Server Preferences window: Inventory Collection page
This topic describes the Server Preferences window: Inventory Collection
page.
Introduction
The
Server Preferences window: Inventory Collection page allows you to define
inventory collection parameters.
Fields
- Enable background inventory collection
- Collects inventory in the background. This check box is selected by default.
If you want to disable background inventory collection (for example, to
save system resources), clear the check box.
- Queue collection on discovery
- When selected, collects inventory when a managed object is discovered.
- Retry failed agents
- When selected, marks an inventory collection that fails on a managed object
in order to attempt the inventory collection again.
- Enable inventory refresh after initial collection
- When this option is selected, inventory will be collected subsequently
after the first collection at the interval specified in Refresh
interval.
- Refresh interval
- Days
- The frequency of inventory collection for all systems. If you specify
a value of 0, no collection is performed. Every 7 days is the default.
Use
the upward and downward buttons to increase or decrease the value in increments
of 7. Valid values are 0 - 364.
- Timeout Period
- Minutes
- Specifies the number of minutes to wait for an individual refresh to be
completed. If no response is received by this time limit, the attempt to refresh
the database is ended. The default interval is 10 minutes.
Use the up and
down buttons to increase or decrease the value in increments of 5. Valid values
are 5 - 60.
- Maximum simultaneous collections
- Agents
- Specifies the maximum number of managed systems that can have inventory
collections performed at the same time.
Use the up and down buttons to
increase or decrease the value in increments of 1. Valid values are 1 - 100.
- Select the default data collection for each agent type
- You can select from the following types of data collections:
Note: If you
are collecting inventory for a managed object, such as BladeCenter that is
not native, the inventory results will include all available data, regardless
of the collection type you select.
- All Available Data
- Collects inventory data for all of the categories that are available.
- Hardware Data Only
- Only collects hardware inventory data.
- Software Data Only
- Only collects software inventory data.
- New
- A definition of a customized subset of inventory to collect using the
Custom Collection: New window. After you create the custom collection it is
available to select as a collection type.
- IBM Director Agents (Level 2)
- The data collection type for Level-2 managed systems.
- IBM Director Core Services
(Level 1)
- The data collection type for Level-1 managed systems.
- Agentless Systems (Level 0)
- The data collection type for Level-0 managed systems. Level-0 managed
systems return a minimal subset of basic inventory data.