In ConsoleOne, right-click the Workstation package, then click Properties to display the Policies page.
Click the Policies tab, and then select a specific platform from the drop-down list to configure and enable the policy for that platform. The available platforms include: Windows 9x, WinNT-2000-XP, Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP.
Select the check box under the Enabled column for the Workstation Inventory Policy.
Click Properties to display the Workstation Inventory Policy page.
In the General page, configure the following settings:
(Optional) Customize the Inventory scan.
Click the Hardware Scan tab to specify the following settings:
Enable DMI Scan: Select this option to include scanning of hardware information from Desktop Management Interface (DMI) on the inventoried workstations.
Enable WMI Scan: Select this option to include WMI scanning of hardware information from Microsoft's Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) on the inventoried workstations.
Enable Custom Scanning: Select this option to include Custom scanning of the inventoried workstations. You need to enter the name of the Custom Scan executable that should be run for custom scanning.
Custom Attribute Editor: Click this button to specify the list of custom attributes. Modify the list if necessary.
To customize the software scan settings for the Windows inventoried workstations where ZENworks for Desktops 3.2, ZENworks for Desktops 4, or ZENworks for Desktops 4.0.1 is installed, click the Software Scan tab and configure the following settings. For more information, see Customizing the Software Inventory Information To Be Scanned For ZENworks for Desktops 4.X and Earlier Versions of Inventoried Workstations.
IMPORTANT: Do not configure the settings for the inventoried workstations that have ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management installed. To configure the software scan settings for ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management inventoried workstations, see Customizing the Software Inventory Information To Be Scanned For ZENworks 6.5 or ZENworks 6.5 Support Packs Inventoried Workstations.
Enable Software Scan: Enables software scanning for the inventoried workstations associated with the Inventory policy. The scan program collects software information for the inventoried workstations and stores it in the Inventory database.
Custom Scan Editor: Enables you to customize the list of application details to scan for at the inventoried workstations. The Inventory scanner scans for the details of the applications listed in the Custom Scan Editor.
For example, specify the following details in the Custom Scan Editor: Vendor Name=Microsoft; Product Name=Microsoft Office; Product Version=10.0; FileName=winword.exe; File Size=1 MB. The Inventory scanner scans for the winword.exe file having a size of 1 MB on the inventoried workstations. If the file is found, the scanner stores "Microsoft;Microsoft Office;10.0" for "winword.exe;1 MB" in the Inventory database.
Product Identification Number: Enables you to scan for the product identification number of the Microsoft applications installed on the inventoried workstations.
Product Location: Enables you to scan for the full path of the applications installed on the inventoried workstations.
Perform only Custom Scanning: Enables you to scan only the customized software applications that are selected in the Custom Scan Editor.
Click the Configuration Editor tab. If required, modify the settings of the following .ini files.
SWRules: Configure the SWRules file for the Windows inventoried workstations on which ZENworks for Desktops 3.2, ZENworks for Desktops 4, or ZENworks for Desktops 4.0.1 is installed. Do not configure the file for the inventoried workstations that have ZENworks6.5 Desktop Management installed.
Use the SWRules file to customize the software scanning information of vendors and products. For more information on how to configure this file, see Customizing the Software Inventory Information To Be Scanned For ZENworks for Desktops 4.X and Earlier Versions of Inventoried Workstations.
Asset Information: Use this file to scan for vendor-specific information from the Desktop Management Interface (DMI). For more information how to configure this file, see Scanning for Vendor-Specific Asset Information from DMI.
Zipped Names: Use this file to customize the hardware scanning of Jaz* and Zip* drives. For more information how to configure this file, see Customizing the Hardware Scanning Information of Jaz, Zip, and Floppy Drive Vendors.
IBM Names: Use this file to scan for the IBM computer models. For more information how to configure this file, see Scanning for IBM Computer Models.
HWRules: Use this file to customize the nominal size of monitors. For more information on how to configure the HWRules.ini file, see Customizing the Hardware Information for Monitor's Size.
Click Apply.
Click the Policy Schedule tab.
Modify the settings for scheduling the scan of the inventoried workstations, click Apply, then click Close.
Click the Associations tab, then click Add.
Browse to and select the container object where the inventoried workstations are registered, then click OK.
Click Apply, then click Close.
In ConsoleOne, right-click the Inventory Service object (Inventory Service_server_name), click Properties, then click the Inventory Service object tab.
Make sure Enable Scan of Machines is selected, then click OK.