I have mine set up to send me emails whenever a threshold is exceeded. I.E. When ink is below 2% I get an email, When a system partition gets under 10% free space I get an email. As for patch levels, you have to connect into the network or configure the firewall to let you access the management site from the web. You might be able to schedule reports and possibly have them emailed about patch level. I am temporarily using the free logmein to connect to the server. I can then get any info I need regardless of what building I'm at.
It probably could send it all to a central system, but without some type of vpn, I'm guessing all the info is being sent across the internet without any encryption. Not really sure about that. My networks are all separate legal entities so I don't want the information lumped into one. I have it running on a 2Ghz proc, and 1 gb ram. It seems to do ok. However, when a network scan takes off, it about goes unresponsive. Andy Andrew Ekhoff Technology Coordinator St. Anne Public Schools aekh...@sags.k12.il.us<mailto:aekh...@sags.k12.il.us> SAGS: (815) 427-8153 SACHS: (815) 427-8141 From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Andrew @ ATM Logic Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 11:25 AM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Spiceworks - Manage Multiple Networks from a Single Console I am fine with a server onsite on each network (however I wonder about the sites that only have say 3 pc's) but what I am looking for is for each of those servers to report back to my own 'central server' for data collection. e.g. So I can look and see that 3 sites need toner, and for whatever reason a half dozen XP PC's still don't have SP3, and the accounting computer is about to run out of drive space on yet another site. Reading on the SW site it looks like this is perfectly possible, perhaps even 'fun' however I am guessing I will have to do some more reading, and perhaps even have a dedicated PC on my end to collect data. SW seems to really tax the CPU on the system I am testing it on now. From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Ekhoff, Andrew Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 10:15 AM To: Tech-Geeks Mailing List Subject: Re: [tech-geeks] Spiceworks - Manage Multiple Networks from a Single Console I currently have 3 networks, not connected, 2 of which have spiceworks managing them. Without some type of connection between the networks you would have a separate spiceworks server for each site. Even with multiple sites connected, it is still recommended having a data collection server at each site. One nice thing with SW is that there are no client agents. All data is gathered WMI and SNMP. Andy Andrew Ekhoff Technology Coordinator St. Anne Public Schools aekh...@sags.k12.il.us<mailto:aekh...@sags.k12.il.us> SAGS: (815) 427-8153 SACHS: (815) 427-8141 From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of Andrew @ ATM Logic Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 9:53 AM To: 'Tech-Geeks Mailing List' Subject: [tech-geeks] Spiceworks - Manage Multiple Networks from a Single Console Is anyone on this list doing this with networks that have NO connection to each other at all. I have a dozen or so networks I would love to have even basic info on (Patch Level, Disk Space, AV Status, PC on or Off, etc) And view/sort the list in a single console. I see SW can do this, however I am guessing I have to install an agent and discover every network... (pain) then it can somehow talk back to my own network with the details... Anyhow, anyone played with it and have some words? Or does anyone know of something else Free that will do the same even simpler.
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