Collection of client information can be carried out both manually and automatically. To see how to set up automatic collect. You can also choose to perform a manual collect. Start by selecting the units in the unit list which shall perform a collect, by clicking in the unit’s checkboxes. By right-clicking in list, it is possible to multi-select certain units. |
When selection of units is done, press F6 to begin collecting information, or press F7 to collect from all units in the list.
Here you can see the status on collect. The status texts Processing inventory data and Sending Inventory report mean that the agent is creating and sending a file to Inventory Service, which in turn receive and save it to database.
Collection time can vary from client to client, depending on available processing power on client. Also, since it is possible to request simultaneous collect from all registered units, there may be great amount of data to process for Inventory Service. Therefore, the collect can take quite a while for some agents since they end up in queue.