Enhancements in the Inventory Scan of Software Data

The Inventory scanner has been enhanced with the following features, which enables you to control the scanning process more effectively and efficiently:

• It supports scanning for the following software inventory information:
  • Windows* operating system and its patches
  • Internet Explorer and its patches
  • Windows Media Player and its patches
  • Outlook Express and its patches
  • Novell Client32^TM and its installed components
  • ZENworks suite and its installed components
  • Microsoft* Office and its installed applications
  • Antivirus products such as Symantec* AntiVirus* Corporate Edition and Network Associates* McAfee* VirusScan*
  • Virus definition date and version for the antivirus products such as Symantec AntiVirus Corporate Edition and McAfee VirusScan
• It supports scanning for the products listed in the Windows Add/Remove Programs and the MSI database.
• Includes dictionary of software titles to provide more accurate report of Installed software.
• Provides rules to control the scope of software scan.
• Reports total disk usage against configured file extensions.

For more information, see "Customizing the Software Inventory Information To Be Scanned For ZENworks 6.5 or ZENworks 6.5 Support Packs Inventoried Workstations" in "Workstation Inventory" in the Novell ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management Administration Guide.

New Inventory Reports

Workstation Inventory provides new software Inventory reports.

The Inventory reports that shipped with ZENworks for Desktops 4.0.1 and the new reports in the ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management have been regrouped.

For more information, see "Types of Inventory Reports" in "Workstation Inventory" in the Novell ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management Administration Guide.

Support for the Inventory Database on Oracle 9i

ZENworks 6.5 allows the Inventory database to be configured for Oracle 9i on Windows servers in your network.

For more information, see "Creating the Oracle9i Inventory Database on a Windows Server" in "Workstation Inventory" in the Novell ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management Administration Guide.

New Enhancements in the Inventory Scan of Hardware Data

Workstation Inventory now supports scanning for monitors.

For more information, see "Customizing the Hardware Information for Monitor's Size" in "Workstation Inventory" in the Novell ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management Administration Guide.

Exporting the Inventory Data to an XML File

Workstation Inventory allows you to export the inventory data from the Inventory database into an Extensible Markup Language (.xml) file by using the Data Export tool.

For more information, see "Exporting the Inventory Information" in "Workstation Inventory" in the Novell ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management Administration Guide.

New User-Friendly Nomenclature for eDirectory Objects

The nomenclature of the following eDirectory objects has been changed:

• In ConsoleOne, the Inventory Service object name is displayed as
  Inventory Service_server_name instead of server_name_InvService.
• In ConsoleOne, the Inventory Database object name is displayed as
  Inventory database_server_name instead of server_name_Invdatabase.