Guidelines Applicable to All Software Dictionary Rules

The following guidelines are applicable to all the software dictionary rules that you configure:

• All software dictionary rules are recorded in the software dictionary.
• All software dictionary rules are applied at the scanner.
• You can change the settings of the software dictionary rules using the Software dictionary ConsoleOne snap-ins. For more information on how to configure the software dictionary rules, see Configuring the ZENworks 6.5 SP1 or Later Software Dictionary Rules
• Every inventory scan contains the version of dictionary files used for that scan. This information is stored in the inventory database.
• The user-defined entry overrides the default entry present in the software dictionary but only one new entry can overrides an existing entry at a time.

Precedence between Report Software with Maximum Version and Report Multiple Versions of the Software

If an entry in the "Report Multiple Versions of the Software" rule conflicts with an entry in the "Report Software with Maximum Version", then the entry in "Report software with Maximum version" overrides the entry in the "Report Multiple Versions of the Software" rule.

Precedence of Software Dictionary Rules Grouped in the Software Scanning Category

The software dictionary rules in the Software Scanning category control the scope of scanning for the files on the local file systems.

The Software Scanning category included the following software dictionary rules:

• Include Local File Extensions
• Exclude Local File Extensions
• Include Local Directories
• Exclude Local Directories
• Include Local Drives
• Exclude Local Drives
• Exclude Local Software
• Exclude Local Files

If you do not configure any of the above mentioned rules, the Inventory scanner scans for all files on the hard disk of the inventoried workstations. If the files have matching entries in the software dictionary, the files are reported as identified software. If the files do not have matching entries, then they are reported as unidentified software.

If you configure the above mentioned rules, following is the precedence of rules in the descending order:

• Exclude Local Files
• Exclude Local Software
• Include Local File Extensions
• Exclude Local File Extensions
• Include Local Directories
• Exclude Local Directories
• Include Local Drives
• Exclude Local Drivers

The following flowchart illustrates the precedence of these rules.

Precedence of Software Dictionary Rules Grouped in the Disk Usage Scanning Category

The software dictionary rules in the Disk Usage Scanning category determine whether a file should be considered for disk usage scan.

The Disk Usage Scanning category included the following software dictionary rules:

• Disk Usage Scanning - Include Local File Extensions
• Disk Usage Scanning - Exclude Local Files
• Disk Usage Scanning - Include Local Directories
• Disk Usage Scanning - Exclude Local Directories
• Disk Usage Scanning - Include Local Drives
• Disk Usage Scanning - Exclude Local Drives

For a file to be considered for the disk usage scan, its file extension must be listed in the Disk Usage Scanning - Include Local File Extensions rule and it should be excluded from inventory scan in the other Disk Usage Scanning rules.

Following is the precedence of rules in the descending order:

• Disk Usage Scanning - Exclude Local Files
• Disk Usage Scanning - Include Local Directories
• Disk Usage Scanning - Exclude Local Directories
• Disk Usage Scanning - Include Local Drives
• Disk Usage Scanning - Exclude Local Drives

The following flowchart illustrates the precedence of these rules.

Guidelines Applicable to All Software Dictionary Rules

The following guidelines are applicable to all the software dictionary rules that you configure:

• All software dictionary rules are applied at the inventoried workstations by the inventory scanner.
• You can change the settings of the software dictionary rules using the Software dictionary ConsoleOne snap-ins. For more information on how to configure the software dictionary rules, see Configuring the ZENworks 6.5 SP1 or Later Software Dictionary Rules.
• Every inventory scan contains the version of dictionary files used for that scan. This information is stored in the inventory database.
• The user-defined software identifier overrides the default software identifier present in the software dictionary but at a time only one user-defined software identifier can override a default software identifier.

Precedence between Report Only Maximum Software Version and Report All Software Versions

By default, the scanner reports only the highest version of the software installed. If a rule in "Report All Software Versions" conflicts with a rule in "Report Only Maximum Software Version", then the rule in "Report Only Maximum Software Version" overrides the rule of Report All Software Versions.

Precedence of Software Dictionary Rules Grouped in the Software Scanning Category

The software dictionary rules in the Software Scanning category control the scope of scanning for the files on the local file systems.

The Software Scanning category includes the following software dictionary rules:

• Scan File Extensions
• Ignore File Extensions
• Scan Directories
• Ignore Directories
• Scan Drives
• Ignore Drives
• Software Scanning Filters - Software
• Software Scanning Filters - Files

If you do not configure any of the above mentioned rules, the Inventory scanner scans for all files on the hard disk of the inventoried workstations. If the files have matching software identifier in the software dictionary, the files are reported as identified software.Otherwise, they are reported as unidentified software.

If you configure the above mentioned rules, following is the precedence of rules in the descending order:

• Software Scanning Filters - Files
• Software Scanning Filters - Software
• Scan File Extensions
• Ignore File Extensions
• Scan Directories
• Ignore Directories
• Scan Drives
• Ignore Drives

The following flowcharts illustrate the precedence of these rules.

Precedence of Software Dictionary Rules Grouped in the Disk Usage Scanning Category

The software dictionary rules in the Disk Usage Scanning category determine whether a file should be considered for disk usage scan.

The Disk Usage Scanning category includes the following software dictionary rules:

• Report Disk Space Used by File Extensions
• Disk Usage Scanning Filters - Files
• Scan Directories
• Ignore Directories
• Scan Drives
• Ignore Drives

For a file to be considered for the disk usage scan, its file extension must be listed in the Report Disk Space Used by File Extensions rule and it should not be excluded from inventory scan in the other Disk Usage Scanning rules.

Following is the precedence of rules in the descending order:

• Report Disk Space Used by File Extensions
• Disk Usage Scanning Filters - Files
• Scan Directories
• Ignore Directories
• Scan Drives
• Ignore Drives

The following flowchart illustrates the precedence of these rules.

Regular Expression

Regular Expression refers to the POSIX regular expressions. For more information on regexp (regular expressions), see The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6 Web site.

