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Viewing and Exporting the Software Inventory of Managed Devices

Junos Space Network Management Platform displays a list of currently installed software inventory for all DMI schema–based managed devices. The software inventory information is generated when the device is first discovered and synchronized with the Junos Space Platform database. You can also update the software inventory information, if the software inventory on the device is changed by a local user, by synchronizing the device with the Junos Space Platform database. The synchronization with the database depends on whether the network or Junos Space Platform is the system of record.

If the network is the system of record, Junos Space Platform database is automatically synchronized. You can also manually resynchronize the Junos Space Platform software database with the device by using the Resynchronize with Network action. For more information, refer to Resynchronizing Managed Devices with the Network.

If Junos Space Platform is the system of record, neither automatic nor manual resynchronization is available. You can reset the device configuration from the values in the Junos Space Platform database if and when you want to do so. For more information, refer to Systems of Record in Junos Space Overview.

You can export device software inventory to a CSV file, which can be used in other applications.

Note:

Juniper Networks devices require a license to activate the feature. To understand more about Junos Space Network Management Platform Licenses, see, Licenses for Network Management. Please refer to the Licensing Guide for general information about License Management. Please refer to the product Data Sheets for further details, or contact your Juniper Account Team or Juniper Partner.

To view the software inventory of devices:

  1. On the Network Management Platform user interface, select Devices > Device Management.

    The Device Management page displays the devices managed in Junos Space Platform.

  2. Select the devices and select Device Inventory > View Software Inventory from the Actions menu.

    The View Software Inventory page is displayed with a list of the software on the devices.

    Table 1 displays the columns on the View Software Inventory page.

    Table 1: View Software Inventory Page

    Field

    Description

    Device Name

    Name of the device as stored in the Junos Space Platform database

    Model

    Model of this device: J Series, M Series, MX Series, TX Series, SRX Series, EX Series, BXOS Series, and QFX Series

    Routing engine

    On a device supporting multiple Routing Engines, indicates which Routing Engine is used

    Package name

    Name of the installed software package

    For an aggregation device, this column also displays the satellite software upgrade groups created on the aggregation device. If you installed a satellite software package on the satellite device during the autoconversion procedure (without adding the device to a satellite software upgrade group) and did not upgrade the satellite software package, this column displays the base satellite software package.

    Description

    Description of the installed software package

    Version

    Version number of the installed software package

    For an aggregation device, this column also displays the satellite software package associated with the corresponding satellite software upgrade group.

    Type

    Type of the installed software package: Operating System, Internal Package, or Extension

    Major

    Major portion of the version number. For example, in version 15.1R2, the major portion is 15.

    Minor

    Minor portion of the version number. For example, in version 15.1R2, the minor portion is 1.

    Revision number

    Revision number of the package. For example, in version 15.1R2, the revision number is 2.
  3. If you selected more than one device, the View Software Inventory page is grouped by device name. To expand or contract the software inventory of a device, click the icon to the left of the device name.

    The complete software inventory of a device are displayed.

  4. (Optional) Sort the columns on the View Software Inventory page either by clicking the arrow in the column head or by mousing over the column head and clicking Sort Ascending or Sort Descending.

    The columns on the View Software Inventory page are sorted.

  5. (Optional) Select the columns displayed on the View Software Inventory page by mousing over any column head and selecting Columns from the drop-down list, then selecting the check boxes against the names of the columns that should be displayed.

    The selected columns are displayed on the View Software Inventory page.

    The Version column is redundant against the Major, Minor, and Revision columns.

  6. (Optional) To export the software inventory information:
    1. Click the Export icon at the top of the inventory page.

      The Export Software Inventory dialog box appears, displaying a link: Download software inventory for selected device (CSV format).

    2. Click the Download link.
    3. Open the file with an application of your choice, or download the file by clicking Save. You can designate a filename and location.

      The CSV file contains the following fields: Device Name, Product Model, Package Name, Version, Type, and Description, as detailed in Table 1, irrespective of the columns you have chosen to display on the page. These fields are not populated if the information is not available for the selected software.

  7. Click Back at the top left of the page to return to the Device Management page.

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