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5.4 Creating an Asset File

In the Agent Deployment Advanced Settings page, you can configure installation parameters, much as
if you were installing the Agent interactively on an individual PC. Under the heading Advanced Settings,
you can specify the installation path and which optional modules should be installed on all target PCs.
Under the heading Asset File, you can specify a file name for a Comma-Separated Variables (.CSV) file
that will supply attributes that vary from one PC to another, such as serial numbers, location, or the main
user's phone number. This Asset File has similarities with the DMISETUP.INI file, which is used to do an
unattended installation on one PC only. But the Asset File can be used for unattended agent deployment
to multiple PCs, and its syntax is different.
The first line of the Asset File should contain a list of names of attributes for which you will be supplying
values. This list should be a subset of the following exact labels:
NetworkAddress
SystemName
SystemUserName
SystemPhysicalLocation
PCSerialNumber
PCAssetNumber
MonitorSerialNumber
MonitorAssetNumber
SystemUserPhone
The attributes should be separated by commas, with no spaces between attributes. You can choose the
order of the attributes, this will determine the order in which you will supply the values of the attributes
later. There is only one attribute that must have a value: Network Address. This attribute is used to
match each PC with the list of selected PCs for this action. It must be an IP address. Other attributes can
be omitted but the variable positions must be preserved with commas (Var1,Var2,,,Var5,...). Omitted
variables will be given default values.
The second and subsequent lines of the Asset File should contain the values of these attributes for each
computer that you selected. Thus, line two of the Asset File would contain the attribute values for the first
PC that you selected from the Device listings, in the order specified on the first line. Line three of the
Asset File would contain the attribute values for the second PC that you selected, and so on. Numerical
values should be enclosed in double quotes. The following is an example of possible .CSV file:
NetworkAddress,SystemName,SystemUserName,PCSerialNumber,PCAssetNumber,MonitorSerial
Number,MonitorAssetNumber,SystemUserPhone
"62.160.61.144",Fred,X2345,A1,B2647,C1,"1"
"62.160.61.151",John,Y9876,A2,C8865,C2,"2"
Note that the first line may become very long and wrap in your text editor. This is not an issue. All the
desired attribute names should be listed on this first line, separated by commas.
Also note that the attribute SystemName is not to be confused with NetworkAddress. Whereas
NetworkAddress is the main identifier of each PC used by HP Toptools Device Manager, SystemName
is simply one of the DMI attributes of the PC.
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