Administering deployed software
The Deployed Software application enables you to browse deployed software records that were imported from a software discovery tool.
Data displayed in this application varies depending on the discovery tool used to collect the data. Some data fields in the Deployed Software application might be empty. An empty field indicates that the discovery tool did not collect the data or that administrators did not map the data for import into the database.
The Deployed Software application provides a read-only view of
the deployed software records in the database, organized by software
title. You can use the Deployed Software application to perform the
following tasks:
- View information that a discovery tool collected about software and the computer or partition on which it is actually installed
- Correlate information about deployed software with the corresponding information about the authorized computer or partition linked to the deployed computer or partition through the reconciliation process
- Exempt selected software from being included in software audit reports. For example, you might not want backup, beta, or trial software counted when you perform software audits
- Verify that deployed software has been removed from a partition or computer
Before presenting the procedures for using the Deployed Software application, some supplemental information is described, including deployed software and other related concepts.