Inventory

Use the Inventory task to collect data about the hardware and software that is currently installed on the managed objects in your network.

IBM® Director can collect inventory data when a managed object is discovered initially and at regular intervals, or, rather than collecting inventory upon initial discovery, you can schedule an inventory collection at a more convenient time using the Scheduler feature. The default interval for refreshing the database is every 7 days. You can change the refresh interval and other inventory-collection parameters using the Inventory Collection Preferences page in the IBM Director Console Server Preferences window. You also can collect inventory data on a managed system or group immediately or schedule an inventory collection using the Scheduler task.

You can query the inventory database to display details about properties of a managed system, such as remaining disk space. You can use a standard query that is provided or create your own custom query.

You can use the inventory-software dictionary to track the software that is installed on your managed systems. You do not specify drives or directories that you want the Inventory task to search during the software-inventory collection process; the software-dictionary file contains predefined software profiles that recognize most standard software packages after they are installed. When you install software applications on servers, computers, or devices, the inventory-query browser displays the new software after the next inventory collection. If you have installed software that does not correspond to a predefined software profile that is included with IBM Director, you can edit the software-dictionary file to update your software inventory. Software with no predefined software profile includes software that is developed internally in your organization or a new version of software that is released after this version of IBM Director.

Icon Inventory icon
Supported IBM Director objects All managed objects including all levels of managed systems.
Supported operating systems

All operating systems supported by IBM Director. For detailed operating-system support information, see the IBM Director information center at publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2/topic/diricinfo/fqm0_main.html.

Availability Part of the standard IBM Director installation.
Required hardware or hardware limitations None
Required software None
Required protocols None
Required device drivers None
Mass Configuration support No
Scheduler support Yes
Files associated with this task None
Events associated with this task Director→Inventory

For detailed events information, see the IBM Director information center on the Web at publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/eserver/v1r2/topic/diricinfo/fqm0_main.html.

Related tasks
Adding an entry to the Inventory Software Dictionary
Creating a custom inventory collection
Creating a custom inventory query
Editing a custom inventory query
Exporting inventory query results to a file
Managing inventory monitors
Monitoring inventory changes
Tracking software suites
Viewing inventory
Related reference
Inventory Monitor: New window
Inventory Query Browser window
Inventory Query Builder window
Inventory Software Dictionary Editor window

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