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3. IsApmSupported IsDmiSupported IsPlugA4ndPlay IsPortable LastUpdate MainboardType Manufacturer Model Client v Filter Manaper With changes to the Query tab you can build expressions to only get the specific info you are looking for For example if you need to see only the computers on subnet Y with software X installed you can create logical expression that take the data from the columns and compare them with your requirements The operators that you can use on the fields change depending on what kind of value the fields have if it is a date or a number and so on You can use several expressions and combine them with And Or Details Displays all scanned computers with complete detailed information Seven buttons are added to the toolbar Back Forward Navigation buttons to move to the next item in the list Scan This forces a scan of the computer By default port 19732 is used to communicate with the client Control Activates a remote control tool if there is one installed and configured Purge This purges the inventory history and only keeps the latest scanned information This applies to changed items and removed items Keys Opens a dialog box to handle Custom details from the scanning This button applies to Custom Items in the Inventory Details window Edit Opens a dialog box to edit the highlighted Keys This button applies to Custom Items in the Inventory Details wind
4. Select a password for your SnowAdmin account This is the account that you will use to start up the Please specify password for the user SnowAdmin S now nvento ry conso e SnowAdmin is the administrator login account for the management console Password pe Re type password ise Installation Wizard 2 Snow Invento ry Start Installation You are now ready to install Snow Inventory Press Next to begin the installation You are now ready to install Snow Inventory Press the Next button to begin the installation or the Back button to change the installation information Install Client After a while the Setup will ask you whether you want 2 Do pou want to install the Inventory chent onto this an Inventory client on the machine you are using machine now No Cancel Select Yes if you want this machine to be in your Snow Inventory Database 2 Snow Invento ry agaia iaia ea i When the setup is finished it will ask you if you want to Ss ee Press the Finish button to exit this installation start using Snow Inventory Select this option and click Enterprise Finish Software Management Start using Snow Inventory now The first time you start up Snow Inventory you need to set up some shares See the following section Copyright 2002 2008 Snow Software AB Snow Inventory Version 3 2 Snow Inventory Start Installation The first time you run Snow Inventory
5. as described later in Erabi automatic update the section Update Update server 192 160 198 89 Schedule Soecty when the update procedure Soud start Specify when the client should check for updates If you select to At Loading O Qely run the update procedure at loading you can set a delay time O weetty This is if you want the client to first be up and running before N updating it If you select one of the other values Daily Weekly or Monthly you can set the time of the day what day during the week and what day during the month Copyright 2002 2008 Snow Software AB Page 18 Snow Inventory Version 3 2 User Input forms Under User Input forms you can create a dialog box that will appear on the scanned computer The user can then enter information that is not usually possible to scan e g Asset number room number address etc How to create user input forms User input forms depend on predefined Keys You can add Keys in the form editor under Clients Configure User Input forms Add Keys Make sure to create the keys before continuing with the user forms The keys will be named as Fields when creating the input form After you have created the keys click on the Add button that is located next to the Items edit box Client Configurations User Input Forms m a User input forms Create and maintain custom client input Forms Enter a label This will be displayed on
6. in many ways to suit all kinds of enterprises You can use separate settings for each single client or use the same settings for all The options have no limitations Client Configuration Here you create a client configuration for the clients Select the configuration named DefaultClient 1 HTTP and click on the details button in the toolbar Then you just have to follow these steps Copyright 2002 2008 Snow Software AB Page 15 Snow Inventory Version 3 2 Client Configuration General General Inventory Software Custom Feedback Update Client Choose how the computers should be identified in the database It is Clerk Describe how this computer wil be identified in the repository Identification TRA es ttk enttemr p a5 a Ske name Use the Windows Domain Name important that all computers are identified in the same way Port number 19732 Ta S ks a Assign tasks to execute on the client computer l f Collect hardware information Schedule Specify what information the client will scan If User input forms Ci cobect custom information sas chan aid eka u i F Pan V Colect software information Meter weekdays 07 00 18 00 are configured make sure that the Collect custom information is Z Meter software usage checked You can also schedule when the client should scan and bate calvary Specify where the result data wil be delivered when the metering of software should be active ue mini
