Step 4: Prepare asset records before asset disposal

Before you dispose of assets and import the data about how you disposed of them, you might want to update your asset records by performing such tasks as reallocating software assigned to the assets.

Some businesses track software by issuing it as a spare part for an asset or by assigning it to an asset as a child asset. In either case, if you want to reallocate a software license assigned to an asset before you dispose of it, reallocate it before you import asset disposal data.

LPARS, other partitions, and virtual machines can also be assigned as child assets to assets representing physical machines. If you want to move these child assets to other assets, move them before you dispose of the asset.

Exporting a file

If you have a large number of assets to dispose of, it is helpful to export data about those records to a file. You can review the information in the file before you dispose of the assets, or you can provide the exported information to vendors who are disposing of your assets. You can use the integration framework features to export the asset data to a file.