JP6709442B2 - Asset management device, asset management method, asset management program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an asset management device, an asset management method, and an asset management program that manage software information of a plurality of client terminals as asset information.

In recent years, it has become common for companies to utilize inventory information collected by an IT asset management system in order to efficiently grasp software license usage information with one license management system. Then, as a conventional technique related to a license management system utilizing this type of inventory information, for example, a technique described in Patent Document 1 or the like is known.

Generally, when collecting inventory information in an IT asset management system, a host identifier is basically assigned to the collected machine. Based on the unique host identifier, the above-mentioned conventional technology allows the same IT asset management system to be regarded as a unique machine even when IT assets are moved due to personnel changes or the like. In this way, inventory information can be centrally managed.

JP, 2002-279165, A

However, the types of software used are very large, and our average value is about 2 to 3 times the number of types of PCs and servers that we have, and 1000 PCs are used. There is also a statistical result that companies that own a server or server use about 3000 types of software, and companies that hold 5000 PCs or servers use about 10,000 types of software. This is the current situation. It is a general mechanism to determine whether or not these enormous pieces of software are licensed by the organization and send an alert if they are not licensed.However, the version of the software may change when the user does not intend, In many cases, unexpected software is installed, and the number of alerts sent by the conventional mechanism is enormous. As a result, there are problems that alerts are overlooked and assets cannot be managed efficiently.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an asset management apparatus, an asset management method, and an asset management program capable of efficiently managing assets.

In order to solve the above problems, an asset management apparatus according to the present invention is an asset management apparatus that manages software information that operates on hardware such as a plurality of client terminals and servers (hereinafter referred to as “hardware”) as asset information. A first storage unit that stores inventory information for each piece of hardware as first management information; and a storage unit that stores management information for each piece of hardware collected separately from the inventory information as second management information. 2 storage units, a difference extraction unit that determines the information stored in each of the first storage unit and the second storage unit for each item, and extracts the difference information for each hardware, and at least the installation name of the software. A first determination unit that refers to a first dictionary in which a plurality of included keywords are registered, and determines whether or not a keyword registered in the first dictionary exists in an item included in the difference information; and the first determination A first exclusion unit that excludes from the difference information an item that is determined by the unit that a keyword registered in the first dictionary exists, and a transmission that sends an alert for each hardware based on the difference information after exclusion And a section.

According to the above configuration, the first storage unit that stores the inventory information as the first management information, and the second storage unit that stores the management information for each hardware collected separately from the inventory information as the second management information. After extracting the difference between and, referring to the first dictionary in which a plurality of keywords including the software installation name are registered, it is determined whether the keyword included in the first dictionary exists in the item included in the difference information. Since the alert is transmitted after the determination is made and the item determined to have the keyword is excluded from the difference information, software asset management can be efficiently performed. Further, it is possible to prevent a large license compliance (for example, using the corresponding software without a license) and an information security accident.

Further, the first determination unit of the asset management apparatus according to the present invention registers an item included in the difference information in the first dictionary based on a combination of the plurality of keywords registered in the first dictionary. It is characterized by determining whether or not.

According to the above configuration, it is determined whether or not the item included in the difference information is registered in the first dictionary based on the combination of the plurality of keywords registered in the first dictionary, so more detailed settings can be made. The accuracy of selecting excluded items is improved. Therefore, asset management of software can be effectively performed. In addition, large license compliance and information security incidents can be effectively suppressed. In addition, it is possible to improve the extraction accuracy of software to be excluded by combining a plurality of keywords instead of simply excluding only one keyword as an object.

Further, the asset management apparatus according to the present invention includes a reception unit that receives registration of an item for which the transmission of the alert is suspended, and the transmission unit suspends transmission of the alert for the item received by the reception unit. And

According to the above configuration, the registration of the item for which the transmission of the alert is suspended is accepted, the transmission of the alert for the accepted item is suspended, the transmission of the unnecessary alert is restricted, and the grace period for eliminating the difference is provided. By doing so, it is possible to prevent useless alerts from occurring and to prevent unnecessary alerts from being sent to hardware users and managers. Therefore, asset management of software can be performed more effectively. In addition, by reducing unnecessary alerts and alerts with low urgency, it is possible to detect and suppress large license compliance and information security accidents more effectively.

