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Tivoli Inventory at CMS

Tivoli Inventory at CMS. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services David Pittman. History of Tivoli at CMS. Initial Product Installed Net View 1996 Product set-up but no knowledge transfer Product fully utilized after 1 year. History of Tivoli at CMS.

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Tivoli Inventory at CMS

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  1. Tivoli Inventory at CMS Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services David Pittman

  2. History of Tivoli at CMS • Initial Product Installed Net View 1996 • Product set-up but no knowledge transfer • Product fully utilized after 1 year

  3. History of Tivoli at CMS • Tivoli Framework purchased with 20 Licenses for Medicare Transaction System (MTS) • MTS Project Cancelled • Licenses Absorbed by Technology Infrastructure Group

  4. History of Tivoli at CMS • Project Expanded by Mid-Tier Resource Management to include all current Mid-Tier Servers (96 Machines- NT and AIX) • Tivoli Tests in the Integrated Test Facility (February 2000) • Final Acceptance Test in Production (September 2000)

  5. History of Tivoli at CMS • Department of Health and Human Services Enterprise Agreement • Expansion to Include Desktops • 5500 Licenses eventually allocated

  6. Uses of Tivoli Inventory • Identifying Specific Programs Installed • Identifying the Presence of Virus Files • Security Issues • Software Licensing

  7. Identifying Specific Programs Installed • Webshots • Interfered with a specific software push • 600 plus machines effected • Re-imaging would have been required • Follow-up Automated Software Installs to Verify Success

  8. Identifying the Presence of Virus Files • NIMDA • Assisted in Isolating Infected machines • Verified Installation of Latest Virus Signature Files

  9. Security Issues • Identify Unauthorized SQL Servers • Microsoft IIS • Personal Web Servers

  10. Software Licensing • Real Player • Over 1000 Users Identified • Visio • Verify Authorized Users, Remove from Unauthorized Desktops • Microsoft Project • Verify Authorized Users, Remove from Unauthorized Desktops

  11. HHS Inventory Project • IT Asset Inventory for All HHS Agencies • Tivoli Inventory Provides 95% of CMS’s Inventory Data • Delivered Data to Department On-Time With No Additional Manpower

  12. MIF Files • Management Information Format (MIF) • ODIN Survey Form • Second Day Software Install Request • Custom MIF for Change Management

  13. Future Plans for Inventory At CMS • Upgrade from Inventory 3.6.2 to Inventory 4.0 by Mid-April • Add Novell Servers to Tivoli and begin Inventory • Install M-dist Collector on North Building Gateway and Move Oracle Instance to Dedicated Oracle Server

  14. Demo of CMS Tivoli Desktop

  15. Questions • Thank You

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