Working with Clients
Clients are computers to which the Vector AM Client software has been deployed. As soon as the Client software is deployed, it starts to collect hardware and software data from its host. When the first collection is complete, the Client creates its own subdirectory in the offline area specified in the Client settings, and copies the data to the subdirectory. Vector AM uses the subdirectories created in the offline area to identify the PCs it can manage and to add them to the Site to which the offline area is assigned.
Adding Clients to a Site
Vector AM provides two methods of adding Clients to the Console:
The
Offline Scanner checks offline areas for new
Client subdirectories every two minutes. When it finds a new subdirectory in an offline area, it adds
the Client to the Site and saves its software and hardware data to the Site database. The Offline Scanner
is enabled by default when you create a new Site.
The
Find Clients operation enables you to make
a single check for new Clients. It runs only once, and does not save Clients’ inventory data to the Site
database.
Viewing Clients in the Console
All Clients registered with a Site are listed in the Clients folder. To display your Clients, expand the Clients folder and select All Clients. The Clients and selected Properties are listed in the Clients view on the right of the Console.
You can change the widths of a column by selecting the column divider and dragging it to a new position. You can also change the order in which the columns are displayed by selecting the column heading and dragging it to a new position.
Right-click a Client to add, modify and view the Client data.
Client Details
When you add a Client to a Site using the Offline Scanner, or when you run an inventory operation, Vector AM saves the Client’s inventory information to the Site database. You can view the inventory information held in the database at any time by right-clicking a Client in the Client list and choosing Hardware Details or Software Details in the shortcut menu.