We open-sourced our host management system a while back.  It's more
focused on IP (Bind/DHCPD) management, but it certainly can cover some
of the Asset Tracking needs.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dnsipadmin/

--Ted

On 2/21/2014 7:08 AM, Chris Manly wrote:
> Every few months, I go looking around for a solution for this, and every
> time (so far) I've found that everything out there was overkill for my
> needs (OTRS), to closely tuned to someone else's vision of what they
> needed to be applicable, and/or a dead-end product.
> 
> I hadn't come across the Asset Tracker plugin for RT, which is a shame.
> 
> It also looks like BestPractical is building their own Asset extension
> for RT, based off RT 4.2.  I think I may take a look at that one, since
> I've been a long-time fan of RT in general.
> 
> -- 
> Christopher Manly
> Coordinator, Library Systems
> Cornell University Library Information Technologies
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> 
> From: john boris <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> Date: Thursday, February 20, 2014 at 2:17 PM
> To: Peter Loron <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> Cc: LOPSA Discuss <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
> Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] Recommendations for basic asset tracking
> 
>     Peter,
>     I used the Asset Tracker plugin to Request Tracker for a while until
>     our place went to School Dude. I am not a fan of that software and
>     it is a giant waste when the Asset Tracker plugin for RT worked and
>     was free.
>     Another free thing I used was called Asset Manager written by a guy
>     who worked for BC Tree Fruit company. I just checked the link and it
>     is dead. The company is still there but I guess he left or retired.
>     I still use it for my purchase orders. He gave it out without
>     warranty and said if you use it on the open internet you best keep
>     it secure. I used it because I sit on a private network and none of
>     my servers point to the outside so  I didn't worry too much. It was
>     written under the GNU GPL so it is free to distribute. It is much
>     easier to setup then RT but it is not as extensive. I had to keep
>     track of minimal equipment. If you are interested I can dig up the
>     code and send it to you.
> 
> 
>     On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 1:48 PM, Peter Loron
>     <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>         Hello, folks. I'm looking for a tool to replace the current
>         spreadsheet of IT assets (servers, switches, end-user machines,
>         etc). I've looked briefly at openDCIM, but that's serious
>         overkill for us. F/OSS preferred, but commercial is ok, too.
> 
>         Any tools the hive mind has liked?
> 
>         Thanks!
> 
>         -Pete
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