At the same day there will also be a new release of the LOGINventory5 Webinterface and the LOGINventory5 Powershell Addon

• For know one customer reported that printing a nested Analyse ends up with showing now results, even if there were some in the LMC view. As a workaround try placing the query in the top most level, there you should get results.
• As you may have noticed, the TimeMachine known from LOGINventory 4 has moved from a global scope to a “per query scope”
  (Analyse->Properties->Evaluation Time).  Unfortunately we discovered some discrepancies in its functionality. So if you are using the TimeMachine and you do sometimes get “crazy” results, don’t mind. We are working on this and hopefully place a fix with a new 5.1.5 build or 5.2 at the latest.

• Face lift
• Improved performance

• LMC: Scan-Now action (inventory currently selected asset)
• LMC: Simply add Software to a License group by using Context-Menu in the Software list
• LMC: More file types may be chosen for custom logo in printing
• Printing: Selected columns and sorting from LMC used
• LOGINquiry: Improved scan cycle
• LOGINquiry: Items may be excluded from scan using the asset name (NetBios or FQDNS)

BugFixes:

• LMC: Package managed information is displayed correct
• LOGINsert: Fixed some escaping issues with POSTGRESQL

 
# Read all LOGINventory CmdLets from Registry and add them to the current session
cd HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\PowerShellSnapIns
Get-ChildItem | where {$_.Name -like "*Login.Ventory.*"} | select Name | foreach {add-pssnapin $_.Name.SubString($_.Name.LastIndexOf('\')+1)}
 
# Create LOGINventory Drive change location
$d = new-psdrive -scope global -name LI -PSProvider LOGINventory -root ""
 
cd LI:\Assets
 
# perhaps you have to set the correct culture information for the Convert.ToDateTime-function of .NET
$CULTURE = New-Object System.Globalization.CultureInfo("de-DE")
function isBefore([int]$days, [string]$date)
{
   $scandate = [Convert]::ToDateTime($date, $CULTURE)
   [DateTime]::Compare([DateTime]::Now.AddDays($days).Date, $scandate.Date) -eq 1
}
 
get-LiResults | Where {isBefore -30 $_.scandatetime}

Now you can execute the job:

powershell.exe [location]\ScandateBefore30Days.ps1

You have just to save the following script and the txt-file below. The text file contains the path of the query node from the LMC application and the target file separated with a “|”-character.
Sample:
Analyse\myQuery|C:\myResult.csv

ATTENTION: To use this simple script the query names in the LMC have to contain only “normal” characters ([a-z],[A-Z],[0-9])! Spaces are allowed but you have to replace them with a “_”-character in the “Queries.txt” (See the example)!

# Read Query-File-List
param([string]$file)
$queries = Get-Content $file
 
# Read all LOGINventory CmdLets from Registry and add them to the current session
cd HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\PowerShell\1\PowerShellSnapIns
Get-ChildItem | where {$_.Name -like "*Login.Ventory.*"} | select Name | foreach {add-pssnapin $_.Name.SubString($_.Name.LastIndexOf('\')+1)}
 
# Create LOGINventory Drive change location
$d = new-psdrive -scope global -name LI -PSProvider LOGINventory -root ""
 
# Execute CSV-Export for each query
$queries | foreach {
	$path = $_.Split("|")[0];
	$target = $_.Split("|")[1];
 
	cd LI:\$path;
	Get-LiResults | Export-Csv $target;
}

Analyse\Samples\Stopped_Autorun_Services|C:\stoppedservices.csv
Analyse\Samples\Remote_Desktop_Users|C:\remoteusers.csv

Now you can execute the job:

powershell.exe [location]\ExportQueries.ps1 [location]\Queries.txt

Features:

• Storage-Support improved

Build 3554 (13.05.2010)

Features:

• Navigation thru LOGINventory Data via a PowerShell Provider
• Script all your recurring analysis
• Send results per mail
• Read or Write Manual Properties
• Generate Reports
• Supports Symbolic Links (experimental Feature)

BugFixes:

• Refresh-Bug fixed
• Report-Bug fixed

Please download here

The LOGINventory5 PowerShell Add-on provides a full scripting interface for Windows PowerShell 2.0. It enables the user to selectively access, process and manage all of the information in the LOGINventory5 data base. The Add-on consists of a PowerShell Provider for navigating the LOGINventory5 tree structure and several CommandLets to cover specific functions (reporting, emailing, setting Manual Properties etc.) which are subject to continuous development. LOGINventory5 PowerShell scripts can be executed on a regular basis via Scheduled Tasks to realize functions as “email me a list with license violations on a daily basis”.
Example:
PS LI:\License_Management> Get-LiResults | where {$_.needed -gt
$_.available} | Send-LiMail

It’s that easy!

Please download here

Features:

• Please read the German oder English Manual in the Download-Package

Known Bug:

• Perhaps there are a few problems with the Save-LiReport-CmdLet

Requirements:

• min. LOGINventory 5.1.5

Features:

• LMC: Simply add one or multiple Software entries to a license group via the context menu
• LMC: Printing performance improvements
• LMC: Computer Description is shown in Assets
• LOGINventory: Full support for the LOGINventory5 Powershell Add-On
• LOGINquiry: Improved Range-Properties and Range-Source Dialog
• LOGINquiry: Improved dialog if running as a scheduled task
• LMC/LOGINfo: Interface Type, Interface Alias and Interface State is discovered for SNMP Devices
• Manual: German manual available

BugFixes:

• Add-In:  Some templates revised for more stability

Features:

• LMC: Computer description added to asset view

BugFixes:

• LMC: RecycleBin delete multiselection
• LMC: ManualProperties open url by doubleclick
• LMC: Evaluation time is inherited in queries
• LMC: Networkinfo crash
• LMC: Licensegroup printing
• LOGINquiry: Named itemlist scan bugfix

Build 3414 (15.04.2010)

Features:

• LOGINquiry: Scan process is divided into a discover  and a inventory phase which brings additional performance

Bug Fixes:

• LOGINquiry: Runs as a scheduled task even if the user is not logged on
• LOGINquiry: Sporadic crashes during the scan progress should now be stopped