File Inventory Agent Configuration

The File Inventory Policy discovers information about software programs running on managed computers.

To manually run the File Inventory Policy on a managed computer at any time, perform the following steps:

Enable Power Management on the Altiris Agent. For instructions, see Notification
Server Help.
On any grid listing managed computers, a report, collection, or Resource Manager, right-click the computer name.
Select File Inventory > File Inventory Policy > Run File Inventory.

To access the File Inventory Policy

In the Altiris Console, select the Configuration tab.
In the left pane, select Configuration > Solution Settings > Software Management > File Inventory > Windows > File Inventory Agent Configuration.

The following table describes the items in the policy page.

Item	Description
Enable	Select to enable the policy.
Name	Name of the policy.
Description	Description of the policy.
Applies to	Select the collection this policy applies to.
Interval	Select the time period between each running of the policy.
File Specification(s)	Specify what files are reported to the Notification Server.
Priority	Enter a policy priority to determine the policy's order in relation to other policies. Priority 1 is the highest and will run first.
Per file delay	Specify the number of milliseconds between processing individual files.

In the Altiris Console, select the Configuration tab.
In the left pane, select Configuration > Solution Settings > Software
Management > File Inventory > Windows.
In the left pane, right-click File Inventory Agent Configuration and select New
> File Inventory Policy.
In the right pane, enter policy details and an interval in the fields provided.

File Inventory Agent Install

For information, see Installing the File Inventory Agent (page 8).