Select Method for Software Discovery Collect Task

You can specify a method to be used for collecting software inventory based on your requirements.

To select method for software discovery collect task

Select the method that you want to use for collecting software inventory from the Method drop-down list. You can choose one of the following methods:

Signature Scanning

Scans the agent computer based on the software signatures. When you edit or modify a signature, it notifies the engine to push the changes to the agent computers and perform a rescan. This is possible only if you have scheduled the task to run always. However, rescan is not recommended if you have too many agent computers.

Heuristic Scanning

Scans the agent computer based on pre-defined sources such as the add/remove database, Windows start menu items, or MSI database, and so on.

Note: By default, heuristic scanning results are not replicated on the enterprise manager. But, you can configure them through the DSM Explorer. To enable or disable the replication, navigate to the Software, Discovered node and select Replicate Heuristic to Enterprise from the context menu of the Discovered node. The modified configuration is applicable to all the computers in this group. For more information, see the Implementation Guide.
Click Configure Scanner to open the Settings for Signature Scanner dialog or the Settings for Heuristic Scanning dialog.
The appropriate dialog appears based on the selection in the Method drop-down list.
Specify settings for the selected method in the respective dialog, and click OK.

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