Further, the asset management device according to the present invention refers to the second dictionary in which a plurality of keywords are registered, and whether there is a keyword registered in the second dictionary in the item excluded by the first exclusion unit. And a second exclusion unit that excludes an item, which is determined by the second determination unit that a keyword registered in the second dictionary exists, from being excluded by the first exclusion unit. It is characterized by

According to the above configuration, by referring to the second dictionary in which a plurality of keywords are registered, it is determined whether or not there is a keyword registered in the previous two dictionaries in the item excluded by the first excluding unit, and the second dictionary Since the item determined to have the keyword registered in the dictionary is excluded from the exclusion by the first excluding unit, it is possible to prevent the first excluding unit from excluding the item that needs to send an alert. Therefore, asset management of software can be performed more effectively. In addition, large license compliance and information security accidents can be suppressed more effectively.

In order to solve the above problems, an asset management method according to the present invention is an asset management method for managing software information of a plurality of hardware as asset information, in which inventory information for each hardware is stored in a first storage unit. A step of storing as first management information, a step of storing, as second management information, management information for each piece of hardware collected separately from the inventory information in a second storage section; A step of determining information stored in the first storage section and the second storage section for each item and extracting difference information for each piece of hardware; and a first determination section including at least an installation name of the software. Referring to the first dictionary in which the keyword is registered, and determining whether or not the keyword included in the first dictionary exists in the item included in the difference information; A step of excluding, from the difference information, an item in which the determination section determines that a keyword registered in the first dictionary exists; and a transmitting section transmits an alert for each hardware based on the difference information after exclusion And a step of performing.

In order to solve the above problems, an asset management program according to the present invention is an asset management program that causes a computer to perform an operation of managing software information of a plurality of hardware as asset information. A first storage unit that stores inventory information for each item as first management information; and a second storage unit that stores management information for each piece of hardware collected separately from the inventory information as second management information; A difference extraction unit that determines the information stored in each of the first storage unit and the second storage unit for each item and extracts difference information for each hardware, and a plurality of keywords including at least the installation name of the software A first determining unit that refers to the registered first dictionary and determines whether or not a keyword registered in the first dictionary exists in an item included in the difference information, and the first determining unit determines the first Functions as a first excluding unit that excludes an item determined to have a keyword registered in the dictionary from the difference information, and a transmitting unit that transmits an alert for each hardware based on the difference information after the exclusion. It is characterized in that

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an asset management device, an asset management method, and an asset management program capable of efficiently managing assets.

It is a block diagram of the asset management system which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram of the asset management apparatus which concerns on 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the data stored in a 1st storage part. It is a figure which shows an example of the data stored in a 2nd storage part. It is a flow chart which shows operation of the asset management device concerning a 1st embodiment. It is a block diagram of the asset management apparatus which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a flow chart which shows operation of the asset management device concerning a 2nd embodiment.

(First embodiment)
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an asset management system according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the asset management apparatus according to the embodiment. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the first storage unit. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of data stored in the second storage unit. Hereinafter, the asset management system according to the embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

As shown in FIG. 1, the asset management system according to the embodiment includes a plurality of hardware 1 and an asset management device 2 connected to the hardware 1 and a network 3 such as a LAN. The network 3 may be wireless or wired. The network 3 may use not only the in-house LAN but also a public line.

The asset management device 2 is a management device for managing the hardware and software assets of the hardware 1 connected by the network 3. As shown in FIG. 2, the first storage unit 201, the second storage unit 202, the difference extraction unit 203, the first dictionary 204, the first determination unit 205, the first exclusion unit 206, and the reception unit 207. And a transmission/reception unit 208. The function of the asset management apparatus 2 shown in FIG. 2 is that the memory of the asset management apparatus reads the asset management program stored in a storage device such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), and the CPU (Central Processing Unit) processes it. It is realized by

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in the first storage unit 201. The inventory information of the hardware 1 is stored in the first storage unit 201 as the first management information for each hardware 1. The inventory information includes hardware configuration information of the hardware 1 (CPU clock frequency, free hard disk capacity, etc.), user information (user name, affiliation, etc.), installed software information (OS, application programs, etc.), etc. Contains information about.

As shown in FIG. 3, the first storage unit 201 has a hardware inventory information database (DB) and a software inventory information database (DB). The hardware inventory information DB stores information such as machine asset IDs for identifying the hardware 1, product names, specifications, users, software information used by the hardware 1, acquisition date, and the like. There is. Further, the software inventory information DB stores information such as software names, versions, licenses, etc. of software (OS, application programs, etc.) installed in association with software asset IDs for identifying software.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in the second storage unit 202. The second management information stored in the second storage unit 202 is registered and managed by a system (for example, a SAM system (software asset management system)) different from the inventory information stored in the first storage unit 201. As shown in FIG. 4, it has a hardware management ledger database (DB), a software management ledger database (DB), a license management ledger database (DB), and the like.

