Inventory; What Is Inventory Information Used For; Scanning The Device; Chapter 5, "Inventory - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - ZENWORKS ADAPTATIVE AGENT GUIDE 10.3 30-03-2010 Information Manual

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information is viewable by both you and your administrator.
The following sections contain more information:
Section 5.1, "What Is Inventory Information Used For?," on page 23
Section 5.2, "Scanning the Device," on page 23
Section 5.3, "Viewing Inventory Information," on page 24
Section 5.4, "Completing a Collection Data Form," on page 24

5.1 What Is Inventory Information Used For?

The software and hardware inventory taken from your
Your hardware information, for example, might be used by your administrator to see whether or not
your device meets the system requirements for a bundle you need. Or, your software information
might be used to validate compliance with company software standards.
You can use the inventory information to quickly find out details about your device, such as its asset
tag number, IP address, total memory, and free disk space. You can view hardware details, such as
the manufacturer and model of your hard drives, disk drives, and video card. You can also view
software details, such as installed hot fixes and patches and the version numbers and locations of
installed software products.

5.2 Scanning the Device

Unless your administrator has disabled the inventory scan schedule, the ZENworks
Agent performs an inventory scan on your
the schedule; the default schedule is the first day of every month.
You can also initiate an inventory scan on your device, unless your administrator has disabled your
ability to do so.
To initiate a scan:
1 Double-click the
2 In the left navigation pane, click Inventory.
3 Click Scan Now.
There is no indication that the scan is being performed. However, when you refresh the Inventory
page, you know the scan occurred if the Last Scan field displays the current date and time. You can
click View Inventory Details to see the results of the scan.
device
device on a regular basis. Your administrator determines
icon in the notification area.
for software and hardware information. This
device might be used in a variety of ways.
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