Gathering Inventory On Managed Computers - Symantec ALTIRIS INVENTORY SOLUTION 7.0 SP2 - V1.0 Manual

Gathering inventory on managed computers

Software Catalog Data Provider components (continued)
Table 4-3
Component
Software Catalog Data
Provider Inventory task
Installed Software report
You can gather inventory data by running automated policies and tasks on
managed computers. This method requires that you install the Altiris Agent and
the Inventory plug-in on target computers. The inventory policies and tasks use
the Inventory plug-in to perform the inventory scan on the target computer. The
inventory data is sent to the CMDB.
See "About gathering inventory on managed computers"
Process for gathering inventory on managed computers
Table 4-4
Step Action
Step 1 Prepare managed computers for
inventory.
Gathering inventory on managed computers
Gathering inventory on managed computers
Description
This task compares the gathered software inventory to the
list of known applications (software resources) in the CMDB.
This task, by default, is run every Wednesday.
By default, if the data matches, the application data is
imported into the Software Catalog. This option can be
turned off. To view this task, from the Symantec
Management Console, on the Settings menu, click All
Settings > Software > Data Provider > Software Catalog
Data Provider Inventory.
The list of software applications that have been discovered
using Software Inventory and have matched the list of
known applications. To view this list, from the Symantec
Management Console, on the Manage menu, click Software
> Software Catalog > Installed Software.
Description
Target computers must be managed and
have the Inventory plug-in installed.
See "Preparing managed computers for
inventory and metering"
on page 32.
on page 25.
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