The hardware management ledger DB stores information such as machine asset IDs for identifying the hardware 1, product names, specifications, users, software information used by the hardware 1, acquisition date, and the like. There is. The software management ledger DB stores information such as software names and versions of software (OS, application programs, etc.) installed in association with software asset IDs for identifying software. Further, the license management ledger DB stores license information of software (OS, application programs, etc.) installed in association with a software asset ID for identifying software.

The data stored in each management ledger DB is automatically collected and stored in the second storage unit 202. It should be noted that the list of software information can be imported via a recording medium such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk or a network, or the operator can enter a keyboard or other information based on the contents of a paper-based license agreement provided with the software. You may make it store in the 2nd storage part 202 by inputting using a device. Alternatively, a software dictionary of SAMAC (Software Asset Management Evaluation and Certification Association) may be used.

The difference extraction unit 203 determines, for each item, whether the information stored in the first storage unit 201 and the information stored in the second storage unit 202 match or do not match. Then, the information (difference information) of the items whose information does not match is extracted for each hardware 1. More specifically, the difference extraction unit 203 determines whether the items related to software information among the information items stored in the first storage unit 201 and the second storage unit 202 are the same or not, and the information items do not match. Item information (difference information) is extracted for each hardware 1.

In the first dictionary 204, keywords (first exclusion keywords) for detecting items to be excluded when sending an alert to the hardware 1 are registered. The first exclusion keyword registered in the first dictionary 204 is, for example, a keyword for determining whether the software type is HOTFIX or a driver/utility, and is data collected by using the software installation name or the like. is there.

In the first dictionary 204, three types of keywords, “simple keywords”, “first plural keywords”, and “second compound keywords” are registered. The "simple keyword" is a single keyword, and fuzzy search, prefix match and suffix match search using this "simple keyword" are possible. Examples of the “simple keyword” include “Like “Help””, “Like “Hotfix””, “Like “hotkey””, “Like “IBM Wireless LAN”” (registered trademark), “Like “Idcrl Install””, and “Like “Image Web Server”” etc. are included. Here, "Like" is a Like operator, which is an operator for searching a character string using a wildcard. Searches using the Like operator and wildcards are also called "fuzzy searches", which enables highly redundant searches.

The "first plurality of keywords" is a combination of a plurality of keywords using the logical operators "And" and "Or". The "second compound keyword" is used to search for keywords that include some keywords and those that do not, using the logical operators "Not" in addition to the logical operators "And" and "Or". .. Examples of the "first plural keyword" are "Like"Micrsoft"And Like"speech"" (registered trademark) "Like"Micrsoft"And Like"Storyboarding""Like"Micrsoft"And Like"TEXT""Like "Micrsoft"And Like"Wizard""Like"Micrsoft"And Like"Wizard""Like"Online"And Not Like"Pro"" etc. are included. Here, "Like" is a Like operator.

The first determination unit 205 determines that the items included in the difference information extracted by the difference extraction unit 203 based on the combination of a plurality of keywords registered in the first dictionary 204, that is, the first exclusion keyword, are the first dictionary 204. Is registered in.

The first exclusion unit 206 excludes an item for which the first determination unit 205 determines that the first exclusion keyword registered in the first dictionary 204 exists from the difference information extracted by the difference extraction unit 203.

The reception unit 207 receives registration of an item for which transmission of an alert to the hardware 1 is suspended. Further, the reception unit 207 receives software information input by an operator using an input device such as a keyboard based on the content of a paper-based license agreement provided with the software. The received software information is stored in the second storage unit 202.

The transmission/reception unit 208 receives the inventory information of the hardware 1 connected via the network 3, and the received inventory information is stored in the first storage unit 201. Further, the transmission/reception unit 208 receives software information that is collected and managed separately from the inventory information, and the received software information is stored in the second storage unit 202.

Further, the transmission/reception unit 208 (transmission unit) suspends the transmission of alerts of the items received by the reception unit 207 among the items of the difference information after being excluded by the first exclusion unit 206, and sets other items as hardware. Send an alert for each piece of clothing.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the asset management device 2 according to the first embodiment. Hereinafter, the operation of the asset management apparatus 2 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 5. The inventory information for each hardware 1 is stored in the first storage unit 201, and the second storage It is assumed that the section 202 stores software information for each hardware 1.

