About This Guide - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - ASSET INVENTORY REFERENCE 10.3 30-03-2010 Reference Manual

About This Guide

This Novell ZENworks 10 Configuration Management Asset Inventory Reference includes
information to help you successfully perform inventory tasks. The information in this guide is
organized as follows:
Chapter 1, "Overview," on page 11
Chapter 2, "Scanning Managed Devices," on page 13
Chapter 3, "Scanning Inventory Only Devices," on page 51
Chapter 4, "Scanning Demographic Data," on page 63
Chapter 5, "Importing Demographic Data," on page 95
Chapter 6, "Creating Local Software Products," on page 103
Chapter 7, "Using Administrator-Defined Fields," on page 111
Chapter 8, "Using Reports," on page 115
Chapter 9, "Managing Component Data," on page 129
Chapter 10, "Managing Product Data," on page 133
Appendix A, "Troubleshooting Asset Inventory," on page 139
Appendix B, "Documentation Updates," on page 143
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