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9. Sos Sw M EMi MOa amos Semen domain they belong to the status of the caese Conero NOW ER VER Sow tet nettsbet 2006 06 14 CETL Mecresoll windows Server t Traws Sew Beas manaso menmasso ixvaine client on them the date for the status a Soe ee ee Seas g CO pe a eT what operating system they use and what CP Adding computer THOMASERAFT O asara cnet PENETESTE IP address they have If they have a client O tovary hastit 23 ompad elected l Er The next step is to deploy the client with the correct configuration Make sure that your client configuration is marked in the dropdown box named Deploy Config if your configuration is not visible press the refresh toolbar icon then select the client or clients you would like to deploy the client on Press the Ctrl key to select more than one After you have select your targets press the toolbar item named Deploy You will be prompted to insert a user name and password that will be used to connect to the clients This user must have administrative rights on the clients for example a domain administrator If you are logged on as a domain administrator you can just click the checkbox in the user name window that says Use my Windows credential The deployment process will be displayed in the status window under the list of computers Copyright 2002 2008 Snow Software AB Snow Inventory Version 3 2 Manual deployment Create a folder on the local PC c
10. alled C Inventoryclient with a subfolder C Inventoryclient data Copy the files from C Program Files Snow Inventory Clients on the server Start a command prompt and go to the C InventoryClient folder on the local machine Write client install and press enter This will deploy the Client as a service on the local computer Next you write client start and enter This starts the service The command options for Client exe are e install deploys the client as a service e uninstall uninstalls the service e start starts the Client as a service or as a Stand alone version e stop stops the Client both the service and Stand alone e delayload will delay the scanner during system startup e scan forces Client to scan the computer e fullscan will force a full scan of the computer e send sends the scan result to the server e update will force the client to check for and execute updates Deployment through log on script This deployment method is the same as specified in the chapter Deploy manually The difference is that it s made automatically without user intervention and one basic condition is that the user has to be a local administrator on his her Pc There are a couple of ways to set up your log on script for this purpose this is just a recommendation At first copy the files from C Program Files Snow Inventory Clients on the server t
11. cial peimestions of foe advanced chck Advanced BL Choose the inventory repository you want to conmect Now you have installed the database and the system to and click OK to login on the server Repository Username SnowAdmin The next step is to deploy the clients on your souu E computers and start to collect scanning information Start by logging in to your Snow Inventory T Use my Windows credentials cencel_ Administration Console To login fill in the username SnowAdmin and the password you created for this user in the setup Copyright 2002 2008 Snow Software AB Snow Inventory Version 3 2 Client Deployment Snow Inventory s client is extremely flexible and can be deployed either as a Windows service on the machine or executed without any deployment Deploying the client will give you full functionality and data will be sent to the server as soon as the computer is connected to the internet regardless of domain or network structure Deploying the service will also give the administrator the possibility to execute and initiate tasks locally on each computer The deployment can be done through the Snow Administration Console or silent deployment through log on script for example an MSI package or manually Running the client without any deployment requires some form of local execution such as log on script Active directory policy or manual action The advantage will be a zero footprint solution In
12. ed ae Added Support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 A2 Added Support for uploading data to Snow IDR server web service Feature The server back end will now only process files within the time specified in BackendStartT ime and BackendStopT ime in server ini Added Support for MS SOL Server 2000 detection requires SP4 ise Installation Wizard lt Back Cancel sa Snow Inventory Customer Information Please enter he name of the company for which you work and the product serial number Leave the Serial number field empty to install Snow Inventory in demo mode with maximum p rovid ed by Snow Softwa re 20 clients Company name Snow Beta Test Serial number z1 23 42 1249 lt Back Cancel Copyright 2002 2008 Snow Software AB Insert your company name and the serial number Snow Inventory Version 3 2 2 Snow Inventory Destination Location Insert the destination folder for Snow Inventory Setup will install Snow Inventory in the following folder To install into a different folder click Browse and select another folder Destination Folder Ic Programi Snow Inventory Browse 2 Snow Inventory Enter the Microsoft SOL Server name Select the SQL server you would like to use Enter the network name of the machine running Microsoft SQL Server The SQL server needs to be installed with Mixed Mode Click the browse button to search for exi