First, the difference extraction unit 203 determines, for each item, whether the information stored in the first storage unit 201 and the information stored in the second storage unit 202 match or do not match (S101). Then, the information (difference information) of the items whose information does not match is extracted for each hardware 1 (S102).

Next, the first determination unit 205 determines, based on a combination of a plurality of keywords registered in the first dictionary 204, that is, the first exclusion keyword, that the items included in the difference information extracted by the difference extraction unit 203 are the first item. It is determined whether one dictionary 204 is registered (S103). The first exclusion unit 206 excludes the item determined by the first determination unit 205 that the first exclusion keyword registered in the first dictionary 204 exists from the difference information extracted by the difference extraction unit 203 (S104). ..

Next, the transmission/reception unit 208 determines whether the reception unit 207 has received registration of an item for which transmission of an alert to the hardware 1 is suspended (S105). When the receiving unit 207 receives the registration of the item that suspends the transmission of the alert (Yes in step S105), the transmitting/receiving unit 208 determines that the transmitting/receiving unit 208 (transmitting unit) has been excluded by the first excluding unit 206. Among the items of difference information, the transmission of alerts of the items received by the receiving unit 207 is suspended, and the alerts of other items are transmitted for each hardware 1 (S106).

Further, when the reception unit 207 does not receive the registration of the item for which the transmission of the alert is suspended (No in step S105), the transmission/reception unit 208 excludes the transmission/reception unit 208 (transmission unit) by the first exclusion unit 206. An alert is transmitted for each item of the subsequent difference information by hardware 1 (S107).

As described above, the asset management device 2 according to the first embodiment is an asset management device that manages software information of a plurality of hardware as asset information. Then, the asset management device 2
A first storage unit 201 that stores inventory information for each piece of hardware 1 as first management information, and a second storage that stores management information for each piece of hardware 1 collected separately from inventory information as second management information A unit 202, a difference extraction unit 203 that determines the information stored in each of the first storage unit 201 and the second storage unit 202 item by item, and extracts the difference information for each hardware; The first determining unit 205 that determines whether the keyword included in the first dictionary 204 exists in the item included in the difference information by referring to the first dictionary 204 in which the keyword is registered, and the first determining unit 205. The first exclusion unit 206 that excludes from the difference information an item for which it is determined that the keyword registered in the first dictionary 204 exists, and the transmission unit 207 that transmits an alert for each hardware 2 based on the difference information after exclusion. It has and.

That is, after extracting the difference between the first management information stored in the first storage unit 201 and the second management information stored in the second storage unit 202, a plurality of keywords including the software installation name are extracted. By referring to the registered first dictionary 204, it is determined whether or not the keyword included in the first dictionary 204 exists in the item included in the difference information, and the item in which the keyword is determined is excluded from the difference information. Then, alerts are sent and software asset management can be performed efficiently. In addition, it is possible to prevent major license compliance and information security accidents.

In addition, a combination of a plurality of keywords is registered in the first dictionary 204 of the asset management device 2 according to the first embodiment, and the first determination unit 205 has a plurality of keywords registered in the first dictionary 204. Based on the combination of keywords, it is determined whether the items included in the difference information are registered in the first dictionary 204.

That is, since it is determined whether the items included in the difference information are registered in the first dictionary based on the combination of the plurality of keywords registered in the first dictionary 204, more detailed setting can be performed, The accuracy of selecting excluded items is improved. Therefore, asset management of software can be effectively performed. In addition, large license compliance and information security incidents can be effectively suppressed.

Furthermore, the asset management device 2 according to the first embodiment includes a reception unit 207 that receives registration of items for which alert transmission is to be suspended, and the transmission/reception unit 208 suspends transmission of alerts for items that have been received by the reception unit. It is characterized by doing.

According to the above configuration, the registration of the item for which the transmission of the alert is suspended is accepted, and the transmission of the alert for the accepted item is suspended, so that a scheduled item, for example, an alert such as software license update is transmitted. Can be put on hold without For this reason, it is possible to prevent unnecessary alerts from being transmitted, and it is possible to prevent unnecessary alerts from being transmitted to the user of the hardware. Therefore, asset management of software can be performed more effectively. In addition, large license compliance and information security incidents can be effectively suppressed.

(Second embodiment)
FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram of the asset management apparatus according to the second embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 6, the asset management device 2 according to the second embodiment further includes a second dictionary 209, a second determination unit 210, and a second exclusion unit 211. The configuration of the asset management device 2 according to the second embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. It should be noted that the same components as those described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 are denoted by the same reference numerals and redundant description will be omitted.

