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} #end row loop
}
$clTasks += ("</Scheduled_Tasks>")
write-host $clTasks
5. After you generate your PowerShell script, perform the following steps:
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Build a collection filter in VCM.
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Paste the content of your script into the collection filter.
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Collect data using the script-based collection filter.
To view the collected WCIdata in VCM, click Console and select Windows Operating System >
Custom Information > List View.
What to do next
Develop your own custom PowerShell script. See "Create Your Own WCI PowerShell Collection Script" on
page 108.
Windows Custom Information Change Management
VCM manages Windows Custom Information (WCI) data changes on a per-filter basis on VCM managed
Windows machines. When multiple filters return data using the same top-level XML element name, each
filter applies unique change detection.
When you use multiple collection filters to collect WCIdata, follow these guidelines.
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Create filters that collect data in a parallel manner. Use one filter to collect data from C:\ and another
filter to collect data from C:\Windows. Use a separate filter to collect data from C:\Windows with audit
information and another filter to collect data from C:\Windows without audit information.
When you use filters in an unparallel way, every time the file system updates to add a new file or
remove an existing file, both filters generate "new file" and "deleted file" events, which causes overlap of
the data.
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Use one filter to collect data from NetStat.
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Use multiple filters to collect data from the NTFS file system.
For example, use one filter to collect data in C:\, and another filter to collect data in
C:\Windows\System. These collections merge under the top-level element NTFSDirectory without
overlap, because each filter collects separate parts of the file structure and avoids extra change
reporting.
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Do not create filters that overlap collected WCIdata. Overlap can occur if you use filters that do not
collect data in a parallel manner.
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Do not use multiple filters to collect the same data for NetStat Open Ports.
When the filters return data under the top-level element name and a managed machine starts to listen
on port 80, each filter initially reports the data as a newly created value, which causes overlap of the
data reported.
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Do not create two filters to collect data on the File Permission With Audit data type from different parts
of a managed machine's file system.
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