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Archival of assets

Assets in Nanitor are archived according to the Nanitor Archival Policy.  However, in some cases, it can be beneficial to speed up the process and archive devices manually. This may be because:

  • The device has been sold/given away.
  • The device is old/obsolete and should not be used.
  • The device is broken and unusable.
  • You manually imported or entered it in as an unmonitored device, which now has been decommissioned. Since it was manually entered you need to manually archive it.

Step-by-step: Asset decommissioning

To archive a device in Nanitor, you need to:

  1. Go to the Device detail page for the Asset to be archived. img1

  2. Make sure "Last activity" and Last seen (only visible if you have network discovery enabled) match when the device was removed from the network. If not, investigate before proceeding.

  3. Click the three dots in the upper right menu, then select Archive asset. Menu item icon for decommissioning a device in the Device Detail
  4. Enter an explanation for why the device was archived and click "Archive" at which point the asset will be archived. Decommission asset dialog

Notes

Note that archiving a device does not fully stop it from being seen by Nanitor. It changes what Nanitor does when it sees the device again, based on how it's seen. See Asset (device) lifecycle states for the full behavior. In short:

  • If the device's agent sends a heartbeat, it leaves the Archived badge on the very first heartbeat and shows a "Manually archived asset check-in" warning.
  • If the device is discovered on the network again (with Network Discovery enabled), whether it leaves the Archived badge depends on an organization setting that is off by default. See the linked page for details.
  • If the agent is reinstalled on the device (a fresh signup, not just a check-in), Nanitor treats this as a legitimate return to service: the archived status is cleared automatically and the device becomes Active again.

To avoid an unwanted warning after archiving, make sure the device is removed from the network and reformatted (or the agent uninstalled) before you archive it in Nanitor.