Tool

The script is written in perl and can be run as a script, or you can download the script that has been compiled as an exe. This way you can run this on Linux or Windows.

Requirements - script mode:

Perl
Perl Modules (Crypt::SSLeay, WWW::Mechanize, LWP, LWP::UserAgent, MIME::Base64, Posix)
OpenSSL Libraries
* You can just download the ActiveState Perl distribution for your platform as it contains all of the necessary Perl modules - http://www.activestate.com/activeperl/downloads/

Requirements - exe mode:

MS Visual C++ 2008 Redistributables:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=9B2DA534-3E03-4391-8A4D-074B9F2BC1BF

Win32 OpenSSL v0.9.8k Light Installer:
http://slproweb.com/products/Win32OpenSSL.html - (choose the defaults)

Command usage:

getreport ipaddr/dns-name-of-server .user.name password

The script will connect to the server on port 8009 and submit a request for a current volume inventory of any physical volume on the server (it ignores _ADMIN).

The html files generated will be saved in a directory named with the ip address or dns name that the script was run with. The files will be saved with the naming convention of VOLUMENAME-inventory-DATESTAMP.html.

This way you can create a scheduled task or batch file for multiple servers and have data saved for trending purposes.