The document discusses using FusionInventory and GLPI for asset management. FusionInventory is used for inventorying hardware and software on a network. It collects data via an agent and stores it on a server. GLPI then connects this inventory data to additional administrative information for full asset management. It allows tracking assets throughout their lifecycle for functions like accounting, budgeting, and help desk support. The latest stable versions of both FusionInventory and GLPI provide improved features for network discovery, administrative roles, and ITIL compliance.

1. Asset management
with FusionInventory and GLPI
Fabrice Flore-Thebault fabrice@esquimaux.be
April 17, 2011 – Loadays 2001

2. Asset management : full lifecycle
Fusionventory - Inventory network assets
GLPI - Asset management
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3. Asset management : full lifecycle
Inventory of hardware and software
Fusionventory - Inventory network assets
Connect to administrative informations
GLPI - Asset management
Inventory of hardware and software
collect data for a CMDB
security audit : current installed software
history of changes and incidents
metrics to optimize resources
facts to planify changes
improve quality
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4. Asset management : full lifecycle
Inventory of hardware and software
Fusionventory - Inventory network assets
Connect to administrative informations
GLPI - Asset management
Connect to administrative informations
accounting obligations
warranty expiration
contracts renewal
licences number
budget, financial reports
rack space
efficiency and velocity of helpdesk
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5. FusionInventory facts - fusioninventory.org
Asset management : full lifecycle FusionInventory agent
Fusionventory - Inventory network assets Inventory of . . .
GLPI - Asset management Other tasks for the agent
FusionInventory plugin for GLPI
FusionInventory facts - fusioninventory.org
GPLv2
born at FOSDEM 2010, fusion of 2 projects : fork of
OCSInventory Unix agent + Tracker plugin for GLPI
agent : perl
server : PHP5
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6. FusionInventory facts - fusioninventory.org
Asset management : full lifecycle FusionInventory agent
Fusionventory - Inventory network assets Inventory of . . .
GLPI - Asset management Other tasks for the agent
FusionInventory plugin for GLPI
FusionInventory agent
same perl code for all platforms, modular, extensible
Linux, *BSD, Windows, MacOS X, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX
sources, packages, prebuilt all in one tarballs, usb key
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7. FusionInventory facts - fusioninventory.org
Asset management : full lifecycle FusionInventory agent
Fusionventory - Inventory network assets Inventory of . . .
GLPI - Asset management Other tasks for the agent
FusionInventory plugin for GLPI
Inventory of . . .
local - hardware including USB devices, screens
local - software including antivirus, virtual machines
local - compatible with OCSInventory server
network discover with nmap, NETBIOS, SNMP
SNMP - printers: pages counters, ink level, network
connexions
SNMP - network switches: CPU, memory usage, network
connexions
direct import to GLPI handle network ports
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8. FusionInventory facts - fusioninventory.org
Asset management : full lifecycle FusionInventory agent
Fusionventory - Inventory network assets Inventory of . . .
GLPI - Asset management Other tasks for the agent
FusionInventory plugin for GLPI
Other tasks for the agent
wakeup
inventory on demand
wake on lan
peer to peer files transfert
custom tasks
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9. FusionInventory facts - fusioninventory.org
Asset management : full lifecycle FusionInventory agent
Fusionventory - Inventory network assets Inventory of . . .
GLPI - Asset management Other tasks for the agent
FusionInventory plugin for GLPI
FusionInventory plugin for GLPI
inventory of computers, printers, switches
discover unknown hardware
planify tasks for agents
for GLPI 0.72 : released
without computers inventory
for GLPI 0.78 : released
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10. GLPI facts - glpi-project.org
Asset management : full lifecycle Asset inventory
Fusionventory - Inventory network assets Assistance
GLPI - Asset management Useful Plugins
Stable version : 0.78
GLPI facts - glpi-project.org
GPLv2 PHP web application
IndepNet association, mainly french developers
worldwide usage, small to big business, administrations
authentication delegation (LDAP, IMAP, CAS)
strong separation of environments (entities)
i18n (35 languages)
data export
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11. GLPI facts - glpi-project.org
Asset management : full lifecycle Asset inventory
Fusionventory - Inventory network assets Assistance
GLPI - Asset management Useful Plugins
Stable version : 0.78
Asset inventory
manual insertion with GLPI web interface
synchronisation : FusionInventory (plugin)
synchronisation : OCSInventory-NG (legacy)
importation : CSV files (plugin)
normalisation with dictionaries
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12. GLPI facts - glpi-project.org
Asset management : full lifecycle Asset inventory
Fusionventory - Inventory network assets Assistance
GLPI - Asset management Useful Plugins
Stable version : 0.78
Assistance
simplified interface for helpdesk
ITIL compliance for incidents, service requests
business rules for tickets assignments
custom multilingual notifications
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13. GLPI facts - glpi-project.org
Asset management : full lifecycle Asset inventory
Fusionventory - Inventory network assets Assistance
GLPI - Asset management Useful Plugins
Stable version : 0.78
Useful Plugins
Environment : Accounts, Certificates, Domains
Suppliers Import (Dell, HP, Fujistu-Siemens)
Network architecture
Bays management
Financial reports
PDF export
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14. GLPI facts - glpi-project.org
Asset management : full lifecycle Asset inventory
Fusionventory - Inventory network assets Assistance
GLPI - Asset management Useful Plugins
Stable version : 0.78
Stable version : 0.78
entity based management enhanced (notifications,
administrative closing, business rules, authentification)
helpdesk enhanced : tickets lifecycle,
impact/urgency/priority matrix, ITIL
new database, framework, plugins API
LDAP enhancements
user interface polished
user documentation in french
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15. Outline
1 Asset management : full lifecycle
Inventory of hardware and software
Connect to administrative informations
2 Fusionventory - Inventory network assets
FusionInventory facts - fusioninventory.org
FusionInventory agent
Inventory of . . .
Other tasks for the agent
LibFusionInventory
FusionInventory plugin for GLPI
3 GLPI - Asset management
GLPI facts - glpi-project.org
Asset inventory
Assistance
Useful Plugins
Stable version : 0.78
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