in the baseline audit from newly installed or uninstalled software. By default, this field is set to the time of the first audit on the computer. However, it can be changed manually in order to reset the base audit date.
• Next, the date and time of the Last Audit is displayed.
• To the right of this field is a button labeled Show, which will open a window showing all programs which were found on the computer (if an audit was performed).
• Next is a field showing when the next audit will be attempted.
• To the right is a button labeled Now, which will set the date field to ASAP and attempt to reach the computer and request an audit.

Notes Pane

This pane contains a single item, which is a free-form text field. You can use it for any information you want. It can be seen here in the KeyConfigure interface, and can also be used in reports.

Licenses Pane

This pane contains one item - a list of licenses which this computer has used. Node Locked licenses are listed in bold, and other licenses are not. If a license is not node locked, has been used on the computer, but has not been used for over 60 days, it is listed in italics.

To be more precise, this list may not actually contain licenses which have been used - it shows the licenses which have the computer in the node list for the license. Since an administrator can add and delete computers from node lists for licenses, this list may show licenses which the computer has never actually used (in which case the Last Usage column will show the time at which the administrator manually added the computer to the node list). It also may not show licenses which have been used on the computer, if an administrator has since removed the computer from the node list for the license.

Also note that licenses can be dragged directly from the licenses window into this list in order to add the computer to the node list for the license. Likewise, licenses can be deleted from this list, deleting the computer from the node list for the license.

Groups Pane

This pane contains a list of groups which the computer belongs to as a member of the node list for the group. That is, the computer may satisfy the location requirement for a group that is purely location based, but that group won't be listed in the Groups pane of the computer details, because the computer isn't explicitly defined in the node list of the group.

Asset Pane

This pane allows you to configure custom fields for each computer. These fields can be used by reports. Only Asset ID and Location are enabled for editing. If you enter a value in either of these two fields and save the change, the Confirmed field will automatically be filled in with the current date and time, and the Confirmed By field will be filled in with the KeyServer account name which you are logged into KeyConfigure with.

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