Symantec 10514794-FR Datasheet

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Symantec Discovery™

Track hardware/software assets and monitor license compliance throughout a

multiplatform IT infrastructure

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OVERVIEW

Symantec Discovery™ helps ensure Client Resilience by

identifying and tracking all of your organization's hardware

and software assets. The more knowledge an organization has

about its IT assets, the more control it has over associated

costs, purchases, helpdesk support and overall client

management. This control then helps organizations keep their

IT infrastructures secure, available, and compliant with

corporate standards.

Effective control of assets includes starting with a

comprehensive baseline inventory that includes information

about each computer or other network device, a list of all

installed software, and the physical location of each device. In

order to maintain continued control of network assets, it is

also necessary to perform ongoing audits and generate

comprehensive reports to understand the state of the

infrastructure at any given time.

Using Symantec Discovery, an IT organization can fully

understand where devices are located and how they’re

configured, as well as track a complete history of when any

changes have taken place. Integrated LANProbe™ technology

uncovers and locates every IP-addressable device on the

net

work

, providing a complete and accurate audit every time.

Symantec Discovery can be used as an integral piece of many

IT related projects including managing an OS upgrade or roll-

out, enforcing software licensing compliance, negotiating

license renewals or equipment contracts, benchmarking

existing equipment prior to a hardware refresh, investigating

unauthorized or restricted application use, and reporting on IT

assets for mergers & acquisitions or bankruptcies.

Symantec Discovery works easily with existing lifecycle

management processes and tools, helping minimize the total

cost of owning and maintaining devices and software licenses.

As an essential component of the Symantec LiveState™ Client

Management Suite, it also provides the integral information

needed to manage and track client devices wherever they may

reside in a production environment.

BENEFITS

Help Ensure Client Resilience

• Keep machines secure and available by scanning and

identifying malicious applications and file-types that are

suspect.

• Fast, non-invasive auditing of hardware (CPU, memory,

disk, etc.) and software (OS with version/service-pack

information, commercial products and/or in-house

applications) provides accurate information regarding the

tate of each device.

•

Scheduled and on-demand auditing provides the abilit

y to

keep track of ongoing changes throughout an IT

infrastructure and helps ensure devices stay compliant

with corporate standards.

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Reduce Cost and Effort

•

Decrease software licensing costs by reclaiming or

reallocating unused or redundant software licenses

ased on installation and usage reports.

• Mitigate the risk of licensing non-compliance, including

fines and legal action due to oversubscribing software

licenses.

• Automate manual inventory audits to maintain a more

effective and accurate assessment of your IT assets.

• Simplify & accurately estimate upgrades using a web

based co

sting tool.

Stay in Control of Your IT Environment

• Easily find and track all devices across all network

segments to identify all assets including desktops,

notebooks, servers, routers, and printers, regardless of

how they are connected to the network.

• Ensure the client agent is reliably delivered to users

regardless of operating system, network topology, or

connection type leveraging a comprehensive range of

agent deployment methods such as automatic delivery

over the network, via email, or web installation.

•

Eliminate impact to user productivity or net

work ser

vice

when performing hardware/software audits. Simple and

optimized IP communication enables reliable audits to be

perf

ormed over highly utiliz

ed W

ANs or low bandwidth

connections.

FEATURES

Auto-discovery

• Complete discovery of all network devices across

multiple locations or operating systems, including

desktops, notebooks, servers, routers, and printers.

• Small client and delta-based reporting provides faster

analysis across different connections and enables

identification of hardware, without the need to push an

agent to every device.

• Drag-and-drop functionality makes it easy to inventory

and track IT assets by geographical location and

functional grouping.

Location detection

• Patented LANProbe identifies physical device locations

by interrogating all switching and routing devices on the

network, VLAN, and subnet environments.

• Robust asset tracking allows for accurate inventory of

mobile computers and assets at remote sites.

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Agent-based inventory management

• Mirroring of Active Directory user groups and

organizational units allows deployment of agents and

reporting of audits using a common view of the network.

• Provides detailed reports of all hardware and software

information on network devices, such as processor types,

BIOS dates, MAC addresses, disk capacities, available

memory slots, software versions and installation dates,

file types, data from custom fields and more.

