72.3 Understanding Inventory Scanning Cycle

The Inventory scanning cycle is as follows:

  1. The Inventory scanner checks whether an updated dictionary is available at its Inventory server and downloads the updated dictionary.

  2. The Inventory scanner sends hardware and software information from the inventoried workstations to the Inventory server as per the scan schedule.

  3. The Inventory server stores the inventory information in the Inventory database.

  4. At the management console, you can view and retrieve the inventory information from the Inventory database using Inventory tools such as Reporting, Summary, etc.