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:

1. In ConsoleOne, right-click the Distributed Server Package > click Properties > Policies.

2. 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.

3. Select the check box under the Enabled column for the Server Inventory policy.

4. Click Properties > the Server Inventory Policy tab.

5. 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.

6. Select the DNS name or the IP address of the Inventory server.

7. 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.

8. (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 > modify the list.

   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 > click OK.

9. Click the Policy Schedule tab.

10. Modify the schedule > click Apply > click Close.

11. From the Distributed Server Package property page, click the Distribution tab > click Add.

12. Browse to add the Distribution object > click OK.

13. Click Apply > close.

14. In ConsoleOne, right-click the Inventory Service object (servername_ZenInvService) > click Properties > click the Inventory Service Object Properties tab.

15. Make sure the Enable Scan of Machines check box is selected > click OK.

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