Symantec ALTIRIS INVENTORY SOLUTION 7.0 SP2 - V1.0 Manual page 37

Methods for gathering software inventory (continued)
Table 4-2
Method
Detailed application file
inventory
Add or Remove Programs list
(Windows only)
UNIX/Linux/Mac software
packages
Gathering inventory on managed computers
About methods for gathering software inventory
Description
This method scans the files on target computers and collects
additional information, such as manufacturer, version, and
so on.
You can perform this inventory in one of two ways:
By selecting the Report detailed file inventory
immediately option in the inventory policies or tasks.
This option is enabled by default.
See "Inventory advanced options: Run options tab"
on page 51.
By running the Detailed File Inventory task. This task is
scheduled, by default, to run once a week. You may want
to use this method to reduce network traffic during a
normal software inventory scan.
See "About detailed file inventory"
On Windows computers, you can gather information about
the applications that are in the Add or Remove Programs
list on target computers (MSI cache). When you select this
option, it uses the Software Discovery task.
For more information about what Software Discovery task
does, see topics about Software Discovery in the Symantec
Management Platform Help.
When Inventory Solution is installed, it turns off any
schedules for the Software Discovery task and instead uses
the schedules of the Inventory policies that use it.
You can perform this inventory by selecting the Software
Windows Add/Remove Programs option in the Inventory
policies or tasks. This option is enabled by default.
See "Inventory policy options"
On UNIX/Linux/Mac computers, you can gather information
about the software packages on target computers.
You can perform this inventory by selecting the Software
Windows Add/Remove Programs and UNIX/Linux/Mac
software packages option in the Inventory policies or tasks.
This option is enabled by default.
on page 53.
on page 45.
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