In the second dictionary 209, among the items excluded from the alert transmission by the first excluding unit 206, a keyword (second exclusion keyword) for extracting an item having a problem when excluded from the alert transmission is registered. Has been done.

In the second dictionary 209, three types of second exclusion keywords of “simple keyword”, “first plural keyword”, and “second compound keyword” are registered. The “simple keyword” is a single keyword, and it is possible to search for ambiguous before/after, forward match, backward match, etc. by using this “simple keyword”. The details of the “simple keyword”, the “first plural keyword”, and the “second composite keyword” have been described in the first embodiment, and thus redundant description will be omitted.

The second determination unit 210 refers to the second dictionary 209 in which a plurality of keywords (second exclusion keywords) are registered, and the second dictionary 210 is registered in the second dictionary 210 for the items excluded by the first exclusion unit 206. It is determined whether or not the exclusion keyword exists.

The second excluding unit 211 excludes the keyword registered by the second determining unit 210 in the second dictionary 209, that is, the item for which it is determined that the second excluding keyword exists, from the exclusion by the first excluding unit 206. That is, the second excluding unit 211 prevents the first excluding unit 206 from excluding items that require alert transmission.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the asset management device according to the second embodiment. The operation of the asset management device 2 according to the second embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG. 7. Since the operation up to S104 in FIG. 5 is the same as the operation of the asset management device 2 according to the first embodiment, the operation after S104 in FIG. 5 will be described.

The second determination unit 210 refers to the second dictionary 209 in which a plurality of keywords (second exclusion keywords) are registered, and the second dictionary 210 is registered in the second dictionary 210 for the items excluded by the first exclusion unit 206. It is determined whether there is an exclusion keyword (S201).

The second exclusion unit 211 excludes the keyword registered by the second determination unit 210 in the second dictionary 209, that is, the item determined to include the second exclusion keyword, from the exclusion by the first exclusion unit 206 (S202). ..

Note that the operation after S202 is the same as the operation after S105 of FIG. 5 described in the first embodiment, and thus a duplicate description will be omitted.

As described above, the asset management device 2 according to the second embodiment refers to the second dictionary 209 in which a plurality of keywords are registered, and registers the items excluded by the first exclusion unit 206 in the second dictionary 209. The second determination unit 210 that determines whether the specified keyword exists, and the items determined by the second determination unit 210 that the keyword registered in the second dictionary 209 exists are excluded from the exclusion by the first exclusion unit 206. The second exclusion unit 211 for exclusion is provided.

That is, by referring to the second dictionary 209 in which a plurality of keywords are registered, it is determined whether or not the keywords excluded from the first exclusion unit 206 include the keywords registered in the second dictionary 209, and the second dictionary 209 is determined. Since the item determined to have the keyword registered in 209 is excluded from the exclusion by the first exclusion unit 206, it is possible to prevent the first exclusion unit 206 from excluding the item for which alert transmission is required. it can. Therefore, asset management of software can be performed more effectively. In addition, large license compliance and information security accidents can be suppressed more effectively. Other effects are the same as those of the asset management device 2 according to the first embodiment.

1 Hardware 2 Asset Management Device 3 Network 201 First Storage Unit 202 Second Storage Unit 203 Difference Extraction Unit 204 First Dictionary 205 First Determination Unit 206 First Exclusion Unit 207 Reception Unit 208 Transmission/Reception Unit 209 Second Dictionary 210 Second Judgment unit 211 Second exclusion unit

Claims (7)

