Linux Extension for AIDA64
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1. License This Linux software which is an optional tool for AIDA64 Business and AIDA64 Network Audit is developed by ABSEIRA Ltd It can be downloaded for free from the official AIDA64 website Linux Extension for AIDA64 is a closed source software Its license allows end users to run the program but prohibits the modification reverse engineering and distribution of the source code Note Even though we can create reports of an unlimited number of Linux based PCs using Linux Extension for AIDA64 AIDA64 Audit Manager Database Manager and Change Manager cannot handle more computers than the number of clients specified in the product license Linux Extension for AIDA64 Contact 5 CONTACT ABSEIRA Kft 1 E F 1 1 Erzsebet ter 2 1051 Budapest Hungary Registration number 01 09 947083 VAT identification number 22971074 2 41 E mail info abseira com Business hours from Monday to Friday between 8 00 and 16 00 CET ABSEIRA Ltd is the international distributor of the AIDA64 product family v 1 0 First edition2. 0perating System Ubuntu 12 04 35 LTS Report 204 Date 01707 2014 Report 265 Time 21 46 Summary Computer 582 Computer Type x64 based Desktop Computer Summary Computer 513 0perating System Linux 3 8 0 29 generic x66_64 summary Computer 514 Computer Name ubuntu1Z aida local summary Computer 915 User Nane root summary Computer D Date Time 01 07 2014 21 46 summary Motherboard Froperties 51 CPU Type Intel R Corel TMH i5 3450 CPU 3 10GHz summary Motherboard Properties 516 Motherboard Name Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine Summary Motherboard Properties 520 System Menory 2046 MB summary Motherboard Properties 5241 B105 Type American Megatrends Inc 0572372012 summary Display 523 Video Adapter Microsoft Corporation Hyper V virtual VGA summary Display 524 3D Accelerator Unknown summary Display 525 Monitor Unknown Summary Multimedia Ss26 Audio Adapter Unknown summary storage 580 IDE Controller IDE interface summary Storage 581 5torage Controller 62371AB EB MB PIIX4 IDE summary storage 526 Disk Drive SCSI Disk summary torage 329 Optical Drive DUD reader summary Partitions 530 deu sdal Cext2 227 MB 188 MB free Sunmary Partitions 566 Total Sizer MB 166 MB free summary Input 532 Mouse Unknown summary Netyuork 536 Primary IP Address 192 166 1 150 summary Netuork 539 FPrimary MAC Address OO 15 5D 01 67 1B summary Netuork 534 Netuork Adapter Ethernet interface eth sum
3. Uses the specified hostname in the report To be used together with x e s lt days gt The number specified here determines the frequency of report creation in days The default value is 0 no scheduling The program stores the last report creation date in a file aida64_last_report in the tmp directory Linux Extension for AIDA64 Report 2 1 2 COMMAND LINE OPTION EXAMPLES e aida64_x64 g hu Searches for the language file Ing hu Ing and if it is available it loads the Hungarian language file and then creates the report in Hungarian e aida64_x64 d e l error log Logs the errors in the log file error log e aida64_ x64 o srv reports Saves the report to the specified srv reports directory e aida64_x64 x srv Ishw xml n Office debian Converts the XML file created by LSHW to a CSV file using the Office debian hostname for the report Jaida64 x64 s 1 Creates only one report per day no matter how many times we run the program on the given day REPORT REVIEW The program allows us to review the created CSV reports however this is not a user friendly format Page Device Group ItemID Item Value Report cor Version AIDAG4 v2 60 2100 en Report 0 LSHU version B 02 15 Report 266 Benchmark Module Unknown Report 259 Homepage http wuu aida64 com Keport 260 Report Type Command line Report 261 Computer ubuntul 2 aida local Keport 262 Generator root Report 263
4. ZK AIDAG4 Linux Extension for AIDA64 User manual v 1 0 10 01 2014 Linux Extension for AIDA64 is developed by Szilveszter Toth on behalf of ABSEIRA Ltd the international distributor of the AIDA64 product family This manual was created by ABSEIRA Ltd All rights reserved Copyright 2010 2014 ABSEIRA Kft Linux Extension for AIDA64 Contents CONTENTS 1 MUOdUCHON E 2 1 1 System el E 2 1 2 COS 3 1 3 User WAC EE 3 2 REDONE SE 4 2 1 CSA MOONS EE 4 2 1 1 Command line O DONS saae le ne En NE aeDA EEEE ENASI 4 2 1 2 Command line option examples iii 5 2 2 ROOMS soeeneen te 5 3 Repor COMICS en nee gece tev ee ne de a eine cite ee 6 4 HSID WE 7 5 E ele E 8 Linux Extension for AIDA64 Introduction 1 INTRODUCTION Developed for the business editions of the AIDA64 product family Linux Extension for AIDA64 is a tool that enables companies to collect audit reports from their Linux based clients It can create a hardware and software inventory of networked Linux PCs in a format that AIDA64 Business and AIDA64 Network Audit can import into their database It is not necessary to install Linux Extension for AIDA64 on each client separately as the application can be run from a central shared folder The software can be easily deployed in a corporate environment following the instructions in the Setup Guide which is downloadable from our website Operating system Linux kernel 2 6 or newer Processor Intel Pentium or
5. l problems CREATING REPORTS Creating reports with Linux Extension for AIDA64 is easy We just need to select the file corresponding to the used computer architecture and then add the command line options after the file aida64 options Linux Extension for AIDA64 saves reports as CSV files as this format can be easily processed or imported to a database We need to make sure that reports are created in the same language For example if we have created reports in Hungarian but would like to change the report language to English it is recommended to store the new reports separately from those previously generated as otherwise Change Manager will detect changes in almost all data 2 1 1 COMMAND LINE OPTIONS e h A brief description of supported command line options available only in English e d Debug mode Saves Ishw debug information into an XML file in the current or specified directory It is recommended to use it together with I e lt filename gt Writes all messages to a log file e e Logs empty unknown items It is recommended to use it together with d e 0 lt path gt Specifies the output directory e g lt language gt Selects the report language The specified language file has to be present in the Ing directory The default language is en English e x lt filename gt Instead of running Ishw loads the XML file created previously by Ishw e n lt hostname gt
