Inventory Device Matching Listings Property Reference

The following table describes properties (listed alphabetically) displayed in columns on the Inventory Device Matching page.

Note:Most lists in IT Asset Management only show a selection of the properties in the underlying database. Some columns are displayed by default and others can be displayed using the column chooser control, including any custom properties that you have added. For information on using the column chooser, see Managing Columns in a Table.

Properties are listed in three categories:

• Inventory Device Properties
• Rule Results
• Raw Inventory Device Properties

Inventory Device Properties

This section lists the basic properties in inventory device matching listings.

Properties in Inventory Device Matching Listings

Property

Description

Chassis number

The chassis number assigned to (or reported for) the device. It is a manufacturer-provided identification code that you can use for identification and inventory purposes. For Windows-based computers, it is often displayed on the back of the computer's case, and often the same as the serial number. For UNIX-based computers, you can use system commands similar to getconf MACHINE_SERIAL. For inventory imported from ILMT, this is the Identifying Number reported by ILMT. This identifying number is unique only within the context of a given manufacturer and computer model.

Not available for Mobile Device and Virtual Machine inventory device types.

Domain name

The name of the domain to which the computing device belongs.

Tip:Displays flexera.com if this is a dummy device record created for imports through your connector to SaaS Management.

Firmware serial number

Displays the firmware serial number of an inventory device. This is a unique identification number for an inventory device.

Normally available only for partitions and the hosts where those partitions are executing.

Not available for Mobile Device, Remote Device, or VDI Template inventory device types.

Host ID

Typically displays None, except in a few cases:

• The inventory device is a virtual machine on a host running Solaris, where it effectively displays the “system serial number”. This number is not guaranteed to be unique across all SVR4 implementation, and in fact can change over the lifetime of a given system.
• The inventory device is running HP-UX, and is not a vPar partition (and the result depends on the inventory tool).
• The host is running AIX, where it is based on the InternetAddress or HostName parameters.
• The inventory device is a “dedicated host” offered by AWS, when the Host ID is returned in inventory for the host itself, and not for inventory from its hosted virtual machine instances.

Tip:A simpler way to identify the host for most VMs is to check the Host field on the VM properties tab of its inventory device properties.

This field displays None for:

• Physical devices (computers)
• Virtual machines that are not linked to a virtual host (when reported by your cloud service provider)
• Virtual machines running operating systems that do not report this value.

Host type

The type (or model) of a physical host computer. Generally known for stand-alone devices and for partitions on UNIX-like platforms, and is used for matching incoming inventory records.

Not available for virtual machines.

Hosted in

Shows whether the inventory device is on-premises (the default, meaning the device is within your enterprise), or in a cloud operated by a particular service provider. For some cloud service providers, the Hosted in value is set automatically through inventory (AWS is supported from version 13.1.0 of Inventory Agent, and Azure is supported from version 13.2.0). For other cloud service providers, you must make a selection manually.

ILMT agent id

The unique ID used by the ILMT agent on this device (only available when either the ILMT agent or the Inventory Agent is the inventory source).

Instance ID

The unique identification code supplied by your cloud service provider to represent this virtual machine (or instance). Used for matching with incoming inventory to create/update an inventory device record.

Inventory device type

Specifies the type of the inventory device, which may be any of the following values:

• Computer—A computing device like a desktop, laptop, workstation, or a non-virtualized server.
• Mobile device—A mobile device like a tablet or smart phone.
• Product—Not a device type, but a pseudo-value used only in IBM VPC licenses to identify rows showing the licensed IBM product. This value may appear only if the Bundle consumption rules (in the license properties Use Rights & Rules tab, under License consumption rules) have the option Consume for each product on a device selected.
• Remote Device—The device is a remote device (not appearing in inventory) known to have accessed virtualized applications. This value is created automatically.
• VDI Template—The VDI template used to create the virtual desktop instance that was accessed from an inventory device (see Virtual Desktop Templates). This value is created automatically.
• Virtual Machine—A virtual machine running on a physical host machine. A physical host can run multiple virtual machines using virtualization technologies from VMWare, Oracle, Microsoft, and so on.
• VM Host—A physical virtual host running one or more virtual machines using any virtualization technology, such as VMWare.

