ReadyNas & Spiceworks

So running an Ultra 6 Plus? What firmware on the NAS? What SpiceWorks version?

Hi Chirpa, thanks for the reply here are your answers

Firmware: RAIDiator 4.2.19
Spiceworks, Inc. Version 5.3.75884

I also have the addon SNMPon installed and active and that is how i am currently getting the results i get.

I hope this helps, if you need any further information please do let me know, as stated though if possible i would like to avoid using SSH or any form of root access, but i guess if i have to i have to (or i simply dont monitor this with SpiceWorks properly).

Rod

Hi Chirpa, i know you are busy, just wondering if you found anything i might be able to do to get SW scanning my nas as it should - no problem if you haven't or you are still looking.

Sorry to chase an old thread, but has anyone got any more news on this at all. So far this is the only device on my spiceworks that isnt reporting correctly.

I could get it to scan my Ultra 4 no problem. Can't remember if I used the "root" account & password (RootSSH Enabled) or the admin account. If I had to guess, it was probably root. I don't know, but I am doubtful the admin account would have sufficient priviledges for Spiceworks. For me, the bigger problem was getting it to scan my Windows 7 Home machines. It just refused point-blank, and I tried pretty much every firewall bypass rule, registry hack and setting I could find on their help section, no dice. So I uninstalled it.

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.

Hi ukmagic,

Thanks for the tips. They look vaguely familiar, but I'll give it another try over the next couple of days and report back. Spiceworks looks like a comprehensive app, and I was somewhat dismayed it didn't work for me first time around. But I'm not above calling it "idiot-error" lol.

I'm assuming you have the SNMP add-on installed on the NAS? or are you using one that has SNMP functionality already enabled?

[EDIT:] I'm only an amature techie / enthusiast, but have been in computers for about 15 years. I have 4 systems of my own, and also do support for family & freinds. Spiceworks looked like the kind of thing I was looking for to keep an eye on the entire network when everything's powered on (see my sig). So if I can get this working, it'll be a real boon for me.

:)

ukmagic wrote:
Hi Chirpa, thanks for the reply here are your answers Firmware: RAIDiator 4.2.19 Spiceworks, Inc. Version 5.3.75884 I also have the addon SNMPon installed and active and that is how i am currently getting the results i get. Rod

Taken from a post higher up :)

Should of looked, didn't see that. I'm having one of those kinda days, lol, 35 today too. Think the rampant senility is creeping in already.

:)

It happens, especially when we are as old as you are!

I noticed in your sig that you have the same MB and CPU combo as me - i7 920 and GA-EX58-UD5, but i have 12GB ram.

I'm sure now the forum post is active again somene else might add in any comments they have with regard to SNMP scanning using spiceworks.

Oh and Happy Birthday old (wo)man?