Configuring Application Metering Policies - Symantec ALTIRIS INVENTORY SOLUTION 7.0 SP2 - V1.0 Manual

90 Metering and denying applications

Configuring Application Metering policies

Configuring Application Metering policies
See "About metering and denying applications"
See "Preparing managed computers for inventory and metering"
Process for metering and denying applications
Table 8-3
Step Action
Step 1 Prepare computers for metering.
Step 2 Configure global metering options.
Step 3 Configure metering policies.
Step 4 View metering data.
You can meter applications on Windows-based computers by monitoring the use
of software or denying software from running. To meter applications, you configure
the policies that run metering functions on target computers.
See "About metering and denying applications"
For Application Metering policies to work, you must have the Application Metering
plug-in installed on target computers.
See "Metering and denying applications"
Several predefined policies exist for the common applications that you may want
to monitor. For example, there are policies for Microsoft Office products, instant
messaging software, and software games. You can also create new polices from
on page 85.
Description
Target computers must be managed
and have the Application Metering
plug-in installed.
See "Preparing managed computers for
inventory and metering"
You can configure data purging options
and software inventory integration.
See "Managing application metering
data" on page 105.
You create the policies that run
metering functions on target computers
and gather the data that you want to
collect.
See "Configuring Application Metering
policies" on page 90.
You can view the metering data by
viewing reports.See
application metering data"
on page 85.
on page 89.
on page 25.
on page 25.
"Viewing
on page 105.