Device Status

IT Asset Management (Cloud)
Indicates the current state of a device. It can have any of the following values:
  • Active — A device for which the inventory information is received from an inventory source.
  • Archived — There are two different scenarios that lead to an inventory device entering the Archived status:
    • The device is in transition pending deletion, but is currently held because of its historical impacts on IBM PVU sub-capacity retrospective calculations.
    • The device is linked to an asset which is set to retired or disposed, and has installs of software which are covered by an IBM PVU or VPC license.

  • Awaiting Inventory — This device is a place-holder that has not yet appeared in imported inventory from any source.
  • Ignored — The device that is not managed. An ignored device is not considered in license consumption calculations.
    Tip: If an inventory device is linked to an asset record, and that asset is given a status of either Retired or Disposed, and the device does not have installs of software which are covered by an IBM PVU or VPC license, this Ignored value is automatically set for the linked inventory device.

Provided that the inventory device has not [yet] been linked to an asset record, this value is editable in the General tab of the inventory device properties (although Awaiting Inventory is no longer available once inventory has been collected for the device, and Archived can never be set manually).

IT Asset Management (Cloud)

Current