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A different implementation of software and license management.
This aims to replace the regular iTop Software Catalog and Software instances. It will NOT remove the data by default; but it will make old info invisible for the users.
The idea is to implement better software management:
- the software name could be something generic ("MS Office") or a bit more specific ("MS Office 2019")
- more detailed version info could be set on the software instance
- licenses could be linked to users, devices and/or software instance
- this covers downgrade rights, as you can now link for example a "Windows Server 2019 Standard" license to both "Windows Server 2019 Standard" and "Windows Server 2016 Standard"
- this covers usage rights, such as "Windows Server User CAL"
Caution: influences all the classes listed below.
Except for FunctionalCI, they all get ( original)
appended to their class name (label) in iTop.
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FunctionalCI
- replaces Software list (AttributeLinkedSet): SoftwareInstance -> izSoftwareInstallation
- replaces neighbour "SoftwareInstance" with izSoftwareInstallation
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DatabaseSchema
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Patch
- OSPatch
- SoftwarePatch
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SoftwareInstance
- DBServer
- Middleware
- OtherSoftware
- PCSoftware
- WebServer
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WebApplication
XML:
- new classes
- replacing existing fields/relationships
- DatabaseSchema => original DBServer
- Izsoftwareinstallation => parent 'FunctionalCI'