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Information Collection
The main task of an engine is to collect asset information from scalability servers.
When a DSM agent connects to a scalability server for the first time, it submits a request to be created and stores initial inventory and system information.
When an engine connects to a scalability server, it performs the following tasks:
- Verifies the integrity of the scalability server.
- Determines if any agents are connecting to that server for the first time.
- If the assets are new to the whole system, creates the assets in the database.
- Processes all inventory information provided by existing agents.
The information collected can be in the following forms:
- Inventory (hardware or template information)
- Software inventory (heuristic or signature-based)
- Configuration files (autoexec.bat or any .INI file configured to be backed up)
- Job status
- Module status
- Agent last execution date and time
- Software usage monitoring data
- Relation information (between computers, users, and devices)
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