Users Guide

d. If you selected Show OMSA based targets, perform one of the following in the Future Software Inventory Data Collected

by section:

NOTE: The Future Software Inventory Data Collected by options only determine the method OpenManage

Essentials utilizes to gather rmware and driver inventory information from target devices after an in-band

system update. If the F/W and Driver task based inventory option is selected, scheduled discovery and inventory

cycles will still gather the OMSA-based inventory from target devices, except the information in the Software

Inventory table.

• OMSA based inventory — Select to revert to gathering rmware and driver inventory information through OMSA on

target devices that have OMSA installed.

NOTE: To revert to gathering rmware and driver inventory information through OMSA, you must either run

the rmware and driver inventory task or delete and rediscover the device.

• F/W and Driver task based inventory — Select to gather rmware and driver inventory information through the

inventory collector component, even though OMSA may be installed on the device.

4. On Task Target, do one of the following:

• Select a query from the drop-down list or click New to create a new query.

• Select servers on which you want to run this task and click Next.

5. On Schedule and Credentials, set the schedule parameters, provide user credentials to enable the task.

6. Click Finish.

The status of the inventory collection is displayed in the Task Execution History of the Remote Tasks portal.