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How to Start the Asset Management Agent

When the asset management agent is started, it runs the collect tasks and asset jobs configured on the agent computer.

You can start the asset management agent in one of the following ways:

• Automatically – In the case of Express Installation, the agent is configured to run once a day at 12:00 a.m. You can change this interval by performing a custom installation, and specifying the time interval or the specific hours when you need the agent to run.
• Manually – Use one of the following methods:
  • Right-clicking the computer asset in the DSM Explorer and selecting Asset Jobs, Activate Job Check.
  • Running "caf start amagent" on the local computer with sufficient privileges.

Note: The asset management agent starts the scan at the scheduled time and collects the information with Local System Account (Windows) or root (Linux/UNIX). When a user logs on, the agent starts collecting the user-related data such as network connections and user template inventory.