asked on 3/14/2017

Inventory management and network map for MACOS

What is the best "Inventory management and network map for MACOS"? I saw few github tools like fusion inventory, Monki.

I need entire map of network with windows, linux, MACOS. Do not need imaging and deployment. SCCM 2016 does not support much of inventory management on MAC and only works for windows. Monki does the same thing

Fusion inventory only shows instruction about downloading agent on MAC and linux does not show any information on centralized management or view of inventory

SCCM Mac OS X

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Technical Engeneer

3/21/2017

serialband

3/14/2017

There really isn't a best for everything. You get ones that are really good with Mac OS X, and you get ones that are really good with Windows. Apple Remote Desktop gets great Mac inventory information, but you could also get that with Remote Login (SSH) and running sytem_profiler without arguments at the command line to get every single detail, or supply some optional arguments to limit the data you wish to gather. You can pretty much command line script it for OS X and Linux.

pchettri

3/14/2017

ASKER

I am already using ARD but it does not generate map it only generates report in CSV

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3/14/2017

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pchettri

3/14/2017

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I was thinking spiceworks too but I started researching last week about security issue and I found this article -

http://www.welivesecurity.com/2015/06/25/spiceworks-application-vulnerability-disclosed/

I have to research it, as we do not have client that follows HIPPA compliance

Eoin OSullivan

3/14/2017

That article is from June 2015 .. and I'd expect it is long ago resolved as Spiceworks were aware of the issue

Plus I'd never recommend using LinkedIn or Facebook as authentication .. only use a unique user and password and only for the specific instance of Spiceworks and not one for any other system on the network

Technical Engeneer

3/21/2017

If you're looking for something to automatically create office maps with live data on it or layer-2 maps (physical connections down to ports), give NetCrunch network monitor a try. It's free for 30 days and supports MacOS monitoring out of the box (includes MacOS monitoring pack for policy-based deployment). This includes an inventory view as well.