Cluster Properties / Virtual Machines Tab

The Virtual machines tab on the Cluster Properties page lists the details of virtual machines hosted on one or more hosts that are a part of this cluster. A cluster can have multiple hosts, each with one or more virtual machines hosted on it. You can search for a particular virtual host. For more information about using lists, filters, and other UI options, see the topics under Using Lists in IT Asset Management.

The following virtual machine properties are available for display. Here are the fields on this tab, in alphabetical order.

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 on Virtual Machines Tab of Cluster Properties Page

Property

Description

Asset name

The name of an asset, if any, that the device is linked to.

Tip:If the status of the linked asset is set to Retired (in the asset properties), the linked inventory device remains visible in the All Inventory list, but is suppressed in the Out-Of-Date Inventory list, regardless of how long it is since the device reported inventory.

The link between an inventory device and an asset is editable in the General tab of the inventory device properties.

Asset status

The compliance status of an inventory device. It can have any of the following values:

• Changed—Indicates a change in the compliance status of an inventory device. This value is changed automatically when the following conditions are met:
• The inventory device has a linked asset.
• You have defined the device compliance settings to track any changes in the hardware properties of this device.
• There is a change in the hardware properties for which the device compliance settings have been defined. This change can be manual or a result of a new inventory import.
• Compliant—The inventory details reported in the last inventory import match those of previous imports, or any changes to those details have been approved. For details about reviewing or approving changes to assets, see Viewing and Accepting the Changes to a Device Asset.
• New—The default value for all newly imported devices. This value is not changed until there is a change in the hardware configuration or an asset is linked to this device.
• Not tracked—Indicates that the device is no longer tracked for compliance. This may happen when an inventory import leads to a duplicate device record with some change in its properties.

The value is calculated by IT Asset Management and can be manually set on the General tab of the inventory device properties.

Assigned user

The user assigned to this inventory device. This assignment overrides the Calculated user.

Editable in the Assigned field in Ownership tab of the inventory device properties.

Calculated user

The name of the most frequent user of this inventory device, over the previous 10 inventory collections. This value is calculated as follows:

• If there is only one primary user linked to the inventory device, this user is recorded
• If there are multiple primary users linked to the inventory device, the most frequently logged in user is recorded
• If there is no primary user associated with the inventory device, the last user to logon is recorded.

The value of this field is automatically generated by IT Asset Management.

Not available when any of the following is true:

• You are manually creating a new record for an inventory device
• The inventory device is a VDI template
• There is no inventory source (or the inventory source is Manual) reporting this inventory device.

Category

The category of this device. IT Asset Management enables you to create customized categories to group inventory devices logically. These categories are additional to Inventory device type and Device role categorization. For example, you can create categories to differentiate database servers, network servers, or firewalls. The custom categories have no impact on license consumption.

Editable in the General tab of the inventory device properties.

Clock speed

The maximum clock speed (in MHz) of the processor that is installed in the inventory device.

Enter the clock speed of the processor installed in the inventory device (for manually-created records). To adjust the value reported by inventory, click Override and enter or spin up the corrected value. The overridden value is static and will not be updated by future inventory gathering. The value gathered by inventory continues to display alongside the overridden value and may be restored by deleting the overridden value.

Cores

The total number of processor cores available in a physical inventory device; or the number of cores assigned to an inventory device that is a virtual machine.

Populated and (by default) updated by inventory imports, the number of Cores can be manually overridden in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties (see Inventory Device Properties / Hardware Tab).

Corporate unit

The corporate unit responsible for the inventory device.

Editable in the Corporate Units page under the Enterprise tab.

Cost center

The cost center responsible for all costs incurred for this inventory device.

Editable in the Cost Centers page under the Enterprise tab.

Created

The date when this inventory record was created in IT Asset Management.

Tip:New inventory device records are created during a full import to the compliance database, as new inventory is identified. Therefore it's quite possible to have a creation date that is later than the inventory date, with the difference being due to scheduling, such as the scheduling of imports from third-party tools, or delays between the upload of FlexNet inventory and the full import and compliance calculations (for example, if your full imports are scheduled weekly, or the like).

