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    Alternatives to Spiceworks for hardware & software auditing

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    • thanksajdotcomT
      thanksajdotcom
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      I know SolarWinds has some tools that are popular, but they will spam the heck out of you, so beware.

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      • ?
        A Former User @thanksajdotcom
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        @ajstringham said:

        I know SolarWinds has some tools that are popular, but they will spam the heck out of you, so beware.

        As do most. Manage Engine does as well.

        Though I have seen the worst from Zerto, never heard of them til a few weeks ago. but I have sworn them off now due to their horrible marketing. (about a call and an email from a different sales person almost everyday 2 weeks straight.)

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        • IRJI
          IRJ @thanksajdotcom
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          @ajstringham said:

          I know SolarWinds has some tools that are popular, but they will spam the heck out of you, so beware.

          Wait a second... what do you mean they will spam the heck out of you? I use Solarwinds Orion, Solar Winds Network Monitor, and Solar Winds Web Help Desk. I rarely receive emails from them

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          • thanksajdotcomT
            thanksajdotcom @IRJ
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            @IRJ said:

            @ajstringham said:

            I know SolarWinds has some tools that are popular, but they will spam the heck out of you, so beware.

            Wait a second... what do you mean they will spam the heck out of you? I use Solarwinds Orion, Solar Winds Network Monitor, and Solar Winds Web Help Desk. I rarely receive emails from them

            Then you are the VERY rare exception. I used to get emails daily.

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            • IRJI
              IRJ @thanksajdotcom
              last edited by

              @ajstringham said:

              @IRJ said:

              @ajstringham said:

              I know SolarWinds has some tools that are popular, but they will spam the heck out of you, so beware.

              Wait a second... what do you mean they will spam the heck out of you? I use Solarwinds Orion, Solar Winds Network Monitor, and Solar Winds Web Help Desk. I rarely receive emails from them

              Then you are the VERY rare exception. I used to get emails daily.

              Are the tools you are using free?

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              • thanksajdotcomT
                thanksajdotcom @IRJ
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                @IRJ said:

                @ajstringham said:

                @IRJ said:

                @ajstringham said:

                I know SolarWinds has some tools that are popular, but they will spam the heck out of you, so beware.

                Wait a second... what do you mean they will spam the heck out of you? I use Solarwinds Orion, Solar Winds Network Monitor, and Solar Winds Web Help Desk. I rarely receive emails from them

                Then you are the VERY rare exception. I used to get emails daily.

                Are the tools you are using free?

                Yeah, I wasn't using the paid at the time.

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                  Carnival Boy
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                  Does anyone here use their own scripts rather than 3rd party tools?

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                    A Former User @Carnival Boy
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                    @Carnival-Boy I dobut it. for the desktops side of things it's fairly easy to script with pstools or WMI to get the data and put in a text file. But the organization of it is the hard part.

                    Honestly I think a excel spreadsheet can be more accurate than spiceworks inventory anymore with the newer versions.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @thanksajdotcom
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                      @ajstringham said:

                      @IRJ said:

                      @ajstringham said:

                      @IRJ said:

                      @ajstringham said:

                      I know SolarWinds has some tools that are popular, but they will spam the heck out of you, so beware.

                      Wait a second... what do you mean they will spam the heck out of you? I use Solarwinds Orion, Solar Winds Network Monitor, and Solar Winds Web Help Desk. I rarely receive emails from them

                      Then you are the VERY rare exception. I used to get emails daily.

                      Are the tools you are using free?

                      Yeah, I wasn't using the paid at the time.

                      That's what does it. They don't spam customers.

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                      • IRJI
                        IRJ @thanksajdotcom
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                        @ajstringham said:

                        @IRJ said:

                        @ajstringham said:

                        @IRJ said:

                        @ajstringham said:

                        I know SolarWinds has some tools that are popular, but they will spam the heck out of you, so beware.

                        Wait a second... what do you mean they will spam the heck out of you? I use Solarwinds Orion, Solar Winds Network Monitor, and Solar Winds Web Help Desk. I rarely receive emails from them

                        Then you are the VERY rare exception. I used to get emails daily.

                        Are the tools you are using free?

                        Yeah, I wasn't using the paid at the time.

                        Ok. I used paid versions so that explains the lack of spamming

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @Carnival Boy
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                          @Carnival-Boy said:

                          Does anyone here use their own scripts rather than 3rd party tools?

                          No but seriously considering that.

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                          • Rob DunnR
                            Rob Dunn @IRJ
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                            @IRJ said:

                            @ajstringham said:

                            I know SolarWinds has some tools that are popular, but they will spam the heck out of you, so beware.

                            Wait a second... what do you mean they will spam the heck out of you? I use Solarwinds Orion, Solar Winds Network Monitor, and Solar Winds Web Help Desk. I rarely receive emails from them

                            Probably because you already drank the Kool-Aid. It's the *potential *customers they want.

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                            • Rob DunnR
                              Rob Dunn @Rob Dunn
                              last edited by Rob Dunn

                              @Rob-Dunn
                              For a poor-man's inventory, you can use Open-Audit, it's all web and script based. It's not been updated in years, but it might do what you want.

                              AND it has a Linux package (and appliance download!)

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                              • IRJI
                                IRJ @Rob Dunn
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                                @Rob-Dunn said:

                                @IRJ said:

                                @ajstringham said:

                                I know SolarWinds has some tools that are popular, but they will spam the heck out of you, so beware.

                                Wait a second... what do you mean they will spam the heck out of you? I use Solarwinds Orion, Solar Winds Network Monitor, and Solar Winds Web Help Desk. I rarely receive emails from them

                                Probably because you already drank the Kool-Aid. It's the *potential *customers they want.

                                Yeah, I mentioned it was because i was using the paid version in the next post

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