Extraction of computer properties through relevance

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(imported topic written by Darknight)

Hi All,

I have general query regarding extraction of below properties on nonwindows and windows machines via relevance:

  1. state of computer ( like up,down or scheduled down)

  2. maximum process memory size

  3. computer manufacturer ( in case of soalris)

Please suggest.

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(imported comment written by jgstew)

#3 should be in existing IBM provided analyses. It might also be in the SMBIOS analysis I created.

#2 - I’m not sure what you mean. Is 32bit or 64bit of the OS sufficient?

#1 - I’m not sure what you mean. Do you mean is the computer offline/sleeping vs awake?

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(imported comment written by Darknight)

#1 yes , i want to see whether teh computer is awake or “up” and if it is not up then it must be “down”.

#2 i want to check the parameter “maximum process memory size” which is set on each OS .

For eg : in OSs like linux,Soalris i have found there is (kernel)parameter for “maximum number of processes” set for each computer.

#3 i have tried the inspector giuide and other relevance pdfs (windows,linux,soalaris) but have not been able to find relevance for finding computer manufacturer (hardware part) .Could you please provide me the relevance if i have missed it .

Thanks for your reply :slight_smile:

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(imported comment written by jgstew)

#1 - there is no way to do this through relevance, but you can infer this based upon last report time to a certain extent. To really do what you are asking you would need to create something external to IEM/BigFix that could query info in IEM/BigFix, but then also combine that with other logic, and perhaps pings and other monitoring. Internally we have something like this for our lab machines.

#2 Can you provide examples for different OSes and hardware types, and some links to references about this? I am unfamiliar with this concept, so I don’t know the best way to go about finding it. How would I find this info on the command line?

#3

Try this:
http://bigfix.me/analysis/details/2994601

  • smbios may have the info even if this analysis does not.

Related:
http://bigfix.me/analysis/details/2994563

Related:
http://bigfix.me/analysis/details/2994635

Also look at the hardware analyses provided by IBM:

Hardware Information (AIX)

Hardware Information (HP-UX)

Hardware Information (Linux)

Hardware Information (Mac OS X)

Hardware Information (Solaris)

Hardware Information (Windows)