Configuring Inventory Servers for Server Inventory

Based on the role on the Inventory server, you need to configure the settings of the Inventory server.

You can set policies to control how Inventory servers collect inventory. The Inventory policy settings configure the inventory scanning options for the selected Distributed Server Inventory Package. The Inventory policy settings stored in eDirectory are associated with an inventoried server object. Each inventoried server object has an associated Inventory policy package.

The following table lists the policies that you should configure after installing Server Inventory:

To set up this type of Inventory server: Do this:

Standalone Server
  1. Follow the steps in Configuring the Server Inventory Policy .
  2. Follow the steps in Configuring the Database Location Policy .

Root Server
  1. Follow the steps in Configuring the Inventory Service Object .
  2. Follow the steps in Configuring the Database Location Policy .

Root Server with Inventoried Servers
  1. Follow the steps in Configuring the Inventory Service Object .
  2. Follow the steps in Configuring the Server Inventory Policy .
  3. Follow the steps in Configuring the Database Location Policy .

Intermediate Server
  1. Follow the steps in Configuring the Inventory Service Object .
  2. Follow the steps in Configuring the Roll-Up Policy .

Intermediate Server with Database
  1. Follow the steps in Configuring the Inventory Service Object .
  2. Follow the steps in Configuring the Roll-Up Policy .
  3. Follow the steps in Configuring the Database Location Policy .

Intermediate Server with Database and Inventoried Servers
  1. Follow the steps in Configuring the Inventory Service Object .
  2. Follow the steps in Configuring the Server Inventory Policy
  3. Follow the steps in Configuring the Roll-Up Policy
  4. Follow the steps in Configuring the Database Location Policy .

Leaf Server with Database
  1. Follow the steps in Configuring the Inventory Service Object .
  2. Follow the steps in Configuring the Server Inventory Policy .
  3. Follow the steps in Configuring the Roll-Up Policy .
  4. Follow the steps in Configuring the Database Location Policy .

Leaf Server
  1. Follow the steps in Configuring the Inventory Service Object .
  2. Follow the steps in Configuring the Server Inventory Policy .
  3. Follow the steps in Configuring the Roll-Up Policy .

Intermediate Server with Inventoried Servers
  1. Follow the steps in Configuring the Inventory Service Object .
  2. Follow the steps in Configuring the Server Inventory Policy .
  3. Follow the steps in Configuring the Roll-Up Policy .

IMPORTANT:  After installing and configuring Server Inventory, you must run the Inventory Services on the Inventory server. For more information, see Starting the Inventory Service .



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