Creating Agentless Inventory Tasks Using The Wizard - Symantec ALTIRIS INVENTORY 7.0 SP2 - FOR NETWORK DEVICES V1.0 Manual

Creating agentless inventory tasks using the wizard

Process for gathering inventory of network devices
Table 3-1
Step Action
Step 1 Discover network devices.
Step 2 Create an agentless inventory
task.
Step 3 (Optional) Modify task settings or
schedules.
Step 4 View agentless inventory data.
The wizard guides you through the creation of an agentless inventory task and
configuration of the basic settings. You can later edit the task's advanced settings
and schedules by using the task page.
See About gathering agentless inventory"
See Gathering agentless inventory"
Gathering agentless inventory
Creating agentless inventory tasks using the wizard
Description
You can only gather inventory of the
devices that are already discovered.
For more information, view topics
about Network Discovery in the
Symantec Management Platform Help.
You create and schedule tasks to collect
inventory. You can use two methods for
creating tasks: using the Inventory
wizard and creating tasks manually.
See Creating agentless inventory tasks
using the wizard"
See Manually creating and modifying
agentless inventory tasks"
After you create a task, you can modify
the task settings or create additional
schedules.
See Manually creating and modifying
agentless inventory tasks"
See Scheduling agentless inventory
tasks" on page 21.
You can view the status of agentless
inventory tasks and view reports that
show discovery results.
See About agentless inventory status
and results"
on page 15.
on page 16.
on page 17.
on page 19.
on page 19.
on page 23.
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