Software Inventory In Sccm
Jan 03, 2018 To configure software inventory. In the Configuration Manager console, choose Administration Client Settings Default Client Settings. On the Home tab, in the Properties group, choose Properties. In the Default Settings dialog box, choose Software Inventory. In the Device Settings list, configure the following values. Feb 22, 2017 Software inventory is collected when you select the Enable software inventory on clients setting in client settings. You can also schedule the operation in client settings. After you enable software inventory and the clients run a software inventory cycle, the client sends the information to a management point in the client's site.
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This procedure configures the default client settings for software inventory and applies to all the computers in your hierarchy. If you want to apply these settings to only some computers, create a custom device client setting and assign it to a collection. For more information about how to create custom device settings, see How to configure client settings in System Center Configuration Manager.
To configure software inventory
In the Configuration Manager console, choose Administration > Client SettingsDefault Client Settings.
On the Home tab, in the Properties group, choose Properties.
In the Default Settings dialog box, choose Software Inventory.
In the Device Settings list, configure the following values:
Enable software inventory on clients - From the drop-down list, select True.
Schedule software inventory and file collection schedule - Configures the interval at which clients collect software inventory and files.
Configure the client settings that you require. The Software inventory section of the About client settings in System Center Configuration Manager article has a list of the client settings.
Client computers will be configured with these settings when they next download client policy. To initiate policy retrieval for a single client, see How to manage clients in System Center Configuration Manager.
Tip
Error code 80041006 in inventoryprovider.log means the WMI provider is out of memory. That is, the memory quota limit for a provider has been hit and inventory provider cannot continue.In this case, the inventory agent creates a report with 0 entries so no inventory items are reported.
A possible solution for this error would be to reduce the scope of the software inventory collection. In circumstances when the error occurs after limiting the inventory scope, increasing the MemoryPerHost property defined in the _ProviderHostQuotaConfiguration class can provide a solution.
To exclude folders from software inventory
Using Notepad.exe, create an empty file named Skpswi.dat.
Right-click the Skpswi.dat file and click Properties. In the file properties for the Skpswi.dat file, select the Hidden attribute.
Place the Skpswi.dat file at the root of each client hard drive or folder structure that you want to exclude from software inventory.
Note
Software inventory will not inventory the client drive again unless this file is deleted from the drive on the client computer.
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Use software inventory to collect information about files on client devices. Software inventory can also collect files from client devices and store them on the site server. Software inventory is collected when you select the Enable software inventory on clients setting in client settings. You can also schedule the operation in client settings.
After you enable software inventory and the clients run a software inventory cycle, the client sends the information to a management point in the client's site. The management point then forwards the inventory information to the Configuration Manager site server, which stores the information in the site database.
Sccm Software Inventory Collect Files
There are a few ways to view software inventory data:
Create queries that return devices with specified files.
Create query-based collections that include devices with specified files.
Run reports that provide details about files on devices.
Use Resource Explorer to examine detailed information about the files that were inventoried and collected from client devices.
When software inventory runs on a client device, the first report is a full inventory. Subsequent reports contain only delta inventory information. The site server processes delta information in the order received. If delta information for a client is missing, the site server rejects further delta information and directs the client to run a full inventory.
Configuration Manager can discover dual-boot computers but only returns inventory information from the operating system that's active at the time of inventory.
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Mobile devices: See Software inventory for mobile devices enrolled with Microsoft Intune for information about collecting inventory for apps installed on mobile devices.