6. mary Netuork Name eth 1 E 3 4 D 6 T If we need a human readable format or want to process the reports we need to convert them to HTML or import them into a database using AIDA64 Business or AIDA64 Network Audit Manually we can add reports to the report database in AIDA64 Database Manager or we can automate the process using the Task Scheduler in Windows in which we need to use the command line option CSV2SQL lt folder gt Linux Extension for AIDA64 Report contents 3 REPORT CONTENTS Summary It gives a summary of the computer s hardware configuration including information about the motherboard displays multimedia devices storage devices volumes input devices network peripheral devices and the DMI Computer name The host name as well as its NetBIOS and DNS names of the PC are listed here DMI Desktop Management Interface DMI information as defined in the SMBIOS specification is listed here such as details about the BIOS motherboard processor memory controllers port connectors and system slots CPU Processor details are provided here Memory Memory information including physical and virtual memory swap file size and Physical Address Extension PAE is provided here Operating system Detailed operating system information is listed here including installation date uptime statistics and the version number of operating system components Processes All running processes are listed he
7. newer Memory 32 MB or more Available hard drive space required for installation less than 5 MB The program is completely vendor independent and is compatible with all PCs As far as the available functions are concerned it is irrelevant if we run AIDA64 on a server or client operating system Further requirements e Ishw package version is B 02 16 or later e ibc6 libraries recommended e root credentials for running the program recommended e iconv package language dependent If we need complete reports we must run the program with root privileges When run with lower credentials the application does not have access to all hardware and software information and as a result it can only create incomplete reports with notably fewer details The static version of the program contains most of the required libc6 libraries but we only recommend using this on servers where libc6 installation is not possible Linux Extension for AIDA64 Introduction FUNCTIONS Using Linux Extension for AIDA64 we can collect reports even automatically if required from Linux based clients in a format that AIDA64 Business and AIDA64 Network Audit can import into their database to make a complete hardware and software inventory of all networked PCs at the company The product can also be helpful when we purchase new systems and want to make sure that the purchased computers contain all the components we ordered Automated network inventory U
8. re together with their properties Logical Drives Available local and network drives with information about the file system total size free space and volume serial are listed here Routes The defined TCP IP network routes are listed here Installed programs The programs installed on the operating system are listed here Linux Extension for AIDA64 Help 4 HELP Using the command line option h Linux Extension for AIDA64 will display all available command line switches with a brief description for each These provide customization options for network inventory and automatic report creation This information is only available in English in the program Usage aidab4_x64 Loptions Options show this help debug mode filename gt write all messages to log file log enpty unknoun items lt path gt output directory lt Ingcode gt select language language file must exist fi lename gt load xml file created by lhu thostname gt this hostname will be used in report lt days gt minimum number of days between reports default off Language The language file is a simple text file containing key value pairs Besides the language dependent settings it includes error messages and category names used in the reports Contact For technical support please write to us Support abseira com and attach the XML CSV and LOG files the program creates when it is launched by the following command aida64 d e I report log
9. sing command line options Linux Extension for AIDA64 can automatically collect hardware and software information from the PC fleet connected to the company network The data collected from individual computers can be saved to CSV report files The collected reports together with the information gathered directly from Windows clients are processed by AIDA64 Audit Manager which can also provide network audit statistics and diagrams on hardware and software distribution Hardware detection Linux Extension for AIDA64 uses LSHW to provide information on the hardware configuration of PCs Software analysis The software lists running processes services and installed programs USER INTERFACE Not having a graphical user interface the program can be launched with terminal commands root ubuntul sru share AIDAG4H aidab4t_x64 e 1 log log o sru share reports rooteubuntul srv share IDAG _ Linux Extension for AIDA64 Report 2 REPORT Managing an inventory of hardware and software updates for an entire PC fleet on paper or even in Excel would require a lot of hard work and time However Linux Extension for AIDA64 can provide a very detailed inventory of all the hardware and software components in a PC create a report of these even automatically if required and send these reports to any selected computer or server From there all the system administrator needs to do is thumb through the reports and solve any potentia
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