Snow agent on azure machines

tempdeall asked a question.

September 27, 2018 at 7:00 AM

Hi,

Currently the Azure Discovery connector, if I understand it correctly, only gathers HW data.

So my question is if it's possible to deploy the Snow Inventory Agent on the azure machines as well, in order to fetch both HW and SW?

If my the response to my above question is yes, I'm also wondering if it's possible to have a azure 'mid' inventory server that all azure machines reports to, which then sends the data to the 'ordinary' inventory server? (so that all azure machines don't have to communicate to the primary endpoint themselves).

Furthermore, if the answer is yes to my first question again, is it possible to have a lower quarantine days value for the azure machines separated from the 'ordinary' machines?

Thanks in advance,

Dennis

Community Manager (Flexera Software)
8 years ago
Hi Dennis, thank you for posting this question. 1) Yes, it is possible to equip Azure machines with our Snow Inventory Agent, as long as they meet the system requirements for the inventory agent. 2) Yes, it is possible to route inventory agent data through a so called 'Service Gateway', which is located in a remote location. In your case, this would be a separate machine inside Azure. All Azure computers would report to this machine and would not require a connection to the Inventory Master Server. Only the Service Gateway would need to establish a connection outside of Azure to access the Inventory Master Server. Please see this architecture diagram for a clear picture of the possible setup. If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to ask. /marcel
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- tempdeall
  8 years ago
  Hi Marcel, Thanks a lot for your prompt response! Do you have any documentation on how to setup the 'service gateway server'? And also, you don't happen to have an answer to my 3rd question as well? The one about separating the quarantine times for different machines? Thanks again, Dennis
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  - Community Manager (Flexera Software)
    8 years ago
    Hi Dennis, sorry for missing your third question. 3) Quarantine is set in Snow Management and Configuration Center (SMACC) for all computers of your estate. It is currently not possible to set this for individual computers. Nevertheless you have multiple settings to hopefully achieve your goal: Computers will run into quarantine after a adjustable number of days. After this time, computers will be flagged as 'In Quarantine'. They will still be considered in the compliance calculation. After a second threshold another action will be triggered, that either deletes the affected computers or puts them into an 'Inactive' state. Both actions will remove the computers from the compliance calculation. Default values are 30 days until 'In Quarantine' and another 60 days until 'Inactive'/'Delete'. You can modify both thresholds. /marcel
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    tempdeall
    8 years ago
    Thank you Marcel for your very quick and informative responses. //Dennis
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  - tempdeall
    8 years ago
    And also, do you have any connector that will gather both HW and SW from azure in your pipeline?
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    Community Manager (Flexera Software)
    8 years ago
    Hi Dennis, our product Snow Integration Manager contains the Azure Discovery Connector , which allows you to discover machines in your Azure environment. Details, that are taken, are Name , DNSHostName , MAC and IPAddress . /marcel
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Snow agent on azure machines