Gathering Inventory Using Stand-Alone Packages; Creating And Editing Stand-Alone Inventory Packages - Symantec ALTIRIS INVENTORY SOLUTION 7.0 SP2 - V1.0 Manual

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Gathering inventory using stand-alone packages

Gathering inventory using stand-alone packages
Gathering inventory using stand-alone packages

Creating and editing stand-alone inventory packages

data depending on the configuration of your network. You can create multiple
packages with different options based on your needs.
See "Gathering inventory using stand-alone packages"
To execute a stand-alone package and gather the inventory correctly, the logged
on user must be a local administrator.
You can gather inventory on the target computers that are not managed through
the Altiris Agent. This process guides you through the steps to gather inventory
using stand-alone packages.
See "About gathering inventory using stand-alone packages"
Process for gathering inventory using stand-alone packages
Table 5-1
Step Action
Step 1 Create a stand-alone inventory
package.
Step 2 Run the Stand-alone Inventory
package on the target computers.
Step 3 If you need to, manually copy
inventory data to the Notification
Server computer.
You can create or edit a stand-alone inventory package. When you configure a
package, you select how the data is reported to the Notification Server computer.
The inventory data is stored in files with an NSE extension.
on page 60.
on page 59.
Description
You create stand-alone inventory
packages from the Symantec
Management Console.
See "Creating and editing stand-alone
inventory packages" on page 60.
You run the stand-alone packages on
the target computers that gather the
inventory data.
See "Running stand-alone inventory
packages on target computers"
on page 64.
If the target computer cannot
communicate directly to the
Notification Server computer, you must
manually report the inventory data.
See "Manually reporting stand-alone
inventory data" on page 67.