Not editable.

Display adapters

The total number of display adapters installed in the inventory device.

Editable in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties (for manually-created records). The value is overwritten (permanently) by incoming inventory, and thereafter is read-only.

Not editable for existing inventory devices.

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.

Editable in the General tab of the inventory device properties for manually created records. The value is overwritten (permanently) by incoming inventory, and thereafter is read-only.

Hard drives

The total number of hard drives installed in the inventory device.

Editable in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties (for manually-created records). The value is overwritten (permanently) by incoming inventory, and thereafter is read-only.

Not editable for existing inventory devices.

Host

The name of the host server where this VM is a guest.

Inventory chassis type

The chassis type for an inventory device, as reported by the inventory process.

This value cannot be edited, however you may override it with the Assigned chassis type setting.

IP address

The IPv4 address of the discovered device. For discovered devices with multiple IP addresses (for example, those with multiple network cards), only the first validly-formed IP address displays. The IP address may be blank for reasons like these:

• The first (or only) IP address returned was in the IPv6 address family (and these addresses are not included)
• The device was discovered by NetBIOS queries, or through a TNSNames.ora file, that provided only a device name, and the DNS look-up did not return an IPv4 address for this device.

Editable in the General tab of the inventory device properties.

Last inventory source

If you have multiple overlapping inventory sources that report on the same device, it is possible for some inventory details to come from one source and other details from another source. This column identifies the most recent source of inventory that reported the majority of the hardware properties for this device. If you have declared a primary inventory connection and this device appears in inventory from that primary connection, it is likely that your primary connection is supplying the majority of hardware properties, and so is shown here.

Tip:If your primary source reported the majority of hardware properties some time ago, and since then one or more secondary sources have updated a minority of additional properties, this value still shows the primary source (source of the majority of hardware properties). Tracking the primary source is particularly valuable if you have a variation from IBM allowing you to use Inventory Agent and IT Asset Management as replacements for IBM tools (such as ILMT) in the calculation and reporting of sub-capacity licensing for IBM PVU licenses. That agreement requires that you can demonstrate that the Last inventory source is FlexNet Manager Suite, and that this source is reporting every 30 minutes.

The values are system-provided, and cannot be modified. Most values are self- explanatory; some less obvious ones include:

• Data Platform—The inventory was imported from Flexera Normalize (previously BDNA Normalize, part of BDNA Data Platform)
• Flexera SaaS Manager—This is a dummy device created for linking with imports through your SaaS Management connector
• ManageSoft—The inventory was collected by legacy versions of the Inventory Agent, and saved in a separate inventory database
• Manual—You created this inventory device record manually, and no matching inventory has been received yet
• SMS—The inventory was imported from Microsoft Endpoint Configuration Manager (previously Microsoft SCCM or SMS)
• Tivoli Endpoint Manager—Inventory was imported from IBM Big Fix, or one of its earlier renamings (IBM Endpoint Manager, Tivoli Endpoint Manager).

Tip:If you have custom inventory adapters, entries for these may also appear in this column as appropriate.

Not editable.

Last logged on user

The name of the user that was discovered to be the last logged on user on this device.

Click the linked full name to open the General tab of the user properties pages, and for details see User Properties / General Tab.

Not available when any of the following is true:

• You are manually creating a new record for an inventory device
• The inventory device is a VDI template
• There is no inventory source (or the inventory source is Manual) reporting this inventory device.

Location

The location within your enterprise that is responsible for the device.

Editable in the Ownership tab of the inventory device properties.

MAC address

The Media Access Control (MAC) address of the inventory device. If a device has multiple network interface cards, this field displays a comma-separated list of MAC addresses.

Editable in the General tab of the inventory device properties (for manually-created records).

Manufacturer

The manufacturer of the inventory device.

Editable in the General tab of the inventory device properties (for manually-created records).