Examples of Regular Expression usage:

• To find all vendor names starting with "Novell," specify Novell.*
• To find executables, specify [exe|EXE]
• To find files with name containing 6 characters, starting with "r" and ending with "t", specify [r....t]
• To find files with name starting from A to C, and ending with E, specify [A-C].*[E]
• To find files whose name does not contain any uppercase letters, specify [^A-Z]+

NOTE:  To use meta characters such as [, \, ^, $, ., |, ?, ( , ), *, and + as characters, you must prefix them with a backslash (\). For example, to specify c:\windows as a regular expression, specify it as c:\\windows.

Expandable Expression

Expandable Expression contains displayable characters and the asterisk (*) wildcard character.

"*" matches to zero or more displayable characters.

Examples of Expandable Expression usage:

• To find all instances of the vendor name beginning with "Microsoft," specify Microsoft*
• To find files with extension ".exe" in the scan, specify exe

System Expandable Expression

• On NetWare: A System expandable expression contains displayable characters or references to environmental variables.

  Example of an environmental variable: $sysdir

• On Windows: A System expandable expression contains displayable characters, references to environmental variables, or the asterisk (*) wildcard character.

  "*" matches to zero or more displayable characters.

  Example of an environmental variable: %temp%

  IMPORTANT:  A System expandable expression can contain a combination displayable characters, references to environmental variables, or the asterisk (*) wildcard character but if it contains an environmental variable, you must specify it at the beginning of the expression. For example, %temp%/*

  Examples of System Expandable Expression usage:

  • To find the disk usage of the C drive, specify C
  • To find files in the c:\program files directory, specify c:\program files
  • To find files with extensions, ".com", specify com

Access Software Dictionary

The "Access Software Dictionary" rule allows you to view the software dictionary entries. You can also use this table to add, modify, and delete the entries in the software dictionary. A software product can be identified by more than one software identifier. The Key Identifier option in the Access Software Dictionary table allows you to determine the key identifier whose information must be reported by the scanner.

To configure the rule:

1. Click Edit Table.

2. In the Configure Software Dictionary table, click Insert to add a new row.

3. Specify values for the following identifiers.

   Filename, File Date (yyyy-dd-mm), File Timestamp (hours:minutes:seconds), Minimum File Size (bytes), Maximum File Size (bytes), Product Name, Product Support Pack Version, Product Version, Internal Version, Description, Vendor, Platform, and Category.

   The following identifiers are called as matching attributes: Filename, File Date, File Time, File Min Size, File Max Size, and Internal Version. From the list of matching attributes, you must configure the "File Name" attribute; others are optional. The values of these matching attributes are compared with the values scanned by the Inventory scanner from the file headers on the inventoried workstations. If the values match, then these attributes and the corresponding software information attributes (Product Name, Product Support Pack Version, Product Version, Description, Vendor, Platform, and Category) are stored in the Inventory database.

   NOTE:  When you add an entry in the table, a unique ID called as Dictionary Identifier is automatically assigned to this entry. You cannot change this ID.

   For example, configure the following settings in the Configure Software Dictionary table:

   Filename= MSACCESS.EXE

   File Date= 1998-30-01

   File Timestamp= 05:30

   Minimum File Size= 299854

   Maximum File Size= 400000

   Product Name= Access

   Product Version= 7.0

   Internal Version= 7.0

   Description= Microsoft Access

   Vendor= Microsoft

   Platform= win95

   Category= Database

   If the Inventory scanner finds a file with the following values during the scan: "File Name= MSACCESS.EXE; File Date= 1998-30-01; File Timestamp= 05:30; File Size= 400000; Internal Version= 7.0," then the following information is stored in the Inventory database:

   File Name= MSACCESS.EXE

   File Date= 1998-30-01

   File Timestamp= 05:30

   File Size= 400000

   Product Name= Access

   Product Version= 7.0

   Internal Version= 7.0

   Description= Microsoft Access

   Vendor= Microsoft

   Platform= win95

   Category= Database

   IMPORTANT:  When you add a new entry to the table, ensure that the value of one of its matching attribute is unique.

4. (Optional) Select the Key Identifier check box for this entry.

   A key identifier helps you to identify a software product. Each key identifier has a set of file matching attributes and corresponding software information attributes. During the Inventory scan, the scanner reads the attributes from the file headers, and if these attributes match the attributes configured in the dictionary, the information in the corresponding software information attributes is stored in the Inventory database.

   For example, the Configure Dictionary table has the following entries for MS Word:

   Filename	File date	File timestamp	Minimum File Size	Maximum File Size	Product name	Product version	Internal version	Description	Vendor
   winword.exe	2004-30-1	05:30	10000	10000	Word	2002	10.0.4219	Microsoft Word	Microsoft
   osa.exe	2004-30-02	16:00	10000	10000	Word	2002	10.0.4300	Microsoft Office XP Component	Microsoft

   If the key identifier has not been defined, the software information for MS Word might be selected from anyone of the above entries.

   To ensure that the information from the identifier corresponding to "Winword.exe" is selected, you must select the key identifier check box for "Winword.exe." If you select "Winword.exe" as the key identifier in the Configure Software Dictionary table, the Inventory scanner will store the information related to winword.exe into the Inventory database.

5. Click OK.

IMPORTANT:  You can automatically add entries to this table from the Configure Scanned Unidentified Software table located in the Add Unidentified Software to Dictionary rule.

In the Configure Software Dictionary table, you can also perform the following tasks:

• Exclude a software from scan by adding the software to the table in the Exclude Local Software rule.

  In the Configure Software Dictionary table, select the software entry that you want to exclude during the next scan, and click the Exclude Software button.

• Sort the entries of the table.
• Delete the entries from the table.
• Apply filters to the entries of the table.

Report Software with Maximum Version

The "Report Software with Maximum Version" rule allows you to configure the software, whose highest version must be reported by the Inventory scanner.

To configure the rule:

1. Click Edit Table.

2. In the table, click Insert to add a new row.

3. In the Name Pattern drop-down list, select Expandable Expression or Regular Expression.

4. Specify a software name pattern.

5. (Optional) In the Vendor Pattern drop-down list, select Expandable Expression or Regular Expression.

6. (Optional) Specify a vendor name pattern.

7. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to report only the highest version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on the inventoried workstation, configure the following settings in the table:

Name Pattern = Expandable expression

Name= Acrobat* Reader*

Vendor Pattern = Expandable expression

Vendor = Adobe*

If the inventoried workstation has Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 4.0 and 5.0 installed, the Inventory scanner reports Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.

