Upgrading AC 4.4.1 to AM 5.

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At Kaiser Permanente
 Company Background
• Kaiser Permanente has used AssetCenter since
2000
• Managing over 650,000 computers and a
similar number of other devices across their
enterprise.
• This is the story of how Kaiser implemented
Software Asset Manager (SAM) for a major
software licensing initiative.
 Infrastructure Technology
• DB2 8.2 to DB2 9.1
• Asset Center 4.4.1 to Asset Manager 5.20
• Connect-It 3.5 to Connect-It 3.9
Organization Challenges (Thing like not having all
right to everything)
Upgrade Benefits
Connect.It Lessons Learned
Asset Manager Upgrade Lessons Learned

• In Asset Manager 5 there is now a computer

type field when selecting computer overflow.
Post implementation update LPARs nature to
VM computer type
• Change ID number (IDNo) on the emplyee table
to a unique system number and move emplyee
ID to another field or do not track in AM.
• Web Client customization and training
Database object created outside of  DBB
Application Modifications to support
Upgrade
renaming of tables
Updating all views
Domains
...
Final Thoughts