How to use inventories

When you view an inventory on an endpoint system, you can right-click any item in the inventory list to see the actions you can perform on the item. Also by selecting the properties menu option for an inventory item (such as hardware) more information is displayed about that item.

For example, here are just a few of the ways that you can use inventories to manage your servers:

• After you have collected fixes inventory, you can compare fixes on one or more endpoint systems to the fixes on a model system. You can then send the missing fixes to the target endpoint systems and install them on those systems. You can also export the fixes inventory to a PC file, which you can use to work with the data in a spreadsheet program or other application.
• When you are viewing a software inventory, you can select any software product in the list, send it to one or more target endpoint systems, and install it on those systems. You can also export the software inventory to a PC file, which you can use to work with the data in a spreadsheet program or other application.
• Display a hardware inventory list to see the resource, status, and description of all hardware on the endpoint system. This is a very easy way to check the operational status of your hardware. The Status column reflects the operational status at the time of the last inventory collection (which is shown above the list). You can right-click any hardware listed and select Properties. You can review a great deal of information under the General, Physical location, and Logical address tabs. You can use this information for upgrades as well as problem analysis. You can also export the hardware inventory to a PC file, which you can use to work with the data in a spreadsheet program or other application.
• When you display the list for a user inventory, you can right-click one or more users and select any of the following actions: delete, edit, view the properties, or scan for objects owned by a user. You can do similar actions with groups by selecting Group Inventory for an endpoint system.

  You can search these inventories based on criteria that you specify. Additional search function is available when you search a users and groups inventory. You can export the results of the search or an entire inventory to a PC file to work with the data in a spreadsheet program or other application.