Last inventory date

The date when the latest inventory information was collected by the inventory source that ran most recently for this inventory device.

Machine ID

The name assigned to this device.

• For Windows-based computers, this property is called Computer Name 
• For AIX devices, it is the System ID 
• For HP-UX, it is the Machine/Software ID 
• Not applicable for other platforms.

Not available for Mobile Device, Remote Device, or VDI Template inventory device types.

Manufacturer

The manufacturer of the inventory device.

Model

The manufacturer’s model name or number for this device.

Name

The name of the inventory device. The compliance calculation updates this field with the machine name returned in inventory (matched by several properties, including serial number).

Tip:The name displays as Flexera SaaS Manager if this is a dummy device record created for imports from your SaaS Management connector.

Partition ID

Populated only for appropriate virtualization technologies (and otherwise blank), this is the unique identifier for the partition returned in inventory by the virtual host.

Partition number

An alternative method of identifying a partition used by some virtualization technologies. Sometimes this is used in conjunction with the Partition ID, in which case the Partition number is often the last digit of the complete ID.

Serial number

The serial number of the device, attempting to uniquely identify either the hardware (for a stand-alone device) or the virtualization container (for a virtual machine), as reported in inventory.

Tip:This displays Flexera SaaS Manager with a numerical suffix in the special case where the inventory device is a dummy record created for linking with imports through your SaaS Management connector.

Service inventory date

The date when inventory was last collected from the Oracle Database (where one is installed on the inventory device).

UUID

The unique identification number of the computer (in the byte order reported in inventory).

Applicable only to inventory devices of the type Virtual Machine.

VM name

The name of the virtual machine that is recognized by the host server.

VM type

The type of the virtual machine.

Rule Results

This section lists the status of discovery and inventory rule execution on the Inventory Device Matching page.

Rule Results

Property

Details

Matching rule

The rule used during inventory import that caused the current raw inventory to be matched to the current inventory device record in the compliance database. Possible values include:

• Matched to raw inventory device '{0}' from '{1}' by rule '{2}' – parameter {0} is replaced by the name of a "secondary" raw inventory device, {1} by the inventory source from which that record was imported, and {2} by the rule matching this secondary device with the new incoming inventory record in this row (listed in the set of Raw inventory device properties). This result is displayed when direct comparison could not establish a match between (A) the existing inventory device record and (C) the incoming raw inventory; but a 'secondary' match has been established through the extra computer mentioned in this summary. This means that the incoming raw inventory record (C) was first matched to this extra computer (B), and since this secondary, "intermediary" computer is already known to be matched to the inventory device record, the incoming inventory is also counted as matched through the secondary computer. (This is technically known as a "transitive match": if A=B and B=C, then also C=A.)

While this summary result may be convenient for quickly assessing the result, it is less useful for exporting data to manipulate in external tools. For data exports, select from the column chooser the three Secondary... columns listed below, which repeat the value of the matched secondary device, the source from which it was imported, and the secondary matching rule as separate values for easier export and manipulation.

• Match by manufacturer, model, firmware serial number and host ID for physical computer
• Match by manufacturer, model and firmware serial number for physical computer with no host ID
• Match by manufacturer, host type, firmware serial number and host ID for physical computer
• Match by manufacturer, host type and firmware serial number for physical computer with no host ID
• Match by machine ID for physical computer
• Match by manufacturer, host ID and computer name for physical computer
• Match by partition ID for LPAR, vPar and zone

