Rolling Up Hardware Inventory; Preparing To Roll Up Inventory; Configuring The Inventory Roll-Up Policy - Novell ZENWORKS LINUX MANAGEMENT 7.3 IR2 - ADMINISTRATION GUIDE 02-12-2010 Administration Manual

Rolling Up Hardware Inventory

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You can roll up the hardware inventory data from the Novell
database to the ZENworks 7 Server Management or ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Inventory
database to view the inventory data at the enterprise level.
Review the following sections:
Section 34.1, "Preparing to Roll Up Inventory," on page 489
Section 34.2, "Configuring the Inventory Roll-Up Policy," on page 489
Section 34.3, "Understanding the Roll-Up Process," on page 490
Section 34.4, "Understanding the Components Involved in the Inventory Roll-Up," on
page 491
Section 34.5, "Viewing the Inventory Data Stored in the ZENworks 7 Server Management or
ZENworks 7 Desktop Management Inventory Database," on page 492

34.1 Preparing to Roll Up Inventory

Ensure that the following prerequisites are met:
ZENworks 7.3 Linux Management has been successfully installed.
The hardware inventory data has been stored in the ZENworks Linux Management database.
The ZEN Loader service is up and running on the ZENworks Linux Management server.
The Inventory server and Inventory database components of ZENworks 7 Server Management
or ZENworks 7 Desktop Management have been successfully installed and set up.
One of the following roles for the ZENworks 7 Inventory server has been configured:
Root Server
Root Server with Workstations
Intermediate Server with Database
Intermediate Server with Database and Workstations
The Inventory service is up and running on the ZENworks 7 Server Management or ZENworks
7 Desktop Management Inventory server.

34.2 Configuring the Inventory Roll-Up Policy

1 In the ZENworks Control Center, click Configuration.
2 In the Management Zone Settings pane, click the Device Inventory category.
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