Software Status

You can figure out the status of software installed in an agent and manage the software programs used in a company. You can also view the brief information about the software management status from Software Status.

The followings are the main features available in Software Status.

• Check the status of software installed in an agent.

Software Status

You can view the status of software programs installed in an agent. You can check the software status as follows:

1. Select Management at the top of the screen.
2. Select Management > Software Status from the menu.
3. Check th software status from the list. The type of software status is as following: user-defined, total. Select either View in alphabetical order  or View by admin, and then enter a software name for a search keyword to search for the required software program.

• User-defined: You can select iew in alphabetical order/View by admin.
• Total: You can view the information of all software programs installed in an agent.

User-defined

You can view the status of software programs installed in an agent. You can check the user-defined software status as follows:

1. Select Management at the top of the screen.
2. Select Management > Software Status from the menu.
3. Select User-defined from Software Status. Select either View in alphabetical order/View by admin, and then enter a software name for a search keyword to search for the required software program.

• Add: Adds a software program for management. Click Add Software to register a software from <Add Software>.
• Delete: Deletes a software program from the list.
• Software deleted: Select the required software from the screen for software categories, and then click Delete to delete the software from the list.
• Delete unused software: Select the required software from the screen for software categories, and the click Delete to delete the software from the list.
• Set Software Type: You can configure the software types. You can add a software type from <Software Type> or modify the existing types.
• Add: Enter the name for the software type from <Add Software Identifier>. Categorize the software types as a group for efficient administration.
• Modify: Edits the name for the registered software type.

• Software Name: Software name. The software name is entered from Add Software.
•  Enter the name, which is shown from the control panel when the software is installed. If the software name is different from the information shown in Install/Remove, the duplicate software name can be registered.
• Software Type: Name of software type. You can create a software type using software type settings.
• Identifier: Displays an identifier for a software.
• Installation Rate: Displays the software installation rate of agents over all agents.
• Installed Agent: Agent with a software installed. Click the number to move to Management > Agent Status to view the details about the agents with a software installed.
• Uninstaled Agent: Agent with a software uninstalled. Click the number to move to Management > Agent Status to view the details about the agents with a software uninstalled.

Add Software

You can view the status of software programs installed in an agent. You can check the software status as follows:

1. Select Management at the top of the screen.
2. Select Management > Software Status from the menu.
3. Click Add after selecting user-defined.
4. Enter the required information about the software in default settings of <Add Software>.

• Software Name: Enter a software name of a software to register. Enter the name, which is shown from the control panel when the software is installed. If the software name is different from the information shown in Install/Remove, the duplicate software name can be registered. You can choose Direct Input or Select From List to enter the software name.
• Description: Enter the description about the software to add.
• Type: Select the software type. You can select the software type from the list and the type name shows the software type added in the software type settings.
• Software Identifier: Identifies by software name. If you add more identifiers in addition to a software name, the identifier becomes more accurate.
• Operating System: Select a operating system to identify the software installation. Select either 32bit or 64bit.
• 32bit: Identifies the software installation using 32bit information of the software. The registry information and folder path of 32bit redirection path in 64bit system.
• 64bit: Identifies the software installation using 64bit information of the software.
• Search Condition: Identifies the software installation by software name. Search condition allows to identify the software installation by software name. To consider the case all conditions added in <Software Identifier> are met, you can choose AND, or to consider the case at least one condition is met, select OR.
• Add: Adds a software identifier to identify a software. Select the software identifier to identify the software. You can choose an option for the software identifier; Search characters/numbers in the registry, Search version information in the registry, Search installation path in the registry, Search file name in the registry, Search file path. Depending on the selected item, the different fields to specify are displayed.

• Search characters/numbers in the registry, Search version information in the registry: Identifies a software from registry. Enter the data type, key name, value name, and value data.
• Data Type: Select either REG_SZ or REG_DWORD.
• Key Name: Enter the entire path for the registry key to check. The registry key can be added up to 255 characters.
• Value Name: Enter the value name for the registry to check. You can add a blank. If a blank is entered for the value name, it is not checked.
• Value Data: Enter the data to match with the value. You can add a blank. If a blank is entered for the value data, it is not checked. If value data is not entered, the registry key or key value is checked.

