JDisc Discovery is a network inventory and documentation software that scans all kind of devices and determines hardware- and software information. The software gets used by IT administrators that use the software on a day-by-day basis, but also by network consultants that run the software occasionally on their projects. IT administrators usually have a deep…
As mentioned in the previous post, creating a network documentation for remote computers and sites is not that easy. Inefficient protocols can make an effective discovery of remote sites even impossible, because network delays and limited bandwidth causes them to fail. JDisc Discovery can make use of its remote login capability to tunnel inefficient protocols…
The most important protocols WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) and Remote Registry are not known to be the most efficient protocols. However they are for most agent-less discovery products the sole source of information. When running within a 100MBit or 1Gbit ethernet local area network, accessing WMI or registry information is not an issue. However, when…
JDisc’s R&D department has been adding a lot of new features to our network inventory solution “JDisc Discovery” over the last three years. Some of them are advanced features that are not that obvious to users who do not operate the software on day-by-day basis. The goal of my “Hidden Treasures” series is to present…
Dear JDisc friends, did you ever find yourself in the situation that one of your devices is not working correctly and you ask yourself: “Why the heck is that device failing, while others work properly? I swear, there is nothing different to other devices working properly!”? In most cases, the reason is that you think…
Dear JDisc friends, we think, that JDisc Discovery is a pretty cool network documentation product. I will present with “Hidden Treasures” some not so well known features within this blog and I hope that it’ll help to maximize the value created by JDisc. Starting a network inventory project is usually an iterative process. You start…
We are happy to announce the new major release 2.6 of our network inventory and documentation solution “JDisc Discovery”! As usual, our development engineers added many new stunning features where most of them were inspired by discussions with our customers. The new features cover three main topics. 1. Tracking Changes The bigger networks grow,…
Hello, I’d like to welcome you to my JDisc Discovery blog. The purpose of this blog is to exchange information and ideas around the topic automated network inventory and network documentation. Most of the new exciting features in JDisc Discovery have been developed in close cooperation with out clients. Collaboration is the key for our…