Users Guide

Firmware and Driver Inventory Collection Task
Select this option to collect rmware and driver inventory information from a server that does not have OpenManage Server
Administrator installed.
Table 247. Firmware and Driver Inventory Collection Task
Field Description
General
Task Name Provide a name for the inventory collection task.
Filter devices based on operating system Select to lter devices to be displayed in the Task Target based
on the selected operating system.
Select the Operating System Select from the following options:
• Windows
• Linux
64–bit System Select this option if the target server is running a 64-bit
operating system.
Show OMSA based targets
Select to display devices from which inventory is currently
gathered through OMSA in the Task Target tab.
Future Software Inventory Data Controlled by: Select from the following options:
• OMSA based inventory — Select to use OMSA to gather
inventory information from the target devices.
• F/W and Driver task based inventory — Select to use the
inventory collector component to gather inventory
information from the target devices.
Task Target
Select a query Select a query from the drop-down list. To create a new query,
click New.
Select the servers(s) for this task to target Select the servers you want to assign the task.
Schedule and Credentials
Set schedule Select from these options:
• Activate Schedule — Select this option to activate a
schedule for the task.
• Run now — Select this option to run the task immediately.
• Set schedule — Select this option to set a date and time to
run the task.
• Run Once — Select this option tot run the task on the
planned schedule only once.
• Periodic — Select this option to run the task frequently at
specied intervals:
– Hourly — Select this option to run the task once every
hour.
– Daily — Select this option to run the task once every
day.
– Weekly — Select this option to run the task once every
week.
– Monthly — Select this option to run the task once
every month.
Range of Recurrence:
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