How Inventory Solution Works With The Software Catalog Data Provider - Symantec ALTIRIS INVENTORY SOLUTION 7.0 SP2 - V1.0 Manual

40 Gathering inventory on managed computers

How Inventory Solution works with the Software Catalog Data Provider

Software Catalog Data Provider components (continued)
Table 4-3
Component
Data provider Summary
Inventory policy or task
Software Discovery task
Description
This summary is the list of known applications that has
been imported into the CMDB as software resources. To
view this list, from the Symantec Management Console, on
the Manage menu, click Software > Data Provider
Summary.
Run a policy or task with the Software Windows
Add/Remove Programs option selected. By default, the
Collect Full Inventory policy is run every Monday.
The software inventory data is gathered and entered into
the CMDB.
The specific Windows application information is gathered
by one of the following two methods:
In the Inventory policy Advanced Settings > Run options,
the Report detailed file inventory immediately option
is selected. This setting is selected by default.
The Detailed File Inventory task is run. By default, this
task runs once a week.
This task is used to report detailed file inventory of Windows
applications.
It is automatically used when you do one of the following:
In the inventory policy or task Advanced Settings > Run
options, the Report detailed file inventory immediately
option is selected. This setting is selected by default.
The Detailed File Inventory task is run.
For more information about what Software Discovery task
does, see topics about Software Discovery in the Symantec
Management Platform Help.
When Inventory Solution is installed, it turns off any
schedules for the Software Discovery task and instead uses
the schedules of the Inventory policies that use it. To view
this task, from the Symantec Management Console, on the
Settings menu, click All Settings > Software > Software
Catalog and Software Library Settings > Software
Discovery.