Customizing the Check Requirements Report

One use of the Portal reports is to plan for future software installations. The results shown within these reports can assist in management decisions about the migration and assigning a budget to the project.

This example demonstrates how to use the Check Requirements report to identify PCs that are unable to run Microsoft Windows XP so you can plan for a future PC migration. To run Windows XP, PCs must meet the following hardware requirements:

    600 MHz processor or faster

    256 MB RAM

    4GB disk space

To customize the Check Requirements report to identify obsolete PCs:

1    Expand the Planning for Deployment and Upgrades section using the show portalchevron.gif button.

2    Click Check Requirements to open the report.

Because no selection criteria are specified initially, the report shows that all PCs in the current Site meet the minimum requirements.

3    Click the Customize CUSTOMIZING THE CHECK RE1.PNG button in the Report's toolbar.

4    In field 1, type 600 MHz to specify that PCs need processors of 600 MHz or faster to run Windows XP.

5    In field 2, type 256 MB. This specifies that PCs must have at least 256 MB of RAM to run Windows XP.

Field 3 lists all CPUs found within the site. Leave this field unchanged as the type of CPU does not affect the type of operating system that can be installed.

6    In field 4, select all the operating systems in this list except Windows XP.

Field 5 specifies the operating system service pack required by the application. As you are using this report to identify PCs that can be upgraded to a new operating system, leave this field unchanged.

7    In field 6, type 4 GB to specify the disk space required to install Windows XP.

8    Click OK. The Portal queries the Enterprise database with the criteria you specified. The report displays the PCs that can support Windows XP and those that cannot.