A resource management apparatus for managing the information of software installed on a plurality of hardware as asset information,
A first storage unit that stores the inventory information for each piece of hardware as first management information;
A second storage unit that stores, as second management information, management information for each piece of hardware collected separately from the inventory information;
A difference extraction unit that determines the information stored in each of the first storage unit and the second storage unit for each item, and extracts the difference information for each hardware ;
A transmission unit for transmitting an alert by the hardware based on the previous SL difference information,
A reception unit that receives registration of items for which transmission of the alert is suspended,
Equipped with
The transmitter is
An asset management apparatus, which suspends transmission of an alert of an item accepted by the acceptance unit . An asset management device that manages information about software installed on multiple hardware as asset information.
A first storage unit that stores the inventory information for each piece of hardware as first management information;
A second storage unit that stores, as second management information, management information for each piece of hardware collected separately from the inventory information;
A difference extraction unit that determines the information stored in each of the first storage unit and the second storage unit for each item, and extracts the difference information for each piece of hardware;
A first determination for determining whether a keyword registered in the first dictionary exists in an item included in the difference information by referring to a first dictionary in which a plurality of keywords including at least the software installation name are registered Department,
A first exclusion unit that excludes an item, which is determined by the first determination unit that a keyword registered in the first dictionary exists, from the difference information;
A second determination unit that refers to a second dictionary in which a plurality of keywords are registered, and determines whether or not a keyword registered in the second dictionary exists in an item excluded by the first exclusion unit;
A second exclusion unit that excludes an item determined by the second determination unit that a keyword registered in the second dictionary exists from exclusion by the first exclusion unit;
A transmission unit that transmits an alert for each hardware based on the difference information after exclusion
An asset management device comprising: The first determination unit determines whether an item included in the difference information is registered in the first dictionary based on a combination of the plurality of keywords registered in the first dictionary. The asset management apparatus according to claim 2 . A resource management method for managing information of software installed on a plurality of hardware as asset information,
Storing inventory information for each piece of hardware in the first storage unit as first management information;
Storing management information for each piece of hardware collected separately from the inventory information in the second storage unit as second management information;
A step in which a difference extracting unit determines the information stored in the first storage unit and the information stored in the second storage unit for each item, and extracts the difference information for each hardware ;
Transmission unit, sending an alert by the hardware based on the previous SL difference information,
Accepting registration of items for which the transmission of the alert is suspended,
And a step of suspending transmission of an alert of the received item . An asset management method for managing information about software installed on multiple hardware as asset information.
Storing inventory information for each piece of hardware in the first storage unit as first management information;
Storing management information for each piece of hardware collected separately from the inventory information in the second storage unit as second management information;
A step in which a difference extraction unit determines the information stored in the first storage unit and the information stored in the second storage unit for each item, and extracts the difference information for each hardware;
The first determination unit refers to the first dictionary in which a plurality of keywords including at least the installation name of the software are registered, and whether the keyword included in the first dictionary exists in the item included in the difference information. The step of determining
A step in which the first exclusion unit excludes an item for which it is determined by the first determination unit that the keyword registered in the first dictionary exists from the difference information;
A step in which the second determination unit refers to the second dictionary in which a plurality of keywords are registered, and determines whether or not a keyword registered in the second dictionary exists in the item excluded by the first exclusion unit; ,
A step in which the second exclusion unit excludes an item determined by the second determination unit that a keyword registered in the second dictionary exists from exclusion by the first exclusion unit;
A step of transmitting an alert for each hardware based on the difference information after exclusion,
An asset management method comprising: A asset management program to perform an operation for managing information of software installed on a plurality of hardware as asset information into the computer,
The computer,
A first storage unit that stores the inventory information for each piece of hardware as first management information;
A second storage unit that stores, as second management information, management information for each piece of hardware collected separately from the inventory information;
A difference extraction unit that determines the information stored in each of the first storage unit and the second storage unit for each item, and extracts the difference information for each hardware ;
A transmission unit for transmitting an alert by the hardware based on the previous SL difference information,
A reception unit that receives registration of items for which the transmission of the alert is suspended,
To function as,
The transmitter is
An asset management program, which suspends transmission of an alert of an item accepted by the acceptance unit . An asset management program that causes a computer to perform an operation of managing information of software installed on multiple pieces of hardware as asset information,
The computer,
A first storage unit that stores the inventory information for each piece of hardware as first management information;
A second storage unit that stores, as second management information, management information for each piece of hardware collected separately from the inventory information;
A difference extraction unit that determines the information stored in each of the first storage unit and the second storage unit for each item, and extracts the difference information for each piece of hardware;
A first determination for determining whether a keyword registered in the first dictionary exists in an item included in the difference information by referring to a first dictionary in which a plurality of keywords including at least the software installation name are registered Department,
A first exclusion unit that excludes an item, which is determined by the first determination unit that a keyword registered in the first dictionary exists, from the difference information;
A second determination unit that refers to a second dictionary in which a plurality of keywords are registered, and determines whether or not a keyword registered in the second dictionary exists in an item excluded by the first exclusion unit;
A second exclusion unit that excludes an item determined by the second determination unit that a keyword registered in the second dictionary exists from exclusion by the first exclusion unit;
A transmission unit that transmits an alert for each of the hardware based on the difference information after exclusion,
An asset management program characterized by functioning as.

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