NOTE:  By default, the scanner reports only the highest version of the software.

Report Multiple Versions of the Software

The "Report Multiple Versions of the Software" rule allows you to configure the software for which the Inventory scanner must report all versions of the software installed on the inventoried workstation.

To configure the rule:

1. Click Edit Table.

2. In the table, click Insert to add a new row.

3. In the Name Pattern drop-down list, select Expandable Expression or Regular Expression.

4. Specify a software name pattern.

5. In the Vendor Pattern drop-down list, select Expandable Expression or Regular Expression.

6. Specify a vendor name pattern.

7. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to report all versions of the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on the inventoried workstation, configure the following settings in the table:

Name Pattern = Expandable Expression

Name= Acrobat* Reader*

Vendor Pattern = Expandable Expression

Vendor = Adobe*

If the inventoried workstation has Acrobat Reader 6.0 and Acrobat Reader 5.0 installed, the Inventory scanner will report Acrobat Reader 6.0 and Acrobat Reader 5.0.

Add Unidentified Software to Dictionary

The software dictionary might not identify all the software products installed in you network. The software that are not listed in the dictionary are called Unidentified software.

Click Edit table. The Configure Scanned Unidentified Software table lists the unidentified software that is stored in the Inventory database.

If you want the unidentified software to be identified in subsequent scans, select the software entry in the table and click the Software Dictionary button. The entry is automatically added to Configure Software Dictionary table located in the Software Dictionary rule.

In the Configure Scanned Unidentified Software table, you can also sort the entries, and also apply filters to the entries of the table.

Scan as Unidentified Software

Allows you to configure the file extensions of the files, that should included in the list of "Unidentified" software. You can view the list of unidentified software in the Add Unidentified Software to Dictionary rule.

To configure the rule:

1. Click Edit Table.

2. In the Configure Software to be Reported as Unidentified table, click Insert to add a new row.

3. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select Expandable Expression or Regular Expression.

4. Specify a file extension pattern.

5. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to report all files with extension ".exe" that do not have an entry in the dictionary as "Unidentified", configure the following settings in the table:

Pattern Type = Expandable expression

File Extension = exe

Include Local File Extensions

The "Include Local File Extensions" rule allows you to configure the files with specified extensions that should be scanned for at the inventoried workstations. This rule acts as a filter on the list of software identifiers. A file that is listed as a software identifier and whose extension is included in this table will be reported.

To configure a file extension to be included in the scan:

1. Click Edit Table.

2. In the File Extension Include table, click Insert to add a new row.

3. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select Expandable Expression or Regular Expression.

4. Specify a file extension pattern.

5. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to scan for files with extension ".exe", configure the following settings in the Configure File Extension Includes table:

Pattern Type = Regular expression

File Extension = [exe|EXE]

The Inventory scanner scans and stores only the files with extension "exe" in the Inventory database.

NOTE:  You must exclude all other file extensions present on the machine for this rule to be effective by configuring the Exclude Local File Extensions rule.

Exclude Local File Extensions

The "Exclude Local File Extensions" rule allows you to configure the file with specified extensions that should not be scanned for at the inventoried workstations.

To configure a file extension to be excluded from the scan:

1. Click Edit Table.

2. In the Configure File Extension Exclude table, click Insert to add a new row.

3. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select Expandable Expression or Regular Expression.

4. Specify a file extension pattern.

5. Click OK.

For example, if you do not want the Inventory scanner to scan for files with extension ".exe", configure the following settings in the Configure File Extension Excludes table:

Pattern Type = Expandable expression

File Extension = exe

The Inventory scanner will not scan for the files with extension ".exe".

IMPORTANT:  Since the default behavior of the scanner is to include all file extensions, you need not configure the Include Local File Extensions rule for the remaining file extensions on the inventoried workstation.

Include Local Directories

The "Include Local Directories" rule allows you to configure the directories that should be scanned for files at the inventoried workstations.

To configure a directory to be included in the scan:

1. Click Edit Table.

2. In the Configure Scan - Include Directories table, click Insert to add a new row.

3. In the Platform drop-down list, select NetWare, Windows, or Any.

4. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System Expandable Expression or Regular Expression.

   IMPORTANT:  If you select Regular expression as the pattern type, then the corresponding value in the Platform column is automatically changed to "Any." If you select System expandable expression, you cannot select "Any" as the platform.

5. Specify a directory name pattern.

6. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to scan for files in the c:\programfiles directory on all the Windows inventoried workstations, configure the following settings in the Configure Scan - Include Directories table:

Platform = Windows

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

Directory= C:\ProgramFiles

The Inventory scanner scans only the files in c:\programfiles for software information.

NOTE:  You must exclude all other directories present on the machine for this rule to be effective by configuring the Include Local Directories rule.

Exclude Local Directories

The "Exclude Local Directories" rule allows you to configure the directories that should not be scanned for files at the inventoried workstations.

To configure a directory to be excluded during the scan:

1. Click Edit Table.

2. In the Configure Scan - Exclude Directories table, click Insert to add a new row.

3. In the Platform drop-down list, select NetWare, Windows, or Any.

4. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System Expandable Expression or Regular Expression.

   IMPORTANT:  If you select Regular expression as the pattern type, then the corresponding value in the Platform column is automatically changed to "Any."

   If you select System expandable expression, you cannot select "Any" as the platform.

5. Specify a directory name pattern.

6. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner not to scan the files in the c:\programfiles directory on all the Windows inventoried workstations, configure the following settings in the Configure Scan - Exclude Directories table:

Platform = Windows

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

Directory= C:\ProgramFiles

The Inventory scanner will not scan for the files in C:\ProgramFiles.

IMPORTANT:  SSince the default behavior of the scanner is to include all directories, you need not configure the Include Local Directories rule for the remaining directories on the inventoried workstation.

Include Local Drives

The "Include Local Drives" rule allows you to configure the drives or volumes that should be scanned for files at the inventoried workstations.

To configure a drive to be included in the scan:

1. Click Edit Table.

2. In the Configure Include Drive table, click Insert to add a new row.

3. In the Platform drop-down list, select NetWare, Windows, or Any.

4. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System Expandable Expression or Regular Expression.

