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From: pauls@locust.cic.net (Paul Southworth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.misc,comp.sys.sun.admin,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.solaris,comp.sys.sgi.admin,comp.sys.hp.misc
Subject: Re: System information retrieval! HELP!!!
Followup-To: comp.sources.wanted
Date: 25 May 1994 13:38:03 GMT
Organization: CICNet, Inc.
Lines: 67
Distribution: inet
Message-ID: <2rvkbr$9ak@spruce.cic.net>
References: <CqBIH4.K3G@athena.ulaval.ca>
NNTP-Posting-Host: locust.cic.net
Keywords: hardware inventory retrieval configuration
In article <CqBIH4.K3G@athena.ulaval.ca>,
Remy Gendron <gendron@ift.ulaval.ca> wrote:
>We want to retrieve AUTOMATICALLY the hardware and software
>configurations of UNIX machines. We know how to get every item in
>the following lists, but we are looking for an integrated utility
>(or part of one) that could do all this.
Some of the things on your list are not things that a Unix machine can
necessarily know anything about specifically (eg, the Unix box doesn't
know what kind of router handles its default route, only that the route
exists on the network; detecting monitors is also tricky although video
cards are not so tough). In that case you might be better off with
SNMP tools. However, the thing you need for Unix system specs and
configuration is "sysinfo".
Available via anonymous ftp at usc.edu:/pub/sysinfo.
If you want it done "AUTOMATICALLY" then stick it in a crontab.
You might consider posting to comp.sources.wanted or alt.sources.wanted
next time -- it's generally a hangout for archive maintainers and
all-purpose samaritans who will help you find what you need.
This is what sysinfo output looks like:
GENERAL INFORMATION
Host Name : locust.cic.net
Host Aliases :
Host Address(es) : 192.131.22.8
Host ID : xxxxxxxx
Serial Number : xxxxxxxx
Manufacturer : Sun (Sun Microsystems Incorporated)
System Model : 4/50 (SPARCstation IPX)
Main Memory : 36 MB
Virtual Memory : 128 MB
ROM Version : 2.4
CPU Type :
Number of CPUs :
App Architecture : sun4
Kernel Architecture : sun4c
OS Name : SunOS
OS Version : 4.1.3
Kernel Version : SunOS Release 4.1.3 (LOCUST_MC) #1: Thu Apr 28 12:05:11 EDT 1994
DEVICE INFORMATION
SUNW,Sun 4/50 is a "40 MHz SUNW,Sun 4/50" 40 MHz SUNW,Sun 4/50
openprom is a "Open Boot PROM" pseudo device
zs0 is a "Zilog 8530" serial communications chip
zs1 is a "Zilog 8530" serial communications chip
audio0 is a "AM79C30A DSC" telephone quality audio
sbus0 is a "SBus" system bus
dma0 is a "DMA Driver"
esp0 is a "Generic SCSI interface" disk controller
st0 is a "unknown" tape drive
sd0 is a "MK-538FB" 1.1 GB disk drive
le0 is a "AMD Lance Am7990" 10Mb/sec Ethernet network interface
cgsix0 is a "GX 8-bit Accelerated Color (cgsix)" frame buffer
kbd is a "Sun Type-4" Keyboard
--
Paul Southworth
CICNet Systems Support
pauls@cic.net