Novell Documentation: ZENworks for Servers 3.0.2 - Configuring the Server Inventory Policy

Configuring the Server Inventory Policy

The Server Inventory policy contains the IP address or the DNS name of the Inventory server to which the inventory data will be sent. This policy also contains the inventory scanning schedule for the associated inventoried server. You must configure the Server Inventory policy for each inventoried server.

To configure the Server Inventory policy:

In ConsoleOne, right-click the Distributed Server Package, click Properties, then click Policies.
Click Policies > General, NetWare, or Windows sub-options.

To configure for both NetWare and Windows inventoried servers, click the General sub-option.

NOTE: Do not select to configure policies in the Solaris or the Linux suboption as they are not supported.
Select the check box under the Enabled column for the Server Inventory policy.
Click Properties > the Server Inventory Policy tab.
Browse to select the DN of the Inventory Service object.

This setting specifies that the scanner will send the server scan data to this Inventory server.

NOTE: The Inventory Service object must be in the same eDirectory tree as the Server Inventory policy.
Select the DNS name or the IP address of the Inventory server.
If you want to send or roll-up the scan data to an Inventory server that is across the firewall, specify the IP address and the port number of the proxy server.
(Optional) To customize Inventory scanning, do the following:
1. Click the Hardware Scan tab.
  
  This tab will be displayed while configuring the Server Inventory policy of the Windows servers.
2. Select the Enable DMI Scan option to include DMI scanning of inventoried Windows servers.
3. Select the Enable WMI Scan option to include WMI scanning of inventoried Windows servers.
4. Click the Software Scan tab.
5. Select the Enable the Software Scan option to enable software scanning of inventoried servers.
6. Click the Custom Scan Editor button to select the software that you want to scan for at the servers, then modify the list.
  
  The Inventory scanner scans for the application information configured in the Custom Scan Editor.
  
  For example, specify the following information in the Custom Scan Editor: Vendor Name=Microsoft; Product Name=Microsoft Office - Word; Product Version=10.0; FileName=winword.exe; File Size=10000.
  
  In the Custom Scan Editor dialog box, the Inventory scanner scans for the winword.exe file having a size of 10000 bytes on the inventoried servers associated with the Server Inventory policy. If the file is found, the scanner stores "Microsoft;Microsoft Office - Word;10.0" for "winword.exe;10000" in the Inventory database.
  
  The Custom Scan table lists the applications information that you want to scan for at the inventoried server such as vendor name, product name, product version, filename, and file size (in bytes).
  
  You can enter a maximum of 1000 entries to the Custom Scan table.
  
  Use the following methods to add the information of the applications to the Custom Scan table:
  - Adding new entries
  1. Click Add.
  
  2. Specify the details.
  
  You can specify details for one of the following attributes: Vendor Name, Product Name, or File\Location Name. But if you specify Product Version or File Size, you must also configure at least one of the following: Vendor Name, Product Name, or File\Location Name.
  
  3. Click OK.
  - Importing the contents from an existing file
  1. Open a text editor and create a file with the following contents:
  
  number_of_entries;number_of_columns
  
  vendor_name;product_name;product_version;file_name;file_size_in_bytes;
  
  ...
  
  vendor_name;product_name;product_version;file_name;file_size_in_bytes;
  
  Fill in all the details of the application. The separator between the columns is a semicolon. Save the file as a text file with any extension you prefer. You can then import the file into the Custom Scan table.
  
  A sample file is as follows:
```
2;5
```
```
Microsoft;Microsoft Office-Word;10.0;winword.exe;10000
```
```
Microsoft;Microsoft Office-Excel;5.0;excel.exe;50000
```
  2. In the Custom Scan Editor dialog box, click Import.
  
  3. Browse and select the file.
  
  4. Click Open.
7. Select the Product Identification Number option to include scanning of product identification numbers of the Microsoft applications installed on the inventoried Windows servers.
8. Click the Configuration Editor tab.
9. Select the appropriate sub-option; Asset Information, Zipped Names, or SWRules.
10. Click Set Default to get the default settings.
11. If required, modify the settings of the configuration files, then click OK.
Click the Policy Schedule tab.
Modify the schedule, click Apply, then click Close.
From the Distributed Server Package property page, click the Distribution tab, then click Add.
Browse to add the Distribution object, then click OK.
Click Apply, then click close.
In ConsoleOne, right-click the Inventory Service object (servername_ZenInvService), click Properties, then click the Inventory Service Object Properties tab.
Make sure the Enable Scan of Machines check box is selected, then click OK.

This setting ensures that scanning is enabled for the servers associated with the selected Inventory server.