   IMPORTANT:  If you select Regular expression as the pattern type, then the corresponding value in the Platform column is automatically changed to "Any." If you select System expandable expression, you cannot select "Any" as the platform.

5. Specify a drive name pattern.

6. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to scan for files in the "C" drive on all the Windows inventoried workstations, configure the following settings in the Configure Include Drives table:

Platform = Windows

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

Drive Name= C

The Inventory scanner scans only the files in the C drive for the software information.

NOTE:  You must exclude all other drives present on the machine for this rule to be effective by configuring the Exclude Local Drives rule.

Exclude Local Drives

The "Exclude Local Drives" rule allows you to configure the drives that should not be scanned for files at the inventoried workstations.

To configure a drive to be excluded during the scan:

1. Click Edit Table.

2. In the Configure Scan - Exclude Drives table, click Insert to add a new row.

3. In the Platform drop-down list, select NetWare, Windows or Any.

4. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System Expandable Expression or Regular Expression.

   IMPORTANT:  If you select Regular expression as the pattern type, then the corresponding value in the Platform column is automatically changed to "Any." If you select System expandable expression, you cannot select "Any" as the platform.

5. Specify a drive name pattern.

6. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner not to scan the files in "C" drive on all the Windows inventoried workstations, configure the following settings in the Configure Scan - Exclude Drives table:

Platform = Windows

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

Drive Name= C

The Inventory scanner will not scan the files in the C drive.

IMPORTANT:  Since the default behavior of the scanner is to include all drives, you need not configure the Include Local Drives rule for the remaining drives on the inventoried workstation.

Exclude Local Software

The "Exclude Local Software" rule allows you to configure the software that should not be reported by the Inventory scanner.

To configure a software not to be reported:

1. Click Edit Table.

2. In the Configure Exclude Software table, click Insert to add a new row.

3. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select Expandable Expression or Regular Expression.

4. Specify a software name pattern.

5. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner not to report any software whose name begin with "Adobe", configure the following settings in the Configure Exclude Software table:

Pattern Type= Expandable expression

Software = Adobe*

The Inventory scanner will not report the software with name beginning with "Adobe".

You can also add the entries to table in the following ways:

• Click the Add from Database button in the Configure Exclude Software table. The Add from Database option allows you to choose the software that has to be excluded from the list of software reported by the scanner.

  The Exclude Scanned Software table lists the software that is stored in the Inventory database. If you want a software product to be excluded from subsequent scans, select the software entry in the table and click Exclude Software. The entry is added to the Configure Exclude Software table located in the Exclude Local Software rule.

  In the Scanned Software in Database list, you can sort the entire and also, apply filters to the entries.

• In the Configure Software Dictionary table (located in the Software Dictionary rule), select the software that you want to exclude during the next scan, and click the Exclude Software button.

Exclude Local Files

The "Exclude Local Files" rule allows you to configure the files that should be excluded during the Inventory scan. These files will be skipped by the Inventory scanner.

To configure the software:

1. Click Edit Table.

2. In the Exclude Local Files table, click Insert to add a new row.

3. In the Platform drop-down list, select NetWare, Windows or Any.

4. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System Expandable Expression or Regular Expression.

   IMPORTANT:  If you select Regular expression as the pattern type, then the corresponding value in the Platform column is automatically changed to "Any." If you select System expandable expression, you cannot select "Any" as the platform.

5. Specify a filename pattern.

6. Click OK.

For example, if you do not want the Inventory scanner to report files with extension, ".com" from Windows inventoried workstations, configure the following settings in the Exclude Local Files table:

Platform= Windows

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

Software = *.com

Disk Usage Scanning - Include Local File Extensions

The "Include Local File Extensions" rule allows you to configure the files with specified extensions whose disk usage should be scanned for at the inventoried workstations.

1. Click Edit Table.

2. In the Configure Usage - File Extensions table, click Insert to add a new row.

3. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select Expandable Expression or Regular Expression.

4. Specify a file extension pattern.

5. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to scan for disk usage of all files with extension ".mp3", configure the following settings in the Configure Usage - File Extensions table:

Pattern Type = Expandable expression

File Extension = mp3

The Inventory scanner considers only the files with extension ".mp3" for disk usage scanning.

Disk Usage Scanning - Exclude Local Files

The "Exclude Local Files" rule allows you to configure a file whose disk usage should not be scanned for at the inventoried workstations.

1. Click Edit Table.

2. In the Configure Usage - Ignore Files table, click Insert to add a new row.

3. In the Platform drop-down list, select NetWare, Windows or Any.

4. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System Expandable Expression or Regular Expression.

   IMPORTANT:  If you select Regular expression as the pattern type, then the corresponding value in the Platform column is automatically changed to "Any." If you select System expandable expression, you cannot select "Any" as the platform.

5. Specify a filename pattern.

6. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner not to scan for the disk usage of all executables whose name start with "gwe", configure the following settings in the Configure Usage - Ignore Files table:

Platform = Windows

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

File Extension = gwe*.exe

The Inventory scanner will not consider the files of "gwe*.exe" pattern for disk usage scanning.

IMPORTANT:  Since the behavior of the Include Local Files rule is the default behavior in software dictionary, you need not configure the Disk Usage Scanning - Include Local File Extensions rule for the remaining files on the machine.

Disk Usage Scanning - Include Local Directories

The "Include Local Directories" rule allows you to configure the directories on the inventoried workstations to be included in the disk usage scanning.

1. Click Edit Table.

2. In the Configure Usage - Include Directories table, click Insert to add a new row.

3. In the Platform drop-down list, select NetWare, Windows or Any.

4. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System Expandable Expression or Regular Expression.

   IMPORTANT:  If you select Regular expression as the pattern type, then the corresponding value in the Platform column is automatically changed to "Any." If you select System expandable expression, you cannot select "Any" as the platform.

5. Specify a directory name pattern.

6. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to include the c:\programfiles directory on all the Windows inventoried workstations in disk usage scanning, configure the following settings in the Configure Usage - Include Directories table:

Platform = Windows

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

Directory= c:\programfiles

The Inventory scanner considers only the files in the c:\programfiles for disk usage scanning.

