Running The Portable Collector On A Windows Device; Running The Portable Collector On An Osx Device - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - ASSET INVENTORY REFERENCE 10.3 30-03-2010 Reference Manual

The Inventory Only scan settings are used when you create the Portable Collector. If you want
the Portable Collector to scan for software files, for example, that option must be selected on
the Inventory Only configuration page. For information on configuring an Inventory Only scan,
see Section 3.1, "Configuring an Inventory Only Scan," on page
2 Click Devices.
3 In the Device Tasks list, click Create Portable Client.
4 Save the file to disk.
5 Uncompress the file and continue with
Windows Device," on page

3.6.2 Running the Portable Collector on a Windows Device

1 Create the Portable Collector as shown in
Windows Device," on page
2 Copy the Portable Collector files to a removable media, such as a CD or flash drive.
3 Take the Portable Collector to the device you want to inventory, then run
To see the available switches, type
4 Copy the inventory data files onto a removable media, then take it to a device connected to
ZENworks Control Center.
5 Continue with Section 3.6.4, "Importing Data Gathered with the Portable Collector," on
page 62.

3.6.3 Running the Portable Collector on an OSX Device

1 Navigate to https://ZENworks_Server_ID/zenworks-setup/ (where ZENworks_Server_ID is the
DNS name or IP address of a Primary Server).
2 Click Inventory Tools.
3 Click osxportable.dmg to download it to the desktop.
4 Uncompress
osxportable.dmg
5 Create a temporary folder to run the portable scan from.
6 Copy the contents of
temporary folder.
7 Close (eject) the osxportable image.
8 Open a terminal window.
You must be a user with administrative privileges.
9 Run
sudo ./zenumia-portable /full/path/to/output/directory
The WIF file (<xxx>.xml) will be written there. This file contains the device's inventory data. It
will be convenient for the output directory to be accessible by a Windows device. Or you can
copy the file and put it on a device connected to the ZENworks Control Center.
10 When the scan finishes, remove the temporary directory you created in
osxportable.dmg
Section 3.6.2, "Running the Portable Collector on a
61.
Section 3.6.1, "Creating the Portable Collector for a
60.
on the command line.
/?
.
, which is found in
osxportable
that you downloaded in Step
51.
collect.bat
/Volumes/osxportable
Step 5
3.
Scanning Inventory Only Devices
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, to the
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and the file
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