[Casper] Feature Request - Tracking Decommissioned Machines

[Ernst, Craig S.]

I was under the impression that although the system still shows up as unmanaged, it still counts against your seats. Your Total Computers on the Admin tab -> Activation Code tab. Is there some separation between managing systems and what you license and what you inventory (recon?)

Craig E

On 5/8/09 2:19 PM, "Joshua Holland" <josh at jamfsoftware.com> wrote:

Hello all,

Just to clarify the point, unmanaged Macs will not count as a licensed
seat.  If you edit the record for a decommissioned Mac, and remove the
Management Username and Management Password (and uncheck Ensure this
computer is managed), it will be considered unmanaged, and not show up
in a search for managed computers.

You can also create a building, department etc called Decommissioned
(or something to that effect) and assign it to those machines to
easily find them or create a Smart Group in the JSS.

Thanks,


Josh


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On May 8, 2009, at 2:02 PM, Roger Corbin wrote:

> That's exactly what we would like to see. And either no license fee
> (or a very discounted)
> one for those machines labeled as stolen, parted out, or
> decommissioned.
>
> On May 8, 2009, at 2:51 PM, adamshep07 at aol.com wrote:
>
>> I think a solution could be to change "Ensure this computer is
>> managed"
>> from a check box to a drop down with managed and unmanaged as options
>> as well as to add "Stolen", "Parted Out" (We salvage broken off
>> warranty computers to repair other computers), Decommissioned or any
>> other possible options.
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Roger Corbin <rcorbin at mac.com>
>> To: Thomas Larkin <tlarki at kckps.org>
>> Cc: casper at list.jamfsoftware.com
>> Sent: Fri, 8 May 2009 11:16 am
>> Subject: Re: [Casper] Feature Request - Tracking Decommissioned
>> Machines
>>
>> But then isn't that stolen machine still taking up a managed
>> or unmanaged license ? This is another example of a thing we would do
>> as well. We are a large school district and over the years these
>> stolen
>> or decommissioned machines can add up. Taking up managed or
>> unmanagedlicenses in Casper. Perhaps Jamf can still charge us for
>> these
>> licenses, but at a lower rate.
>> On May 8, 2009, at 12:01 PM, Thomas Larkin wrote:One thing we do for
>> stolen equipment is add the word _STOLEN at the end of the computer
>> name in the JSS database.  Then we create a smart group based on the
>> name.  That is how we track it, you could maybe do something similar.
>>
>>
>> ___________________________
>> Thomas Larkin
>> TIS Department
>> KCKPS USD500
>> tlarki at kckps.org
>> blackberry:  913-449-7589
>> office:  913-627-0351
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> &gt;&gt;&gt; Roger Corbin &lt;rcorbin at mac.com&gt; 05/08/09
>> 10:03 AM
>> &gt;&gt;&gt;
>> More and more Casper is also becoming a tool to track all of our
>> computer assets.  Eventually a computer gets too old for us to use or
>> is deemed not repairable.  In our old inventory system (Which we are
>> still running simultaneously as well.) we can change the
>> classification of these machines to "decommissioned".   For
>> accounting, historical and work order purposes we track those
>> machines
>> for a time even after they are sent off to recycling. It would be
>> great if Casper had some sort of classification for this so that you
>> could leave it in inventory but not take up a license (managed or
>> unmanaged.) I'm not sure how practical this would be, but it would be
>> handy for us. These decommissioned assets would not need much
>> information on them.  Just asset number, make and model and serial
>> number. Maybe some date information. Just bare bones basics. I'm not
>> sure if this is something anyone else would use or not but it would
>> be
>> very handy for us.
>>
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