User manual SYMANTEC INVENTORY SOLUTION 7.0 SP2

[. . . ] Altiris Inventory SolutionTM from Symantec User Guide Version 7. 0 SP2 Altiris Inventory SolutionTM from Symantec User Guide The software described in this book is furnished under a license agreement and may be used only in accordance with the terms of the agreement. Documentation version 7. 0 SP2 Legal Notice Copyright © 2009 Symantec Corporation. Symantec, the Symantec Logo, Altiris, and any Altiris or Symantec trademarks used in the product are trademarks or registered trademarks of Symantec Corporation or its affiliates in the U. S. The product described in this document is distributed under licenses restricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompilation/reverse engineering. [. . . ] To create or edit a stand-alone inventory package 1 2 3 In the Symantec Management Console, on the Settings menu, click All settings. In the left pane, click Discovery and Inventory > Inventory Solution > Stand-alone Inventory Packages. In the right pane, do one of the following: To create a new package, click New package. To edit a package, select an existing package and click the edit symbol. To create an identical copy of a package, select a package and click Clone package. 4 5 Name and describe the package. See "Stand-alone inventory package options page " on page 61. 6 7 Click OK. You can view the properties of the package from the Stand-alone Inventory Packages page. The properties include the path of the package file as well as the configuration settings of the package. Stand-alone inventory package options page This page lets you configure the options for a stand-alone inventory package. You define the type of inventory gathered, where to store the data, and other options. You can view the properties of a package from the main Stand-alone Inventory Packages page. When configuring where to store the inventory data, you select an option based on what access target computers have to the Notification Server computer. See "Gathering inventory using stand-alone packages" on page 60. See "Creating and editing stand-alone inventory packages" on page 60. Note: When the package is run, you can override some of these settings with a command-line switch. See "Running stand-alone inventory packages on target computers" on page 64. 62 Gathering inventory using stand-alone packages Stand-alone inventory package options page Table 5-2 Setting Stand-alone inventory package options Description You can select the type of inventory data to gather. You can select a whole category or expand it and select a detailed set of data. See "About what you can inventory" on page 13. Inventory data classes Show progress This option causes a dialog box to open on the computer that is running the package. The dialog displays the data classes that are gathered and then where the data is posted after the inventory is completed. This option keeps the inventory data cached so that you can compare the inventory data in the future. See "Running stand-alone inventory packages on target computers" on page 64. Keep the inventory cached for future comparisons. Gathering inventory using stand-alone packages Stand-alone inventory package options page 63 Table 5-2 Setting Stand-alone inventory package options (continued) Description This option lets you configure where the inventory data is stored after it is gathered. Notification Server URL If target computers can communicate with the Notification Server computer using HTTP (port 80 open) or HTTPS (port 443 open), you can use this option. When the package is run, the inventory data is automatically sent to the Notification Server computer. [. . . ] For example, if you select HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG from the Root drop-down list, if you enter DATA in the field, and when you click Add key, KEY_CURRENT_CONFIG/DATA is added to the Include Keys list. Click this option to open the Registry Editor to copy the key name instead of typing it. They specify the conditions that are required for a registry key to be reported in the compliance scan output. Select this tab to specify the registry keys to be excluded from the scan. [. . . ]