ReadyNas & Spiceworks

Hi Gibxxi,

SNMP is pulling a lot of the information but some is wrong - mostly disk space.

For example with SNMP i get the following

Linux NAS1 2.6.37.6.RNx86_64.2.1
1GB Ram
Device mac address(es)
and then;

-850998976512 Bytes of disk space

I would prefer not to enable root since SNMP should be giving back enough information for my needs (and as it stands i can deal with what i get returned), it would just be nice to have all devices reporting correctly, without the need to open the system up as it were.


Windows 7
As for that and SpiceWorks, that is easier than you think (it does however need to be run on each machine so if you have loads, build this in to the image).

Run a Command Prompt as Administrator, and enter / paste the following (without quotes):
"netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="windows management instrumentation (WMI)" new enable=Yes"
NB you can't do this via a manual rule, you have to enable it by the above line in a command

Reg edit
Save below here to a text file with the extension .reg and run it on the Win7 machines.

---------- from here----------
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy"=dword:00000001
---------- to here ----------

and hey presto, Windows 7 scans.


I use spiceworks for several reasons

a) it's free
b) it does what i need
c) it isnt overly complicated to use for a small network.
d) i can use it to keep track of my purchases/assets
e) it has a built in helpdesk system, and it works great for small networks

I'm sure there are others out there but i like this one and i am sure if you didnt have issues you too would have got involved in it, and liked, some if not all it has to offer.

I have been using SW since V1.6 and it has grown rapidly over the years.

V6 is to bring out an agent for guests, so this will also help issues with firewalls etc.