Viewing and Acknowledging Inventory Changes on Devices
You can view the list of inventory changes performed on the devices that are managed on Junos Space Network Management Platform. You can also acknowledge the inventory changes on the devices.
To view and acknowledge the list of inventory changes on devices:
- On the Network Management Platform user interface, select Devices > Device Management.
The Device Management page that appears displays the list of devices managed on Junos Space Platform.
- Right-click the devices whose inventory changes you need
to view or acknowledge and select Device Inventory > View/Acknowledge
Inventory Changes.
The View Inventory Changes page is displayed.
Note: The View/Acknowledge Inventory Changes task is disabled if there are no pending and acknowledged inventory changes.
This page displays two tabs: Inventory Changes and Acknowledged Inventory Changes. By default, the Inventory Changes tab is displayed.
Table 1 describes the columns displayed on the Inventory Changes tab.
Table 1: Inventory Changes Tab
Column Name
Description
Id
ID of the inventory change
Device Name
Name of the device
Component Name
Name of the component on the device
Path
XPath of the component on the device
Serial Number
Serial number of the device
Part Number
Part number of the device
Operation
Type of inventory change performed: Added or Removed.
Date Time
Time at which the component was removed from or added to the device
- To view the acknowledged inventory changes, select the Acknowledged
Inventory Changes tab.
This tab displays the same columns as on the Inventory Changes tab and an additional column User. The User column specifies the username of the user who acknowledged the inventory change.
- To acknowledge the inventory changes, select the Inventory Changes tab.
- Select the inventory changes you need to acknowledge and
click the Acknowledge icon on the tool bar.
The Inventory Changes information dialog box is displayed.
- Click OK to confirm the inventory changes.
The inventory changes are acknowledged.