•

Audits defined per device, scheduled or on-demand.

Multiplatform

• Supports a heterogeneous environment including

Windows®, Linux®, UNIX®, IBM AIX®, and Mac® platforms.

Asset tracking

• Easily track and manage leased IT equipment by tracking

the serial numbers of VDU monitors – ensuring that the

right kit is accounted for at all times and returned at the

end of the lease.

• Maintains a comprehensive audit trail by tracking all

installations, moves, additions, and changes.

•

Hardware changes are dynamically recognized and

reported, allowing IT to ha

ve near real-time asset

inventory information

•

Alerts can automatically no

tif

y adminis

trators when

specific changes occur

, such as removal of memory or

unauthoriz

ed sof

ware installation.

Software license and usage monitoring

• Software usage auditing provides details regarding

which users within your organization use a particular

application and how often they use it.

• Software license compliance reports provide a quick and

comprehensive overview of the state of licensing

compliance for each device throughout an organization.

Comprehensive data analysis, reporting, and graphing

• Performs PC & network inventory across distributed

heterogeneous networks rapidly, silently & continuously

to provide a complete, accurate & up-to-date audit.

• Easily customize audit queries and histories

Web access

• Compliance with US Rehabilitation Act Section 508

legislation, provides web reporting that is designed

to help ensure ease of use for those with

accessibility needs.

• Web-based interface offers powerful “what if” tools &

helps managers plan and budget to network changes.

By specifying hardware and software pre-requisites,

component cos

t & labor time, Symantec Discovery can

displa

y a break

down of computer age by department or

globally

, allowing you to ex

amine the sk

ew of

manufacturer or device t

ype acro

ss the organization

and analyz

e asset usage by manufacturer or product

•

Easily configure v

arious levels of securit

y access, allow

complete anonymous access to an

y member of s

taff, or to

control by countr

, department or o

ther organizational unit.

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Dashboard View

• Provides administrators and other executive stakeholders

with a clear graphical view of key systems intelligence.

Each Dashboard user can choose from 15 pre-configured

reports covering such areas as license compliance, asset

availability, project planning and risk management.

LAN, WAN, and Internet auditing

• A range of deployment methods helps ensure the client

agent is reliably delivered to users regardless of

operating system, network topology, or connection type.

Supported Environments:

Symantec Discovery Administration Control Center

• Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server

• Web Control Center requires Microsoft IE 5.0 or higher

Server Operating Systems

• Microsoft Windows 2000 (Server Versions)

• Microsoft Windows 2003 (Server Versions)

• IIS 5 or 6 required for Web Server and secure

data transfer

Client Operating Systems

Windows Platforms

• Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 2000, 2003, NT and XP

• Red Hat Linux (Version 7 and above) on Intel

• Sun Solaris on SPARC (Sun OS version 5.6 and above)

• HP-UX on PA-RISC (version 11 and above)

• MAC OSX 10.1, 10.2, 10.3

• SUSE Linux 8.0 and above on Intel

•

IBM AIX 5.1 and 5.2

LANProbe requirements

• LANProbe operates over an IP network on Ethernet

and Token Ring. Physical location is supported on

Ethernet networks utilizing managed SNMP-enabled

switches only.

Network environments

• TCP/IPv4

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More information

Visit our Web site

http://sea.symantec.com/discovery

To speak with a Product Specialist in the US

Call toll-free 1 (800) 745 6054

To speak with a Product Specialist outside the U.S.

Symantec has operations in more than 40 countries.

For specific country offices and contact numbers, visit

our Web site.

About S

ymantec

ymantec is the world leader in providing solutions

to help individuals and enterprises assure the security,

availability, and integrity of their information.

Headquartered in Cupertino, Calif., Symantec has

operations in more than 40 countries. More information

is available at www.symantec.com.

Symantec Corporation World Headquarters

20330 Stevens Creek Boulevard

Cupertino, CA 95014 USA

408 517 8000

800 721 3934

www.symantec.com

ymantec and the S

ymantec logo are re

gis

tered trademarks of S

ymantec Corporation and/

or its subsidiaries in the United States and elsewhere. LiveState and Symantec Discovery are trademarks of Symantec

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