Model

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

Editable in the Model field in the General tab of the inventory device properties (for manually-created records). If the value is gathered from inventory, it cannot be edited, but it can be overridden by entering a new value in the Overridden field in General tab of the inventory device properties. The original value continues to display on the General tab, alongside the overridden value, and may be restored at any time.

Name

The name of the computing device.

Editable in the General tab in the discovered device properties. This field is not editable in the Raw Software Usage page.

Note:It is best practice to leave names unchanged for records created automatically from discovery or inventory. As the name is used to identify the device, changing the name effectively creates a separate device record, and the old one is recreated at the next import.

Network cards

The total number of network cards installed in a physical inventory device; or the number of network cards accessible by the virtual machine.

Editable in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties (for manually-created records).

Operating system

The operating system running on this device.

Editable in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties (for manually-created records).

Note:Under certain conditions, this value may be blank. For more information, see Conditions When Operating System Value of Inventory is Blank.

Partial number of processors

The equivalent number of full-time processors set by the time-sharing controls on the hardware console. Some virtualization technologies (such as on IBM's AIX operating system) report this setting in inventory. You may override an incorrect inventory value for this field.

Populated and (by default) updated on virtual machines by inventory imports, this field in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties (only for virtual machines) can be overridden with a manually entered value. An overridden value is no longer updated by incoming inventory.

Processor type

The type of processor installed in the inventory device.

Populated and (by default) updated by inventory imports, this value can be manually overwritten in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties (see Inventory Device Properties / Hardware Tab).

Processors

The total number of processors installed in a physical inventory device, or logical processors assigned to a virtual machine.

Populated and (by default) updated by inventory imports, this field in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties can be overridden with a manually entered value (see Inventory Device Properties / Hardware Tab). Overridden values are no longer updated by incoming inventory.

RAM (GB)

The size of Random Access Memory (RAM) installed in the inventory device, in gigabytes.

For manually-created records, this is editable in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties. The value is overwritten (permanently) by incoming inventory, and thereafter is read-only.

Role

The role assigned to the inventory device, such as Development, Test, and Production. Device roles (where permitted by the product use rights on a license) can exempt devices from consuming entitlements on a license to which they are (and remain) attached. For example, some license agreements may grant an exemption for devices used exclusively for testing. For more details, see Allocations and Exemptions.

Editable in Device role field in the General tab of the inventory device properties.

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.

For manually-created inventory device records, this value is editable in the General tab of the inventory device properties. This value is not editable for records created or updated from collected inventory.

Service pack

The service pack number or ID reported by the operating system.

For manually-created records, this is editable in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties. The value is overwritten (permanently) by incoming inventory, and thereafter is read-only.

Sockets

The total number of mounting sockets for central processing units (CPUs) available in a physical inventory device. For a Virtual machine, this may be the number of virtual sockets assigned to the VM.

Editable in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties. If it is not available from your inventory, or if the value is inaccurate, you can permanently override with a manual value.

Source

The details of this host were gathered from one of the following sources:

• Automatic—Discovered in incoming inventory
• Manual—Manually created by a user
• VM Host—Discovered on the VM host.

Not editable.

Threads

The total number of threads available in a physical inventory device; or the number of logical processors (virtual processors in a virtual machine, or threads assigned to a partition) assigned to an inventory device that is a virtual machine.

Populated and (by default) updated by inventory imports, this field in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties can be overridden with a manually entered value (see Inventory Device Properties / Hardware Tab).

Total disk space

The total volume of hard drives installed in the inventory device, in Gigabytes.

Editable in the Hardware tab of the inventory device properties (for manually-created records). The value is overwritten (permanently) by incoming inventory, and thereafter is read-only.

VM name

The friendly name of the virtual machine, as displayed in the user interface of the VM management software (such as ESX), and returned in inventory.

Editable in the Friendly name field in the VM properties tab of the inventory device properties for the virtual machine. The compliance calculation updates this field with the machine name returned in inventory (matched by serial number).

VM type

The type of the virtual machine.

Editable in the VM properties tab of the inventory device properties for the virtual machine (for manually-created records). The value may be overwritten by incoming inventory.