NOTE:  You must exclude all other directories present on the inventoried workstation for this rule to be effective by configuring the Disk Usage Scanning - Exclude Local Directories rule.

Disk Usage Scanning - Exclude Local Directories

The "Exclude Local Directories" rule allows you to configure the directories on the inventoried workstations that should be excluded from disk usage scanning.

1. Click Edit Table.

2. In the Configure Usage - Exclude Directories table, click Insert to add a new row.

3. In the Platform drop-down list, select NetWare, Windows or Any.

4. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System Expandable Expression or Regular Expression

   IMPORTANT:  If you select Regular expression as the pattern type, then the corresponding value in the Platform column is automatically changed to "Any." If you select System expandable expression, you cannot select "Any" as the platform.

5. Specify a directory name pattern.

6. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to exclude the c:\programfiles directory on all the Windows inventoried workstations from disk usage scanning, configure the following settings in the Configure Usage - Exclude Directories table:

Platform = Windows

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

Directory= c:\programfiles

The Inventory scanner will not scan for the disk usage of C:\ProgramFiles.

IMPORTANT:  Since the default behavior of the scanner is to include all directories, you need not configure the Disk Usage Scanning - Include Local Directories rule for the remaining directories on the inventoried workstation.

Disk Usage Scanning - Include Local Drives

The "Include Local Drives" rule allows you to configure the drives or volumes on the inventoried workstations to be considered for disk usage scanning.

1. Click Edit Table.

2. In the Configure Usage - Include Drive table, click Insert to add a new row.

3. In the Platform drop-down list, select NetWare, Windows or Any.

4. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System Expandable Expression or Regular Expression.

   IMPORTANT:  If you select Regular expression as the pattern type, then the corresponding value in the Platform column is automatically changed to "Any." If you select System expandable expression, you cannot select "Any" as the platform.

5. Specify a drive name pattern.

6. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to scan for the disk usage of C drive on all the Windows inventoried workstations, configure the following settings in the Configure Usage - Include Drive table:

Platform = Windows

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

Drive Name= C

The Inventory scanner considers the files in C drive on the Windows inventoried workstations for disk usage scanning.

NOTE:  You must exclude all other drives present on the inventoried workstation for this rule to be effective by configuring the Disk Usage Scanning - Exclude Local Drives rule.

Disk Usage Scanning - Exclude Local Drives

The "Exclude Local Drives" rule allows you to configure the drives or volumes on the inventoried workstations that should be excluded from disk usage scanning.

1. Click Edit Table.

2. In the Configure Usage - Exclude Drives table, click Insert to add a new row.

3. In the Platform drop-down list, select NetWare, Windows or Any.

4. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System Expandable Expression or Regular Expression.

   IMPORTANT:  If you select Regular expression as the pattern type, then the corresponding value in the Platform column is automatically changed to "Any." If you select System expandable expression, you cannot select "Any" as the platform.

5. Specify a drive name pattern

6. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner not to scan for the disk usage of C: on all the Windows inventoried workstations, configure the following settings in the Configure Usage - Exclude Drives table:

Platform = Windows

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

Drive Name= C

The Inventory scanner will not consider the files in C drive on the Windows inventoried workstations for disk usage scanning.

IMPORTANT:  Since the default behavior of the scanner is to include all drives and volumes, you need not configure the Disk Usage Scanning - Include Local Drives rule for the remaining drives or volumes of the inventoried workstation.

Edit Aliases for Vendor Names

The "Aliases for Vendor Names" rule allows you to configure aliases for vendor names.

To configure an alias for a vendor name:

1. Click Edit Table.

2. In the Edit Vendor Name Aliases table, click Insert to add a new row.

3. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select Expandable Expression or Regular Expression.

4. Specify a vendor name pattern.

5. Specify an alias.

6. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to report all instances of the vendor name beginning with "Microsoft" as "Microsoft Corporation" in the Inventory database, configure the following settings in the Edit Vendor Name Aliases table:

Pattern Type = Expandable expression

Pattern = Microsoft*

Alias = Microsoft Corporation

If the Inventory scanner reports the following vendor names during the scan: Microsoft, Microsoft Inc., Microsoft Inc. Corporation; then all these names are reported as "Microsoft Corporation" in the Inventory database.

Edit Aliases for Software Names

The "Aliases for Software Names" rule allows you to configure aliases for the software names.

To configure an alias for a software name:

1. Click Edit Table.

2. In the Edit Software Name Aliases table, click Insert to add a new row.

3. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select Expandable Expression or Regular Expression.

4. Specify a software name pattern.

5. Specify an alias.

6. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to report all instances of the product name, "WinZip" as "WinZip Application" in the Inventory database, configure the following settings in the Edit Software Name Aliases table:

Pattern Type = Expandable expression

Pattern = WinZip

Alias = WinZip Application

If the Inventory scanner scans the following product names during the scan: WinZip, WinZip Executables, WinZip Applications; then the name of the software that exactly match "WinZip" is stored as "WinZip Application" in the Inventory database. The names of the remaining software are reported as scanned.

Edit Add-Remove Software

The "Edit Add-Remove Software" rule improves the ability of the scanner in associating the software identified through the Add Remove Programs dialog box with the corresponding software identified through the dictionary.

Click Edit Table. By default, the Edit Add-Remove Software table displays the following information that has been stored in the database:

• Software key (list of registry keys for a software)
• Displayed software name (the name of the software as displayed in the Add-Remove Programs dialog box)

You can specify the software name and the vendor name that matches with the corresponding value in the dictionary.

Manually Adding Entries to the Software Dictionary

1. In the Software Dictionary table, click Insert to add a new row.

2. Specify values for the following attributes:

   Filename, File Last Modified Time (yyyy-dd-mm hours:minutes), Minimum File Size (bytes), Maximum File Size (bytes), Software Name, Support Pack, Software Version, Internal Version, Description, Vendor, Platform, and Category.

   The following attributes are called "matching attributes": Filename, File Last Modified Time, Minimum File Size, Maximum File Size, and Internal Version. The values of these matching attributes are compared with the values scanned by the Inventory scanner from the file headers on the inventoried workstations. If the values are same, the values in the corresponding software information attributes (Software Name, Support Pack, Software Version, Description, Vendor, Platform, and Category) are stored in the Inventory database.

