Users Guide

Field Description
General
Task Name Provide a name for the inventory collection task.
Filter devices based on operating system Select to filter 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 specified intervals:
– Hourly — Select this option to run the task
once every hour.
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