4sysops - FREE: XIA Configuration Server – inventory and technical documentation

Submitted by David Homer

XIA Configuration provides a centralised management system for the inventory and technical documentation of your network infrastructure.

The Configuration Client can be deployed as a Windows Service which can then use several methods to detect and document Windows Servers, Windows Workstations, DNS Services, SQL Instances etc.

Reports can be quickly generated for items saving hours that would be required to write the documentation manually.

The information is then sent either automatically via Web Services to the central configuration Server that holds the definitive list of items within the environment or can be stored via XML and uploaded manually if required.

The system has a customisable reporting interface as well as a full Web Services API to allow it to be interrogated and linked to 3rd party applications.

The system can be licensed either FREE which has some limitations on the number of items or per item within the environment.