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Configure Rules for Processing Inventory Files

Use CA Client Automation to specify rules for processing the inventory files collected from multiple tenants. To accept or reject an inventory file, configure rules based on trust level or collection time.

To configure rules for processing inventory files

  1. Open the DSM Explorer and navigate to the Control Panel, Configuration, Configuration Policy node.
  2. Right-click a sealed policy and select Un-Seal.

    The policy is unsealed.

  3. Expand the unsealed policy, and navigate to DSM, Scalability Server, Asset Collector.

    The Asset Collector policies appear on the Asset Collector pane.

  4. Double-click Processing Rules.

    The Modify Setting dialog appears.

  5. Complete the fields in the dialog and click OK.

    Note: Define only one set of processing rules for each tenant.

    The following fields need further explanation:

    Tenant Number

    Specify the tenant number. This number must match a tenant number defined in the collection folders table, and therefore the tenant_number column of the ca_tenant table.

    Trust Mode

    Specify if trust mode or collection time is used to process the inventory files. Set this value to TRUE to use trust level or FALSE to use collection time to process the inventory files.

    Same Day Window

    Specify the collection time window in seconds. Any inventory file that has a collection time within the same day window is not processed. To disable the same day window, set the value to zero.

  6. Right-click the policy node and select Seal from the menu.

    The policy is sealed.

  7. Drag-and-drop the policy onto the scalability server in the All Computers folder.

    The policy is applied to the scalability server.

Note: If you do not want to define processing rules for each tenant, or if you have configuration folders without a tenant number, define the following processing rules in the Asset Collector configuration section:

Defining the default rules results in the same behavior as the tenant processing rules, but are applied when the specified tenant does not have a rule defined, or the asset submitted does not have an associated tenant.