13. he time you set You can also select to only perform a full scan the program files folder If you select perform a full scan to the disk or program files we recommend you to use a include filter This is created under Scan Filter and will let you select what file extension you would like to scan This allows you to perform full scans without using the machine for more than the selected time each time The default setting is to only scan registry and user profiles Click on Scan filter if you wish to exclude some folders or file types from the scanning e g the Windows folder since most files applications in the folder are similar on all computers Meter By default all started applications will be included in the metering process You can choose to exclude disks or folders from the metering process Deny The Deny function enables you to stop the usage of illegal or harmful applications This can be done by pointing out single executable files or specific windows Custom User input form Select the user input form that you want the user to insert data in You do this in the dropdown named Form name In the dropdown list named Display form you select when you want the form to be visible See section How to create user input forms Make sure that the General Tasks Collect custom information box is checked otherwise the user dialog box will not be activated Registry scan Point out specific registr
14. most cases our recommendation is to deploy the client as a service as this provides the most functionality without any dependencies Deployment from Snow Administration Console Snow Inventory comes with a built deployment solution in order to deploy the client as a Windows service The built in deployment function uses network browse to find computers on the network and requires Windows NT or later on the target computers The built in firewall in XP doesn t affect the deployment but third party firewalls might LP sro imeen ee aioix De C Yow atow Cortiove the 4x gt ae Ld Ow OO 47 4 BO To deploy the client to a computer press Dco OCepicy Colette Ceelog Aset Cortra Pree E p ees Heip En aaen Deploy in the Administration Console X Fonk Daid Client deployment f he tnvertory Overvion Remote natal the ervenhory chert onto computers sua Mecroselt Windoes NT 200000 72003 in your doma Then click on Discover to find available end coocoo OPSE show apas z i imi am 4 clients You can limit the scan to a MEENE Ww Marii ADEE Moot AE IAEE specified domain or IP range ws Say Maas anang fwomterares Eina Si SSS ESS moii TASiee iis When the discovery is finished you will see ELAP TOS SHOW Not netaled 20 Oe 14 Ce TP Pherodelt Winders P92 566 199 29 rare ai Domnei S os SNE AONO MEDI a list with all your machines which ange SCAR MOW Meia HOANI PucreseR windami 3000S 192 260 199 0 posed
15. n this setup Use aremote SOL Server you will be asked later 2 Snow Inventory MSDE 2000 Setup Select a password for the Server Administrator SA account MSDE 2000 will be installed in Mixed Mode allowing both SQL login and Windows It is importa nt to remember the password since authentication you will be required to use it later on in the Please enter a password for the sa administrator login installation Re type password o After the installation of MSDE 2000 the a Tour computer will now reboot in order to G finialize the MSDE 2000 setup The Snow Syst mice esto EROON Inventory installation program wall continue after Hie Heel Click OK and let the system reboot Copyright 2002 2008 Snow Software AB Snow Inventory Version 3 2 Installation of Snow Inventory applications 2 Snow Inventory Snow Inventory Click on Next SOFTWARE Welcome to the installation of Snow Inventory Enterprise It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs Software before continuing with this installation Management If you have any other programs running please click Cancel and close those programs before restarting the installer Otherwise click Next to continue gt Snow Inventory Important information Read the entire release note for Snow Inventory Snow Inventory Version 3 2 September 2009 Click on Next Copyright 2002 2009 Snow Software AB All rights reserv