   In the Software Dictionary table, you must specify values for the following attributes: Filename, Software Name, and Vendor. It is optional to specify values for other attributes.

   When you add an entry, a unique ID called the Dictionary Identifier is automatically assigned to this entry

   For example, configure the following settings in the Software Dictionary - Row Editor table:

   Filename= MSACCESS.EXE

   File Last Modified Time = 1998-30-01 05:30

   Minimum File Size = 299854

   Maximum File Size = 400000

   Software Name = Access

   Software Version = 7.0

   Internal Version = 7.0

   Description = Microsoft Access

   Vendor = Microsoft

   Category = Database

   If the Inventory scanner finds a file with the following values during the scan: "File Name= MSACCESS.EXE; File Last Modified Time= 1998-30-01 05:30; File Size= 300000", then the following information is stored in the Inventory database:

   Software Name = Access

   Software Version = 7.0

   Description = Microsoft Access

   Vendor = Microsoft

   Category = Database

   If you do not specify a value for an attribute, then this attribute is not considered to determine the overriding entry. Also, only the matching attributes are considered to determine the overriding entry. For example, the Configure Dictionary table has the following entries for MS Word:

   Filename	Minimum File Size	Maximum File Size	Software Name	Vendor
   winword.exe	10000	10000	Word	Microsoft
   winword.exe	0	30000	Word	Microsoft

   To determine the overriding entry, only the maximum file size value is considered. Consequently, the second entry with 30000 maximum file size overrides the first entry.

3. (Optional) Select the Key Identifier check box for this entry.

   For example, the Software Dictionary table has the following entries for MS Word:

   Filename	File Last Modified Time	Minimum File Size	Maximum File Size	Software Name	Software version	Internal version	Description	Vendor
   winword.exe	2004-30-10 5:30	10000	10000	Word	2002	10.0.4219	Microsoft Word	Microsoft
   osa.exe	2004-30-02 16:00	10000	10000	Word	2002	10.0.4300	Microsoft Office XP Component	Microsoft

   If the key identifier has not been defined, the software information for MS Word might be selected from anyone of the above entries.

   To ensure that the information from the identifier corresponding to "Winword.exe" is selected, select Key Identifier for "Winword.exe." If you select "Winword.exe" as the key identifier in the Configure Software Dictionary table, the Inventory scanner stores the information related to winword.exe into the Inventory database.

Automatically Adding Entries to the Software Dictionary

1. Click Unidentified Software located in the Add From pane.

2. In the Manage Unidentified Software table, do the following:

   1. Select the entry to be added to the software dictionary.

   2. Click Software Dictionary located in the Add To pane.

   3. Click Close.

Deleting Entries from the Software Dictionary

1. Select the entry to be deleted.

2. Click Delete.

IMPORTANT:  You can delete only the non-inherited entries.

Modifying the Values of the Software Dictionary Entries

1. In the Software Dictionary table, double-click the entry whose values you want to modify.

   You can modify only one entry at a time.

   HINT:  You can also invoke the Row Editor dialog box by selecting the entry you want to modify and pressing either one of the keys: Enter, Spacebar, or F2.

2. Modify the values.

   You cannot modify the values of the Dictionary Identifier and Filename attributes.

3. Click OK.

IMPORTANT:  You cannot modify the values of an inherited rule. Also, modifying a default predefined rule creates a new user-defined rule.

Excluding a Software from a Scan

1. In the Software Dictionary table, select the corresponding entry for the software that must be excluded from the Inventory scan.

2. Click Ignore Software located in the Add To pane.

   The entry is added to the Ignore Software table in Software Scanning Filters - Software.

Including Unidentified Software in a Scan

If you want unidentified software to be reported as a known software in subsequent scans, do the following:

1. Select the software entry in the table.

2. Click Software Dictionary located in the Add To pane.

   The entry is automatically added to the Software Dictionary table.

Excluding Unidentified Software from the Scan

If you want unidentified software not to be reported in subsequent scans, do the following:

1. Select the software entry in the table.

2. Click Ignore Files located in the Add To pane.

   The entry is automatically added to the table in Software Scanning Filters - Files.

Ignore Drives

The "Ignore Drives" filter allows you to specify the drives that should not be scanned for on the inventoried workstations.

By default, the Inventory scanner scans all drives.

To configure this filter:

1. In the Ignore Drives table, click Insert to add a new row.

2. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System expandable expression, Expandable expression, or Regular expression.

3. (Conditional) If you select System expandable expression as the pattern type, then select NetWare or Windows in the Platform drop-down list, depending on the operating system of the inventoried workstations.

   IMPORTANT:  If you select Expandable expression or Regular expression as the pattern type, the corresponding value in the Platform column automatically changes to "Any." You cannot change the value.

4. Specify a drive name.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner not to scan the files in C drive on all the Windows inventoried workstations, configure the following settings in the Ignore Drives table:

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

Platform = Windows

Drive = C

The Inventory scanner does not scan the files in the C drive.

IMPORTANT:  The table might contain inherited rules. You can edit or delete these rules only in the software dictionary of the inventory server configured in the Dictionary Update policy. These rules are displayed in dark gray color if you are accessing the software dictionary of ZENworks 6.5 SP1 or later Inventory server.

To delete an entry from the Ignore Drives table, select the entry and click Delete. You can delete only the non-inherited entries.

Scan Drives

The "Scan Drives" filter allows you to specify the drives that should be scanned for at the inventoried workstations.

To configure this filter:

1. In the Scan Drives table, click Insert to add a new row.

2. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System expandable expression, Expandable expression, or Regular expression.

3. (Conditional) If you select System expandable expression as the pattern type, then select NetWare or Windows in the Platform drop-down list, depending on the operating system of the inventoried workstations.

   IMPORTANT:  If you select Expandable expression or Regular expression as the pattern type, the corresponding value in the Platform column automatically changes to "Any." You cannot change the value.

4. Specify a drive name.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to scan for files in the C drive on all the Windows inventoried workstations, configure the following settings in the Scan Drives table:

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

Platform = Windows

Drive = C

You must also configure the following settings in the Ignore Drives table:

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

Platform = Windows

Drive = *

The Inventory scanner scans only the files in the C drive for the software information.

