Diagrams with network/virtual topologies, now generally available

[Julien_P]

UPDATED POST (June 14th, 2023) - Diagrams are out of Preview and now generally available.

Hi everyone!

Lansweeper is pleased to introduce a significant enhancement to our IT Asset Management platform that will give you a fresh perspective on visualizing your IT estate. Today, I’m excited to announce our new diagramming capabilities to our esteemed customers and partners. Now in general availability, Diagrams is designed to offer a new angle and enhanced visualization options for your inventory.

At Lansweeper, we recognize the importance of gaining a comprehensive understanding of your IT assets, and we understand that interpreting the complexities of your IT infrastructure can be challenging. That's why we have developed a robust set of diagramming tools and templates that will allow you to explore your IT estate from a fresh perspective, enabling data-driven decisions and improved technology management.

An experience shaped by your feedback

But first, I would like to take a moment to express our sincere appreciation to the remarkable individuals who have played a vital role in shaping our product over the past months. I am referring to our dedicated testers and Community users, whose invaluable feedback has been instrumental in our journey of continuous improvement.

During the Beta and Preview phase, we had the privilege of receiving insightful feedback from you. We actively listened to your experiences, learned from your suggestions, and eagerly incorporated your insights into our development process. Your dedication and commitment have been truly exceptional.

Thanks to this valuable contribution, we are proud to announce the launch not only of the features previewed last January, but also of a set of enhanced tools that will enable our users to go even further. These diagramming capabilities will hopefully enable you to explore and understand your IT estate more easily and deeply. So thank you all!

Visualize your IT assets with network/virtual topologies

In addition to lists, reports, and dashboards, the diagramming and mapping capabilities in Lansweeper Sites enhance your experience of understanding the state of your inventory and allow you to discover the relations between your assets with dynamically generated diagrams.

Network topologies

See at a glance the different elements of your network and their relationships. Network topologies focus on the components of your computer or telecommunications network, including firewalls, devices, and routers.

 

Virtual environments

Navigate through the virtual resources available in your inventory, such as hypervisors and virtual machines, reorganized into logical groupings (data centers, clusters, etc.) to help you understand your virtual estate.

Of course, relations!

Let Lansweeper help you understand the connections between your assets with different types of automatically discovered relationships (SNMP, WMI) and those you’ve created manually in your inventory. Get valuable insights on your relationships to better understand the configurations applied to your network.

A set of features to discover

• With the integrated search, find your assets by their Name, IP address, MAC address, or Asset Type
• Define the diagram you want using filters, by Asset types, IP address (IP locations, IP range), or State
• Look at your assets from different angles with preconfigured layouts (Star, Tree)
• Get an overview of your Orphan assets, for which no relationship has been detected
• Create relations without leaving your diagram
• Export your diagram in JPG, PNG or SVG
• Get insights from your assets (details, issues, running status) and relations (speed, relation type, information port)
• Explore usability capabilities such as expanding/collapsing groups and personalization
• And a few more that we let you discover by yourself 😎
  
  

Where to start?

It's time for us to share these new capabilities with you. We hope these diagrams will give you a new perspective on your inventory. Check out our new Diagrams section in the Knowledge Base to learn how to master your new tools.

Please note that the diagrams are based on your inventory synched in Lansweeper Sites. Ensure that your installations are properly configured and synchronized so that your diagrams show up-to-date data. Additionally, the necessary SNMP credentials must be added to your installation to facilitate the discovery of relationships between your assets.

Finally, we're all ears! Your feedback is valuable, and we'd love to hear it. Feel free to share in the comments 👀.

[Julien_P]

Hi @Herculas,

Can you share more details about the problem you encountered? Do you mention having difficulty accessing the diagrams? Or are your diagrams accessible but not showing data?

The diagrams show the data that is available in your Lansweeper Cloud inventory. Ensure that your installations are properly configured and synchronized with Cloud so that your diagrams show up-to-date data.

Additionally, if your diagrams do not show any assets, and the assets are identified as Orphans (which would mean that no relationships have been detected), you should consider adding SNMP credentials to your installations to facilitate the discovery of relationships between your assets. These can be added at Scanning > Credential Vault > My credentials > Add new credential.

I hope that these tips will help you. Thank you in advance for your feedback.

[26podcast]

Will there eventually be an option for exporting the diagrams?

[Julien_P]

Hi @26podcast,

I confirm that exporting your diagrams is in our backlog, and that the team is already working on it. Do you have any particular expectations for this feature? Share them with us here, or let me know if you'd like to discuss them directly on a quick call. Your feedback is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[26podcast]

I'd like to see the ability of exporting the diagram by asset types as well as per connection type. As example would be to export all of the printers per switch connection or export all of the connected assets per switch or export all of the switches and the connections between them. I'd like to be able to drill down to a particular asset and export only it's connections to the network and final path out to the firewall/router.  We have grown over the years and added/replaced switches and documented changes are almost non-existent. I'd love to be able to trace a device through the network.

[Julien_P]

Thanks for the extra details, @26podcast. It is greatly appreciated! I'll make sure to include it in our discussions with the team.