You can select one or more network devices to promote to
authorized IT assets using the Promote to Asset option
in the Select Action menu in the Network Devices
application. The promotion process creates authorized IT asset records
in the Assets application using data from the network device records.
About this task
You can select multiple records to promote only if your
result set on the List tab is fewer than the maximum number of rows
allowed for your implementation. By default, this is 200 rows. If
your result set exceeds 200 rows, use the Advanced Search feature
to create a result set that has fewer than 200 rows.
If
you want to promote a single network device, you can open its record
on the Network Device tab and then promote
it.
Procedure
- On the List tab in the Network Devices
application, display the network devices that you want to promote
to IT assets.
- Select the Select Records check
box, and then select the network device records you want to promote.
- From the Select Action menu, select Promote
to Asset.
- In the Network Devices Selected for Promotion section of
the window, review the network devices listed to check that the appropriate
devices are selected.
- In the Default Values section, review the default values.
- Select one of the following options:
- To use the default values specified, click OK to
promote the network devices.
- To change the default values and apply them to the network
devices listed in the Network Devices Selected for Promotion table:
- Modify values in the fields in the Default Values section as needed.
- To apply the default promotion values to network devices selected
for promotion, click Apply Defaults.
- Click OK to promote the network devices.
- To define values for specific network devices:
- In the Network Devices Selected for Promotion table, expand the
row for the network device that you want to promote.
- In the expanded row, specify values in the fields as required.
Values that you specify in the Network Devices Selected for Promotion
section overwrite any default values defined for the promotion.
- Click OK to promote the network devices.
What to do next
When you promote network devices to assets, the application
displays a system message listing promotion results. If 16 or more
records are promoted, the message does not show individual network
device and asset numbers. Instead it shows a count of the number
of records that were promoted, already linked, and already promoted.
Check the log or the reconciliation links to view the assets created
as a result of the promotion. You can find the promotion log file
in the following location:
machineName_MXServer_AssetPromotion.log