Tivoli Asset Management Overview


Overview

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Tivoli Asset Management


Overview

What is Tivoli Asset Management? Tivoli Asset Management is the application in the Tivoli Service Desk suite that enables you to manage an asset through its life cycle. Tivoli Asset Management enables you to associate organizations, people, contracts, and other entities with any asset. You also can track the various events that occur in an asset's lifetime, including purchase, installation, relocation, maintenance, upgrade, and disposal.

If Tivoli Asset Management is integrated with Tivoli Problem Management and Tivoli Change Management, you can view any problems or changes that have been associated with an asset.

Features Tivoli Asset Management provides the following key features:
  • A powerful user interface that permits easy configuration of the system without programming
  • The flexibility to define attributes and organize assets in a way that works with any business structure and captures any required level of detail
  • Seamless integration with Tivoli Problem Management and Tivoli Change Management.
  • The capability to integrate with other asset-tracking tools, such as Tivoli Inventory, Microsoft's System Management Server (SMS), and Tally Corporation's NetCensus
Terms Before you start using Tivoli Asset Management, you should be familiar with the following terms: