Network Inventory Advisor was updated to version 3.6.1000 today. It’s mostly a bug-fix plus several minor enhancements. The upgrade process is very simple and smooth, as always: download -> install. Thank you for your “bigger” features requests which we are working on now.
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Network Inventory Advisor 3.6.1000
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009Network Inventory Advisor… version 3.6
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009Many of you may have noticed that we omitted the minor upgrade to version 3.5.967 at our blog. Still if you look in the version history of the user guide, you will find the details of that release dated July 8. I won’t dig into the details of both releases actually, as I just wanted to highlight the real changes.
In 16 months since the original release of Network Inventory Advisor 3.0 we are presenting the new major update. Here’s what you will find under the hood:
Multiple nodes manipulations
#1. Batch editing and management of your nodes: select 2 or more nodes, or groups in the network tree and change their details with one click, re-group multiple nodes, scan selected, assign and edit custom fields easily.
Detect hardware changes and get notified
#2. Automatic hardware changes tracking and reporting for Windows and Mac OS nodes: there’s a new report added called Hardware Changes, as well as a new alert type which will notify you when hardware is changed, removed or added on every node.
#3. More improvements in hardware inventory: now you can easily detect and decode monitors Plug’n'Play IDs and manufacturer into readable format.
Build reports on how much RAM your computers have
#4. Network summary has been enhanced: “All network hardware” report now also shows nodes grouped by RAM size
You will also find more than 100 new (less important) fixes and improvements in the new version. It can be downloaded here. Please, comment if you want to share your thoughts or ideas, or send us an e-mail. We are working on new ideas and new features now. Please, stay tuned.
Network Inventory Advisor 3.5 is here!
Monday, June 1st, 2009After more than 2-month delay, we are changing everything. PC Inventory Advisor is now Network Inventory Advisor (thanks amb). Yesterday we uploaded the totally new version of our network inventory toolkit, which has a new name now. We added long-awaited features and fixed more than 200 bugs both reported by our users and found by our test lab. We will be sending a newsletter to all registered clients shortly, and automatic updates notification will be fired. Please, download Network Inventory Advisor 3.5 now, install it and let us know what you think of the new release. This update is totally free for all users of version 3.x.
Among the top features we added you will find:
SNMP devices inventory support
Since now on Network Inventory Advisor will automatically discover all your network devices having IP assigned. You will be able to easily scan and obtain technical data from WiFi access points, modems, multifunctionals, printers, IP phones, etc. SNMP v1 and v2c are supported, so you can easily customize ‘community’ setting as well. Moreover, with version 3.5 you can add your own information to any node on your inventory list… check this:
User-defined fields (screenshot)
Now you can add any searchable and sortable data to your nodes, and later on use these data fields in your reports. It’s quite a useful feature, which we received a very positive feedback on from all of you who tried the beta version before the release. You can use custom fields to denote whether a node has a UPS or scanner attached (or needs one), asset acquiring date, service tags and much more! Custom fields can be managed on a higher level in Settings, and used in Tabular or Detailed reports, so it’s really simple to build analytic and inventory reports with your own data accompanying technical information collected from your IT assets.
Command-line interface
Network Inventory Advisor can be easily manipulated using command-line instructions and calls. It’s another great way to integrate Network Inventory Advisor into your current auditing solution, accounting system or CMDB.
Among the rest of new features, I’d highlight the following ones:
and some fixes:
We are sure you’ll like the new release. Still as it is a major upgrade, please, backup your current installation folder of PC Inventory Advisor (just in case). Other than that it’s absolutely safe to install Network Inventory Advisor replacing your current copy of PC Inventory Advisor, your current data is secure and will not be removed.
Thank you
Build 3.2.791: better scanning process, multiple logins, Windows Updates, localized user interface and 50+ other enhancements
Friday, March 13th, 2009PC Inventory Advisor 3.2.791 is available now. As some of you may have noticed, we are putting a lot of effort into scanning quality now, so your network inventory experience is the smoothest and most reliable ever. With this new update, actually there was an intermediary one (build 3.2.743), we introduced several “big” features and a long list of minor improvements which polish the scanning process and guarantee much better experience collecting your network details.
New in 3.2.791:
Multiple Network Logins
PC Inventory Advisor - Multiple logins configuration
We got so many requests for this feature, that we couldn’t miss it. Now you can easily specify specific logins for groups and individual nodes, so there’s no need to split scanning process into several stages to get all your network assets inventoried.
Customizable alerts
Now you can tune several parameters in network alerts collected by PC Inventory Advisor.
Windows Automatic Updates status
Windows Automatic Updates in the reports
Whenever you scan a Windows node now, you will get all the details on Windows Updates status, detection, download and installation date and time, as well as corresponding alerts in your network or node summary.
Remote desktop connection
Remote Desktop Connection in PC Inventory Advisor
Now you can easily connect to any node remotely via RDP, simply right-click the node in the tree, and select the corresponding option. Windows Remote Desktop will be launched and connection will be established, wait for more RDP software solutions to be supported in the nearest future.
Better detection of logged on users
Currently active user in a node's report
We also spent quite some time on polishing the detection mechanisms of currently logged on users on workgroup and domain nodes. You will now find the new User Account field in every node’s factsheet, as well as correctly listed logged on user in tabular reports. Direct domain nodes scanning via WMI is also improved.
Fast & Stable Scanning
Now you can achieve much better scanning results by configuring connection and scanning methods utilized by PC Inventory Advisor with the help of new options in Settings: Connection and Performance.
First GUI localizations
We now speak your language! Among the first localizations which we added into build 3.2.791 you will find German, French, Chinese, Japanese & Russian. More languages are coming soon.
Also:
- Nodes that were not scanned for some reason (access denied, etc) may not be added to the network tree, optionally
- The option to show only logged on domain user accounts
- Network summary compilation is 20 times faster now
- Much better support for 2000+ nodes networks
- Custom and pre-defined reports generation on Macs
- Export into different databases is completely separated now
- Nodes counters for groups
- …and more than 50 other enhancements and improvements in total
Download PC Inventory Advisor 3.2.791 now and let us know if you like it, and what else you suppose should be added! Thanks
PC Inventory Advisor 3.2.708
Sunday, January 18th, 2009This minor update was uploaded yesterday. It fixes several critical issues, which were found in builds 628 and 704 uploaded in November and December (one of them reported at our forum, by fgriffith). These were fixed now.
We also updated tabular reports with a new available field (# of local printers) which can be added to your reports now, as well as Macs support, so they are also included in your reports.
Please, download PC Inventory Advisor 3.2.708 manually, as automatic update will not fetch it. Thank you