Owners Manual

Inventory Schedule Settings
Inventory Schedule Settings
Field Description
Enable Inventory Select to schedule inventory.
Configure Global Inventory Polling Interval Set the frequency of the inventory in weekly or
daily intervals.
NOTE: OpenManage Essentials performs
inventory only on devices that have already
been discovered.
• Every Week On—Specify the day or days of the
week that you want to schedule the inventory
and the time that you want it to begin.
• Every <n> Days <n> Hours interval—Specify
the intervals between inventory cycles. The
maximum discovery interval is 365 days and 23
hours.
Inventory Polling Speed Set the amount of resources available for
accelerating the inventory poll speed. The faster
you set the inventory poll speed, the more
resources are required, but less time is required to
perform the inventory.
After changing the speed, OpenManage Essentials
may take several minutes to adjust to the new
speed.
Related Links
Inventory Schedule
Status Schedule
Use this window to specify the default status polling settings for OpenManage Essentials. Status polling
performs a health and power check for all discovered devices. For example, this poll determines if
discovered devices are healthy or powered down.
Related Links
Status Configuration Settings
Status Configuration Settings
Field Description
Enable OnDemand Poll Select to query the global status of the device
when an alert is received from the device.
NOTE: If a large number of alerts are received,
multiple OnDemand polls are queued up and
it may affect the system performance. In this
scenario, it is recommended to turn off
OnDemand poll and enable the regular status
poll interval to retrieve the health status of
managed devices.
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