IMPORTANT:  The table might contain inherited rules. You can edit or delete these rules only in the software dictionary of the inventory server configured in the Dictionary Update policy. These rules are displayed in dark gray color if you are accessing the software dictionary of ZENworks 6.5 SP1 or later Inventory server.

To delete an entry from the Scan Drives table, select the entry and click Delete. You can delete only the non-inherited entries.

IMPORTANT:  By default, the Inventory scanner scans all drives on the inventoried workstations. If you have configured all drives to be ignored during a scan by using the Ignore Drives filter, but now want to include a specific drive in a scan, you can identify the specific drive using the Scan Drives filter. The settings of the Scan Drives filter override the settings of the Ignore Drives filter.

Ignore Directories

The "Ignore Directories" filter allows you to specify the directories that should not be scanned for at the inventoried workstations.

By default, the Inventory scanner scans all directories.

To configure this filter:

1. In the Ignore Directories table, click Insert to add a new row.

2. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System expandable expression, Expandable expression, or Regular expression.

3. (Conditional) If you select System expandable expression as the pattern type, then select NetWare or Windows in the Platform drop-down list, depending on the operating system of the inventoried workstations.

   IMPORTANT:  If you select Expandable expression or Regular expression as the pattern type, the corresponding value in the Platform column automatically changes to "Any." You cannot change the value.

4. Specify a directory name.

For example, if you do not want the Inventory scanner to scan the files in the c:\program files directory on all the Windows inventoried workstations, configure the following settings in the Ignore Directories table:

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

Platform = Windows

Directory= C:\Program Files

The Inventory scanner does not scan for the files in c:\program files.

IMPORTANT:  The table might contain inherited rules. You can edit or delete these rules only in the software dictionary of the inventory server configured in the Dictionary Update policy. These rules are displayed in dark gray color if you are accessing the software dictionary of ZENworks 6.5 SP1 or later Inventory server.

To delete an entry from the Ignore Directories table, select the entry and click Delete. You can delete only the non-inherited entries.

Scan Directories

The "Scan Directories" filter allows you to specify the directories that should be scanned for at the inventoried workstations.

To configure this filter:

1. In the Scan Directories table, click Insert to add a new row.

2. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System expandable expression, Expandable expression, or Regular expression.

3. (Conditional) If you select System expandable expression as the pattern type, then select NetWare or Windows in the Platform drop-down list, depending on the operating system of the inventoried workstations.

   IMPORTANT:  If you select Expandable expression or Regular expression as the pattern type, the corresponding value in the Platform column automatically changes to "Any." You cannot change the value.

4. Specify a directory name.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to scan for files in the c:\program files directory on all the Windows inventoried workstations, configure the following settings in the Scan Directories table:

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

Platform = Windows

Directory = C:\Program Files

You must also configure the following settings in the Ignore Directories table:

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

Platform = Windows

Directory = *

The Inventory scanner scans only the files in c:\program files for software information.

IMPORTANT:  The table might contain inherited rules. You can edit or delete these rules only in the software dictionary of the inventory server configured in the Dictionary Update policy. These rules are displayed in dark gray color if you are accessing the software dictionary of ZENworks 6.5 SP1 or later Inventory server.

To delete an entry from the Scan Directories table, select the entry and click Delete. You can delete only the non-inherited entries.

Ignore File Extensions

The "Ignore File Extensions" filter allows you to specify the file extensions that should not be scanned for at the inventoried workstations.

To configure this filter:

1. In the Ignore File Extensions table, click Insert to add a new row.

2. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select Expandable expression or Regular expression.

3. Specify a file extension.

For example, if you do not want the Inventory scanner to scan for files whose extension begins with ".ex", configure the following settings in the Ignore File Extensions table:

Pattern Type = Expandable expression

File Extension = ex*

The Inventory scanner does not scan for the files whose extension begin with ".ex." For example, .ex1, .ex2, .exe, and exec.

IMPORTANT:  The table might contain inherited rules. You can edit or delete these rules only in the software dictionary of the inventory server configured in the Dictionary Update policy. These rules are displayed in dark gray color if you are accessing the software dictionary of ZENworks 6.5 SP1 or later Inventory server.

To delete an entry from the Ignore File Extensions table, select the entry and click Delete. You can delete only the non-inherited entries.

Scan File Extensions

The "Scan File Extensions" filter allows you to specify the file extensions that should be scanned for at the inventoried workstations.

If you have excluded file extensions from scanning by using the Ignore File Extensions filter, but now want to include a specific file extension in the scan, you can identify the specific file extension using the Scan File Extensions filter. The settings of the Scan File Extensions filter override the settings of the Ignore File Extensions filter.

To configure this filter:

1. In the Scan File Extensions table, click Insert to add a new row.

2. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select Expandable expression or Regular expression.

3. Specify a file extension.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to scan for all files with a ".exe" extension, configure the following settings in the Scan File Extension table:

Pattern Type = Regular expression

File Extension = [exe|EXE]

The Inventory scanner scans and stores only the files with extension ".exe" in the Inventory database.

IMPORTANT:  The table might contain inherited rules. You can edit or delete these rules only in the software dictionary of the inventory server configured in the Dictionary Update policy. These rules are displayed in dark gray color if you are accessing the software dictionary of ZENworks 6.5 SP1 or later Inventory server.

To delete an entry from the Scan File Extensions table, select the entry and click Delete. You can delete only the non-inherited entries.

Ignore Drives

The "Ignore Drives" filter allows you to specify the drives that should not be scanned for disk usage at the inventoried workstations.

By default, the Inventory scanner scans all drives.

To configure the "Ignore Drives" filter:

1. In the Ignore Drives table, click Insert to add a new row.

2. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System expandable expression, Expandable expression, or Regular expression.

3. (Conditional) If you select System expandable expression as the pattern type, then select NetWare or Windows in the Platform drop-down list, depending on the operating system of the inventoried workstations.

   IMPORTANT:  If you select Expandable expression or Regular expression as the pattern type, the corresponding value in the Platform column automatically changes to "Any." You cannot change the value.

