Populating Sites using the Find Clients Operation
By default, the Offline Scanner checks all offline areas for new Clients every two minutes, and automatically performs Update Hardware Inventory and Update Software Inventory operations on any it finds. Although this is useful when you create a new Site, the scanner continues to use system resources when your Site population is stable. To avoid this, you can disable the Offline Scanner and use the Find Clients operation to control the detection of new Clients.
The Vector AM Console also contains a Find Clients operation, which enables you to manually search your Site's offline areas for new Clients. Use it when you don't want to leave the Offline Scanner running indefinitely, or when you want to quickly add Clients to your Site database without waiting for the scanner.
To populate a Site with new Clients:
1 Click the Find Clients operation in the Console. A message is displayed showing the progress of the operation.
When it has finished, the operation lists the new Clients in the event viewer, and the Clients are displayed in the All Clients group of the Clients folder.
Notes
In
contrast to the Offline Scanner, the Find Clients operation does not save the inventory data of new Clients
to the Site database. If you use the operation to find new Clients, you must then collect and save their
inventory data using the Update Software Inventory
and Update Hardware Inventory operations.
Related Topics
Customizing the Find Clients Operation