Symantec ALTIRIS INVENTORY SOLUTION 7.0 SP2 - V1.0 Manual page 75

To create and schedule a new custom inventory task
1 In the Symantec Management Console, select Manage > Jobs and Tasks.
2 Click Create a new job or task.
3
In the list of task types, click Run Script.
4 In the right pane of the Create a New Task dialog, enter a name for the task.
5 Select VBScript from the Script drop-down list.
6 Enter your own script or copy a sample inventory script to the script editor.
See "To access a sample custom inventory script task"
7
Customize the script and click OK.
See "To configure the data class with a GUID"
See "To update attributes of a data class"
8 Under Task Status, schedule the task to run on client computers at a specified
time.
See "To schedule a task"
To configure the data class with a GUID
1 Create or open an existing custom inventory task.
2 In the right pane of the task dialog, scroll down to locate set objDCInstance.
3
Replace the GUID in the sample inventory script with the GUID of the data
class that you created.
See "To find the GUID of a data class "
To update attributes of a data class
1
Create or open an existing custom inventory task.
2 In the task dialog, scroll down to locate objCIMObj.
3
Add a new row.
Example: objDataClass.StartRow 0.
4 Set values for each column.
Example: objDataClass.
5 AddField objInfo.
The attributes of the data class are updated.
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DeviceID
Gathering custom inventory
Creating a custom inventory script task
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