Inventory Service Object

Use this property page to:

The Inventory Service object settings configure workstation scanning.

Inventory Server Role

Inventory Server Role
Click the new role for the selected server from the list.

Based on the new role you select, you will see a list of actions to be followed. For example, if you change the role of the Root Server to Root Server with Workstations, you must configure the Workstation Inventory policy for the workstations that you have attached. Similarly, to change the role to any other server, follow the actions to make the new role change effective.

Plan the change of roles carefully because these changes will impact the existing inventory deployment. See ZENworksTM for Desktops > Deployment. http://www.novell.com/documentation/lg/zdfs/index.html

Discard Scan Data Time
Type the date and time so that any scan data files (.ZIP files) that have scan information collected before the this date will be discarded.

Scan Directory Path
Type the name of the volume on the server where you want to store the scan data files.

The Scan directory (SCANDIR) path is the location on the server that stores the scan data files. The format of the Scan directory path is as follows: server_name\volume_of_the_server_directory.

You cannot modify the server name specified in the Scan directory path. If you modify the directory name, the directory must already exist.

Scan Configuration

Enable Scan of Workstations
Click this option to specify hardware and software scanning of the workstations associated with this Inventory Service object.

The scanners collect inventory information for the workstation only if this option is enabled.

By default, the scanners collect only hardware information for the workstations.
Start Full Scan
Click this option to do a full scan of the workstation.

When scanning the workstation for the first time, the scanner collects the complete inventory of the workstation, referred to as a full scan. The next time, the scanner compares the current inventory data to the history data that it maintains. If there are any changes to the workstation, the scanner reports the delta scan data, which contains only the changes in inventory since the last scan was reported. The delta scan setting is the default scan operation for each successive scan after the first scanning of the workstation.

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