16. o a shared folder e g server InventoryClient echo off if exist c InventoryClient Client exe goto noinstall Md C InventoryClient Md C InventoryClient Data Windir System32 xcopy exe Server InventoryClient C nventoryClient Y gt NUL C InventoryClient Client install C InventoryClient Client start noinstall Scan without deployment The client can be executed without any deployment through a log on script Create a file share to which the computers have access rights and copy the files in the folder C Program Files Snow Inventory Clients on the server to the share Then point the login script to the file client exe on that share You will need to execute the client exe with the command option start client exe start Copyright 2002 2008 Snow Software AB Page 11 Snow Inventory Version 3 2 Administration Console Toolbar Details Displays details of the chosen item Find Opens a dialog box to search for data in the displayed list Delete Deletes highlighted items Refresh Refreshes the displayed list with the latest scanned information Filter Opens a dialog box where you can filter the items in the displayed list This is a useful option to search for specific computers or users Here you also edit the columns displayed in the Inventory overview window by creating a custom filter Print Prints the information displayed in the current window Preview Display
17. ow Copyright 2002 2008 Snow Software AB Page 13 Snow Inventory Version 3 2 Current Items Here all scanned hardware software and system information is displayed The data is shown in different sub category Changed Items Here you can see all the changed items on the computer divided into sub categories The change is presented with the new value and the old value Removed Items Items removed from the computer will be displayed Custom Items The custom items that you create and send out to the clients will be visible under this tab If you have created for example a custom input form for the users telephone number you will se the key name and the result from the user Metering Overview Metering overview shows a summary of all applications The data measured by Inventory is based on installations computers users as well as the start and stop of applications You can sort the list by clicking on the column header or use quick filter Data Quick Filters that allows you to filter your results To change the grouping just drag and drop the column header to the grey area above the result grid If the area is not visible right click and select group by header Metering overview You get fast information about your ne F einen applications such as Marndactaes Product gt Vetson Lerguage int Congue y Users Car Marsdectent interact Coewrerce e How many installations there are ACT 5 0 Apphcato
18. owsoftware com download Download Software Download the setup file SnowInventorySetup exe from ftp snowsoftware com Installation account Logon with an account that has local administrator rights on the computer where you are installing Snow Inventory Server You will also need an administrative account for SQL Server If a MSDE database is used enclosed in the Inventory 3 2 setup the server administrator account and password will be created during the installation procedure Copyright 2002 2008 Snow Software AB Snow Inventory Version 3 2 How to install Snow Inventory Double click on the Inventory server Setup exe file to begin the installation If you don t have a SQL server installed on the server where you are installing Snow Inventory a MSDE installation will start automatically If you already have a SQL server or MSDE instance installed locally or you are planning to use an external SQL server choose to use a remote SQL Server on the first setup screen and jump to the section Installation of Snow Inventory applications Database installation 2 Snow Inventory Click Next to begin installing Microsoft Database requirements XX Setup a F P MSDE 2000 Before installing Snow Inventory 3 1 Snow Invento requires Microsoft SOUL Server for data storage Setup could not find any SOL Server instances on this machine You may install MSDE or specify another server f Install MSDE 2000 now included i
19. p of Leper nant Adrrarististons PORJEAPT Dr Adiresett stor Bije Rudenstil bon Sirtema snore se EP CREATOR OWNER Ef Power Users BORJELAPTOP Powwer Users Ci system a hor Ie Aree ss L_ Ags Y Remove Permessions for Admiris adors noo Deny Full Conteol Moddy Read amp Execute Let Fokler Contents Read Write S S S SE v For special pemnetons of lo advanced setterzs cick Advanced Copyright 2002 2008 Snow Software AB Snow Inventory Version 3 2 Select Users Computers or Groups Select this object type In the textbox the one in the example says Everyone enter Users Groups of Built in security percipals i Erom this location intemal now se x become underlined If not please check your spelling peer MEhigct names to select examples When the input is underlined click Ok Everyone Click on Check name and your input should General Publish Share P Secu enes een ae Select your created group Everyone Group of user names Make sure that your new group has Full EE Administrators BORJE LAPTOP Administrators a Borie Ruderst boeGatemal snow se Control fi CREATOR OWNER me yeryvone EP Power Users BORJE LAPTOP Power Users Peress F Laga _Bemove _ Petrretsons hor Everyone Important Full Corteol Modly Read amp Exacte List Folder Conteris Repeat these steps for the share named oa SNOWINVS Fot spe
