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6. Assign the roles that should have edit access to this field. Users with these roles can then edit the values
of the field from Console | Asset Extensions | Software Configuration Items . Click Next .
7. Confirm your addition or edit, and then click Finish .The field now appears in the Administration |
Settings | Asset Extension Settings | Software Configuration Items | VCMDevices or Other
Devices data grid, and as a column in the Console | Asset Extensions | Software Configuration
Items data grid.
Delete a Software Configuration Item Field
Use the following procedure to delete a Software Configuration Item field from VCMMXA.
1. Click Administration | Settings | Asset Extension Settings | Software Configuration Items .
2. Click VCM Devices or Other Devices , depending on the type of field you want to delete.
3. Select the field, and then click Delete . You cannot delete fields marked with a Locked icon.
4. Click OK to confirm. VCM deletes the field from VCMMXA.
Adding Hardware Configuration Items
Now that you have configured your VCMMXA fields for both VCM managed and non-managed devices,
you can populate those fields with machine-specific data. To begin populating the fields, use the following
procedures.
Editing Values for Devices
Use the VCM Console to view a list of licensed, VCM-managed machines. Machines appear in this data
grid when they are licensed (see
Licensing Windows Machines or Licensing UNIX/Linux Machines in the
online Help). Machines are removed from this data grid when they are removed from the list of licensed
machines in Machines Manager (
Administration | Machines Manager | Licensed Machines ).
To add information specific to the VCM-managed machines:
1. Click Console | Asset Extensions | Hardware Configuration Items | VCM Devices .
2. Select the machine or group of machines to edit, and then click Edit Values . VCM launches the Edit
Hardware CI Values wizard.
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