Matching rule

(continued)
• Match by firmware serial number and partition number for LPAR
• Match by machine ID and partition number for LPAR
• Match by machine ID and partition name for vPar, nPar and LPAR
• Match by firmware serial number and partition name for vPar, nPar and LPAR
• Match by host ID and partition name for zone
• Match by host ID, host identifying number, host type and manufacturer
• Match by host identifying number, host type and manufacturer when host ID not provided
• Match by host ID, host identifying number and host type
• Match by host identifying number and host type
• Match by host ID, host identifying number and manufacturer
• Match by host identifying number and manufacturer
• Match by host ID and host identifying number
• Match by host identifying number
• Match VMware ESX Servers by computer name and domain ID
• Match by serial number and computer name – this is the common "standard" rule by which imported stand-alone devices are matched against existing database records
• Match by ILMT agent ID
• Match by instance ID
• Weak match by computer name and domain – weak matches are only applied when all better rules have failed (only the remnant rules are considered lower priority than the weak matches)
• Weak match by computer name
• Match remnant by computer name and domain – here the "remnant" means those incoming inventory records (with neither a serial number or an instance ID) that have failed to match under any rule, and are now retried with rules considered a last resort
• Match remnant by computer name and domain and untrusted serial number
• Match remnant by computer name

Secondary matched device

A “go-between” device that matches the incoming raw inventory record, and is already known to be matched to the existing inventory device record. By “transitive” logic (if A=B and B=C, then it follows that C=A), this secondary device shows that the incoming record is also matched to the inventory device.

Secondary matched inventory source

The inventory source from which the inventory device listed in Secondary matched device was imported.

Secondary matching rule

The rule that was used to determine that the secondary device was matched to the incoming inventory record shown in this row.

Raw Inventory Device Properties

This section lists the raw inventory device properties on the Inventory Device Matching page.

Raw Inventory Device Properties

Property

Description

Incomplete record

A Boolean flag set when the data is imported from the inventory source into the staging tables in the compliance database. It displays Yes when the source record is missing important attributes (typically necessary hardware properties, such as when inventory is reported for an Oracle database instance without hardware data for the host; or an inventory source reported only the device name and domain name, but no hardware details), and No when the record is considered good and complete.

Inventory source

The display name of the inventory connection. These names were created when the inventory connection was originally set up.

Primary inventory source

A Boolean column that displays:

• Yes when the Inventory source for this raw inventory record is the one that your enterprise has nominated as primary
• No when the source is one of your additional sources.

Raw chassis number

The chassis number assigned by the manufacturer and reported for the device in the inventory upload.

Raw domain name

The name of the domain to which the computing device belongs. Often blank in inventory from non-Windows devices.

Raw firmware serial number

Displays the firmware serial number for a partition, or the host where a partition is executing. Normally expected only for UNIX-like platforms.

Raw host id

See details under Host ID above (frequently empty).

Raw host type

he type (or model) of a physical host computer, or a partition on a UNIX-like platform.

Raw hosted in

Shows whether the inventory device is in a cloud operated by AWS or Azure.

Raw ILMT aagent id

The unique ID used by the ILMT agent on this device (and so, for most inventory sources, blank).

Raw instance id

The unique identification code supplied by your cloud service provider to represent this virtual machine (or instance).

Raw inventory device type

Specifies the reported type of the inventory device. For possible values, see the previous table entry for Inventory device type.

Raw last inventory date

The date of the most recent inventory import through the Inventory source collecting this raw inventory.

Raw machine id

For AIX, it is the System ID. For HP-UX, it is the Machine/Software ID. It is empty for other platforms.

Raw manufacturer

The manufacturer of the device, as reported in the uploaded inventory. Notice that this value depends on both the information stored on the inventory device itself, and on the particular inventory tool gathering the information (which may apply some normalization).

Raw model

The manufacturer’s model name or number for this device.

Raw name

The name of the inventory device, as gathered by the inventory tool that is imported through the Inventory source connection shown in this table row.

Raw partition id

Populated only for appropriate virtualization technologies (and otherwise blank), this is the unique identifier for the partition generated by the managing virtualization platform and returned in inventory by the virtual host.

Raw partition number

When available, the number of this partition on the virtual host.

Raw serial number

The serial number of the device, attempting to uniquely identify either the hardware (for a stand-alone device) or the virtualization container (for a virtual machine).

Raw service indentory date

The date when inventory was last collected from the Oracle Database (when present on the device).

Raw UUID

The unique identification number of the virtual machine (in the byte order reported in inventory).

Raw VM name

The name of the virtual machine that is recognized by the host server.

Raw VM type

The type of the virtual machine, with possible values like VMware, Hyper-V, LPAR, Zone, Oracle VM, AWS EC2, and others.