Insert Computers to Registry

The following chapters describe the different ways you can use to insert computers into your Registry.

Search for Computers in Network

First of all, we will have the system search for our computers in the network and create objects representing computer sets.

1. Go to the Objects Tree and right-click the Organization root object or any other object in the organizational structure to which you want to add a computer. Select New computer in the menu.
2. The New Computer window opens where you select Search for new computers on the network and click Next.
3. The New Computers window opens. Select a method you wish to use to search for new computers on the network and click Next.
4. The application will search for new computers and add them to the tree. This can take several minutes. Before the computers are added to the tree, the Date and Time window opens, where you can enter the real date and time of purchase for your computers, if you are adding them ex post.
   Note: You can disable the query on date and time. In that case it won't display when inserting next new computer.
5. Click Cancel to abort the question whether you wish to the detect software and hardware in the new computers. We will run the detection later on. If you need, you can run the detection immediately. However, in this case, the data will not be detected based on the global detection settings.
6. Move the computer sets in the tree under the respective users.

Each computer found is represented by a pair of objects in the tree. These objects are Set (i.e. a computer set) and Computer. For example, the ARTHUR machine looks in the tree as follows:

The top object represents a computer set, while the bottom object represents the computer itself. The computer is part of a set. The set can also comprise a monitor, a printer, a keyboard, a mouse etc. The object Set is used as a folder to group individual devices that are connected to each other. As a set is not a real object, it should have no properties.

Only these two objects will be visible in the tree until you run the computer's hardware detection. Once the detection is completed, other parts of the set (monitor, printers, etc.) as well as computer components (CPU, memory, hard drives, graphic card, etc.) will be displayed in the tree.

Insert a Single Computer

Follow the steps below if you need to add only one computer to your Registry whose hardware and software can be detected:

1. Go to the Objects tree, select a user for which you want to create a new computer and select New computer from the context menu.
2. The New computer window opens where you should select Create computer manually. Select the computer type object kind and enter a name for the new computer. Also select Detect computer information over network via saved settings. Click the Next button to finish the process.
   Note: If a numeric sequence is active for the selected computer kind, the hostname cannot be entered manually and will be generated automatically.
3. The application will add the computer to the Objects tree. Before the computer is added to the tree, the Date and Time window opens, where you can enter the real date and time of purchase for your computer, if you are adding it ex post.

Creating Undetectable Computers

The application can only detect hardware and software for computers with Windows 95 or later. Computers with other operating systems (e.g. Apple OSX, Linux, etc.) can be entered in the Registry as follows:

1. Go to the Objects tree, select a user for which you want to create a new computer and select New computer from the context menu.
2. The New computer window opens where you should select Create computer manually. Select the computer type object kind and enter a name for the new computer. Do not select Detect computer information over network via saved settings. Click the Next button to finish the process.
   Note: If a numeric sequence is active for the selected computer kind, the hostname cannot be entered manually and will be generated automatically.
3. The application will add the set to the Objects tree. Before the computer is added to the tree, the Date and Time window opens, where you can enter the real date and time of purchase for your computer, if you are adding it ex post.
4. Select the newly created computer in the objects tree, select Detection settings... from the context menu, then select Custom detection settings in the window, and finally go to the Detection method tab and select the manually value.
5. Create any computer components: go to the objects tree, select New object... from the context menu and insert the components to the computer. Then go through all computer set components and enter all property values about which you wish to keep your records.
6. If you want to manage the computer software too, go to the Software tab and create records for the installed software by selecting Installations – Record installation....

Virtual Machines Registry

We recommend managing virtual machines as Computer/virtual kind of objects.

The computer has the property "Host Machine" which stores the name of the physical computer that was last detected as the virtual machine host within the last hardware scan. This value is for information only. The value of this property is empty for physical computers. This property is detected automatically and cannot be edited manually.

Using the "Host Machine" property:

1. For information about on which physical machine the newly-detected VPC is running. The VPC will be manually moved in the tree based on this information.
2. Check of correct registration of the VPC.

First Detection of Virtual Machines

1. Objects tab – set the filter for displaying virtual machines: Kind = computer, Model = virtual.
2. Select all the computers being really virtual, select Edit command from the context menu and change the object kind to Computer/virtual.

Virtual Machines on a Single Physical Computer

Virtual Machines Running in Physical Computer Farms

An example of a farm where VPCs can move automatically between physical computers based on current machine load:

Registry for Server Farms without Virtual Machines

Registry for Virtual Machines in Clouds

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