Get list of all installed software in each Virtual Machine

Question

To manage my all virtual machines, I have purchased VMWare infrastructure but one thing I need eagerly is having:

• status of machine,
• a list of installed software and
• disk usage

for each virtual machines. Status (Running/Stop etc.) is provided by VMWare but not a list of installed software. Some of my VMs are windows and some of are Linux too. I can develop applications but don’t know how to get these details from each Virtual machine.

Answer 1

This sounds like IT Assets Management. I've used a bunch of "Enterprise" versions. IE expen$ive. But I've heard good things about Spiceworks.