ESSENTIAL INFORMATION

General Remarks

This Section summarises the basic aspects regarding the Setup and use of Synexsys Inventory. We recommend that you dedicate enough time to familiarise yourself with this information and you will save a lot of time.

Usage

Stopping Synexsys Servers (services)
Database Backup
Must the agent be locally installed to perform an audit?
Inventory Cycle Duration
Remote execution of the Console

 

Stopping Synexsys Servers (services) - Never stop Synexsys servers manually from the command line or through the Service Manager intermediary. Instead, use the management program provided for this purpose. This program is located in the Synexsys program group in the Start menu, and directly on the server (..\Program Files\Synexsys\server\bin\sxsimsvc.exe). If you have Synexsys ADMIN rights, you can also use the option "Start / Stop Synexsys servers" in the "ADMIN" menu.
   
Database Backup and Maintenance: You should regularly make a backup of the Synexsys database. Check the backup procedure for more details.
   
Must the agent be locally installed to perform an audit? : No. There is no need to install it! Most of our clients execute Synexsys audits through their login script (network connection script). Of course, you MAY also automatically distribute the Synexsys agent and deploy them as Windows services (for instance, for all servers), but in this case you will need to have GLOBAL ADMINISTRATOR rights to be recognised as LOCAL ADMINISTRATOR in the PCs where the service is installed (See the FAQs for more details).
   
Inventory Cycle Duration: Synexsys is capable of handling several thousand audits daily. However, performing a full inventory cycle and loading the collected data in the base may take the system several minutes. The total time will depend on the frequency of the cycles of the various SXSi components, on the nature of the inventory, on the volume of collected information, as well as on many other parameters such as the speed and load of your processor. Use F5 or the "Refresh screen" option of the "Tools" menu to update what you see in the Console.
   
Remote execution of the Console: The Synexsys Console can be executed remotely from any PC and without need of installing any software on the local workstation. To do it, share the ..\synexsys\console folder of your Synexsys server and make sure the OUTBOX= parameter of the CONFIG.INI file is referenced using the UNC standard. You must have writing rights on the OUTBOX folder.

If you cannot or don't want to share the Synexsys Console folder, then take the Synexsys Console with you on a flash memory card for example (simply copy all the Console's folders on it). Again, be carefull and make sure that the config.ini parameters are correct. Remark that in this particular case, you cannot use the Console to setup the Audits rules.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Update: 21.12.2004