• Search version information in the registry:
• Data Type: Select either REG_SZ or REG_DWORD.
• Key Name: Enter the entire path for the registry key to check. The registry key can be added up to 255 characters.
• Value Name: Enter the value name for the registry to check. You can add a blank. If a blank is entered for the value name, it is not checked.
• Version Condition: Compares the files searched from the registry. If a blank is entered, the version is not compared.

Note

Compare Version
- Greater than the version (>): If the software version registered in the server is great than the software version installed in the agent, it is considered as software installed.
- Less than the version (<): If the software version registered in the server is less than the software version installed in the agent, it is considered as software installed.
- Equal to or great than the version (>=): If the software version registered in the server is equal to or greater than the software version installed in the agent, it is considered as software installed.
- Less than or equal to the version (<=):: If the software version registered in the server is less than or equal to the software version installed in the agent, it is considered as software installed.
- Equal to the version (=):: If the software version registered in the server is equal to the software version installed in the agent, it is considered as software installed.

• Search installation path in the registry:
• Data Type: Select either REG_SZ or REG_DWORD.
• Key Name: Enter the entire path for the registry key to check. The registry key can be added up to 255 characters.
• Value Name: Enter the value name for the registry to check. You can add a blank. If a blank is entered for the value name, it is not checked.
• File Name: Enter the file name to confirm the existence. Compare the version of searched files. If a blank is entered, the version is not compared.
• Version Condition: Compares the files searched from the registry. If a blank is entered, the version is not compared.

• Search file name in the registry:
• Data Type: Select either REG_SZ or REG_DWORD.
• Key Name: Enter the entire path for the registry key to check. The registry key can be added up to 255 characters.
• Value Name: Enter the value name for the registry to check. You can add a blank. If a blank is entered for the value name, it is not checked.
• File Name: Enter the file name to confirm the existence. Compare the version of searched files. If a blank is entered, the version is not compared.
• Version Condition: Compares the files searched from the registry. If a blank is entered, the version is not compared.

• Search file path: Identifies the software by file path. You can select Windows folder, Windows System folder, or Windows ProgramFiles folder for the file path. If the direct input option is selected, the file path should be entered.
• File Path: Entire path to search for a file. The file path can be selected from the list or can be directly entered. You can select Windows (%WINDIR%) folder, Windows System folder (%SYSDIR%), or Windows Program Files folder (%PROGRAMFILEDIR%) from the list.
• File Name: Enter the file name to confirm the existence. Compare the version of searched files. If a blank is entered, the version is not compared.
• Version Condition: Compares the version of files. If a blank is entered, the version is not compared.

• Modify: Modifies a software identifier in the list.

5. Select the operating system to distribute a software to add to the required operating systems in <Add Software>. You can select either desktop operating system or server operating system for the operating system type, and if the distributed software is not compatible with the operating system, it cannot be executed properly.

• Desktop OS: Identifies the software installation in the desktop operating system. Identifies the software installation by 32bit or 64bit software information.
• 32Bit OS: Identifies the software installation using 32bit information of the operating system. 32Bit OS: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10
• 64Bit OS: Identifies the software installation using 64bit information of the operating system. 64Bit OS: Windows XP x64, Windows Vista x64, Windows 7 x64, Windows 8 x64, Windows 8.1 x64, Windows 10 x64
• Server OS: Identifies the software installation in the server operating system.
• 32Bit OS: Identifies the software installation using 32bit information of the server operating system. 32Bit OS: Windows Server 2003(R2) x64, Windows Server 2008 x64
• 64Bit OS: Identifies the software installation using 64bit information of the server operating system. 64Bit OS: Windows Server 2003(R2) x64, Windows Server 2008 x64, Windows Server 2008 R2 x64, Windows Server 2012 x64, Windows Server 2012 R2 x64, Windows Server 2016 x64

6. Click OK.
7. Check the software added to the software status list.

All

You can view the status of all software programs. You can check the software status as follows:

1. Select Management at the top of the screen.
2. Select Management > Software Status from the menu.
3. Select All from Software Status. Software Name:

• Software Name: Shows the name of software. ex) AhnLab V3 Endpoint Security 9.0
• Publisher: Displays the publisher of the software. ex) AhnLab, Inc.
• Version: Displays the version of software. ex) 1.0.0.1
• Size: Displays the file size.
• Installed Agent(s): Displays the number of agents where the software is installed. Click he number to move to Management > Agent Status to view the agent information about the list of agents with the software installed.