4. Specify a drive name.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner not to scan for the disk usage of C drive on all the Windows* inventoried workstations, configure the following settings in the Ignore Drives table:

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

Platform = Windows

Drive = C

The Inventory scanner does not scan the disk usage of files on the C drive.

IMPORTANT:  The table might contain inherited rules. You can edit or delete these rules only in the software dictionary of the inventory server configured in the Dictionary Update policy. These rules are displayed in dark gray color if you are accessing the software dictionary of ZENworks 6.5 SP1 or later Inventory server.

To delete an entry from the Ignore Drives table, select the entry and click Delete. You can delete only the non-inherited entries.

Scan Drives

The "Scan Drives" filter allows you to specify the drives whose disk usage should be scanned for at the inventoried workstations.

To configure the "Scan Drives" filter:

1. In the Scan Drives table, click Insert to add a new row.

2. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System expandable expression, Expandable expression, or Regular expression.

3. (Conditional) If you select System expandable expression as the pattern type, then select NetWare or Windows in the Platform drop-down list, depending on the operating system of the inventoried workstations.

   IMPORTANT:  If you select Expandable expression or Regular expression as the pattern type, the corresponding value in the Platform column automatically changes to "Any." You cannot change the value.

4. Specify a drive name.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to scan for the disk usage of C drive on all the Windows inventoried workstations, configure the following settings in the Scan Drives table:

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

Platform = Windows

Drive = C

You must also configure the following settings in the Ignore Drives table:

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

Platform = Windows

Drive = *

The Inventory scanner scans and stores the disk usage of the files in the C drive into the Inventory database.

IMPORTANT:  The table might contain inherited rules. You can edit or delete these rules only in the software dictionary of the inventory server configured in the Dictionary Update policy. These rules are displayed in dark gray color if you are accessing the software dictionary of ZENworks 6.5 SP1 or later Inventory server.

To delete an entry from the Scan Drives table, select the entry and click Delete. You can delete only the non-inherited entries.

IMPORTANT:  By default, the Inventory scanner scans the disk usage of all drives on the inventoried workstations. If you have configured all drives to be ignored during a disk usage scan using the Ignore Drives filter, but now want to include a specific drive in the scan, identify the specific drive in the Scan Drives filter. The settings of the Scan Drives filter override the settings of the Ignore Drives filter.

Ignore Directories

The "Ignore Directories" filter allows you to specify the directories whose disk usage should not be scanned for at the inventoried workstations.

By default, the Inventory scanner scans all directories.

To configure the "Ignore Directories" filter:

1. In the Ignore Directories table, click Insert to add a new row.

2. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System expandable expression, Expandable expression, or Regular expression.

3. (Conditional) If you select System expandable expression as the pattern type, then select NetWare or Windows in the Platform drop-down list, depending on the operating system of the inventoried workstations.

   IMPORTANT:  If you select Expandable expression or Regular expression as the pattern type, the corresponding value in the Platform column automatically changes to "Any." You cannot change the value.

4. Specify a directory name.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner not to scan for the disk usage of the c:\program files directory on all the Windows inventoried workstations, configure the following settings in the Ignore Directories table:

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

Platform = Windows

Directory= c:\program files

The Inventory scanner does not scan for the disk usage of c:\program files.

IMPORTANT:  The table might contain inherited rules. You can edit or delete these rules only in the software dictionary of the inventory server configured in the Dictionary Update policy. These rules are displayed in dark gray color if you are accessing the software dictionary of ZENworks 6.5 SP1 or later Inventory server.

To delete an entry from the Ignore Directories table, select the entry and click Delete. You can delete only the non-inherited entries.

Scan Directories

The "Scan Directories" filter allows you to specify the directories whose disk usage should be scanned for at the inventoried workstations.

To configure the "Scan Directories" filter:

1. In the Scan Directories table, click Insert to add a new row.

2. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select System expandable expression, Expandable expression, or Regular expression.

3. (Conditional) If you select System expandable expression as the pattern type, then select NetWare or Windows in the Platform drop-down list, depending on the operating system of the inventoried workstations.

   IMPORTANT:  If you select Expandable expression or Regular expression as the pattern type, the corresponding value in the Platform column automatically changes to "Any." You cannot change the value.

4. Specify a directory name.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to scan for disk usage of the c:\program files directory on all the Windows inventoried workstations, configure the following settings in the Scan Directories table:

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

Platform = Windows

Directory = c:\program files

You must also configure the following settings in the Ignore Directories table:

Pattern Type = System expandable expression

Platform = Windows

Directory = *

The Inventory scanner scans and stores only disk usage of files in c:\program files into the Inventory database.

IMPORTANT:  The table might contain inherited rules. You can edit or delete these rules only in the software dictionary of the inventory server configured in the Dictionary Update policy. These rules are displayed in dark gray color if you are accessing the software dictionary of ZENworks 6.5 SP1 or later Inventory server.

To delete an entry from the Scan Directories table, select the entry and click Delete. You can delete only the non-inherited entries.

Disabling File Scan in ZENworks 6.5

1. In ConsoleOne, right-click the Inventory Service Object, click Properties.

2. Click the Software Inventory Configuration tab, then click the Software Dictionary sub-option.

3. Click the Edit Table button of the "Scan as Unidentified Software" rule.

4. By default, the table has an entry with the EXE file extension. Delete the entry.

5. Click OK.

6. Click Apply.

7. In the Software Inventory Configuration tab, click the Disk Usage Scanning sub-option.

8. Click the Edit Table button of the "Include Local File Extensions" rule.

9. By default, the table has entries with the EXE, DLL, MP3, and JPEG file extensions. Delete all entries.

10. Click OK.

11. Click Apply, then click Close.

Disabling File Scan in ZENworks 6.5 SP1 or Later

1. In ConsoleOne, right-click the Inventory Service Object, click Properties.

2. Click the Software Inventory Configuration tab.

   The Software Configuration page is displayed by default.

3. Select the "Ignore Default File-Software Mapping Rules" check box.

4. Click the Edit Table button of the "Report Files with These File Extensions As Unidentified Software" rule.

5. By default, the table has an entry with the EXE file extension. Delete the entry.

6. Click OK.

7. Click Apply, then click Close.