20. r 60 Engh Liked Slate 5 5 5 54 Mars acthee intervicko e How many computers has it been eeens y errereen i Mantacha Junge Bytes executed on Mobis Master Ager 4 hep icon tod 20 Deman Sirds 1 t 13 e How many users have executed tan ann Logtech E vertMg 22 Eroh Lirted State 1 1 13 the application zj Marndachoee Miro SOL Server Sermoe Marnege eo Ee eghih Laed Star 14 i n 3 e How many times have the ainda Messenger T Enghth Unded State 9 w SOL Server Windows NT 30 E raghth Lirwted Star 8 1 4 A applications been executed Macrorsclt Photo E ice 10 Enghuh Linded Stabe 3 15 MIN Messanger 75 Eroghch Lirded State 7 5 i Irama E aphoces 60 Ergi h Lirsted Siar 3 1 5 alrdoni Command Procera 51 Erghh raed Stat 1 i Copyright 2002 2008 Snow Software AB Snow Inventory Version 3 2 Filter Manager You can use filters to get more details ona specific application With filters you narrow down the list to suit what you are interested in whether it s manufacturers versions and so on The filters work similar to the filters in A eles al Inventory Overview The difference is that with Metering filters you only work with one column Therefore you will only need to use expressions to get information about the desired software Tip Use one of the standard filters in Snow Inventory and change them to suit your needs This is a real time saver Clients Configure The client can be configured
21. rations Repository Properties i x Server Database Folders E mail Import Server The default port for HTTP communication Server SNOW TESTSERVER is 19730 It is not changeable In addition Port 19730 port 19732 is used to activate a remote Log lewel Amame Ate ae show everything Kai scan on the computer Status Running Server Here you can also set the log level for the server Company Snow Software AB Serial num 60b110 00b1f0 165437 010b07 0F0500 746060 If you upgrade your license you can easily just change the serial number and stop Mote The server must be restarted if you change settings Start St here in order to take effect pose o and start the server to be able to use your Cancel Apply Help upgraded license Database Displays information about the database and the user Default user is Snowdb Folders Here the different system folders are listed e Client files Contains the default client files e Server Contains the Server installation e Updates Contains the client update files e Incoming In this folder the inventory data is stored before it is imported to the database Copyright 2002 2008 Snow Software AB Page 21 Snow Inventory Version 3 2 E mail Import On the server you can use either POP or Repository Properties IMAP to handle the inventory e mails Server Database Folders E mail Import Activate E mail import Note The server needs a unique e
22. s CI E mail i _ Eile Data delivery C Foder Choose one or more data delivery methods hmr Proxy Ca Ce HTTP Enter the IP address to the inventory server This is the most common and bullet proof way for data transactions The clients do not have to be on the same domain The data will be sent over HTTP with SSL If you have a Proxy server you need to enter the settings for the server by clicking on the button HTTP Proxy E Mail Enter the e mail address the server monitors for incoming data You will have to enter the SMTP server for outgoing mail Do this by clicking Mail Server This way could be useful if you have users that connect from different locations all the time for example traveling users File Enter the UNC path to the file where the data should be written This setting will create a single file that all the clients that uses this configuration will write to The clients need to be on the same domain as the shared folder for the file Folder Enter the UNC path to the share where the incoming data is written SERVER SNOWINV When using the folder method all the clients will send their inventory data files to the folder The server will then read the files in and delete them afterwards This can be used if the clients with this configuration are on the same domain Chent Configuration Inventory Gerera Dvertory Software Custom Peedback Updste Detect Select if you wan
23. s a print preview Export Exports the displayed information to HTML TXT XLS or XML format Help Starts Help Inventory Overview The Inventory Overview window lists all scanned computers and displays Computer Name and Last Update Double click on any computer to display scan details To display other fields in the overview window click on filter and create a custom overview Filters The filter function is used to filter and create reports based on your inventory data If you need to know what computer is using a specific software or hardware it s easy to create a custom filter for this The filter functions are divided in columns and queries There are several pre made filters that you can use and change To create a new filter click on filters and select Add Copyright 2002 2008 Snow Software AB Page 12 Snow Inventory Version 3 2 Filter Manager Z lh 9 Select the data you would like to see under the tab Columns The column names that are located in the dropdown list contain values related to their names Add Delete Rename Duplicate Close Filter Pee Columns Query vailable columns Selected columns Client Name Client Manufacturer BiosDate E Client Model seeded Geta id Client LastUpdate BiosSerialNumber OperatingSystem Name BiosVersion Client Client ersion BusType CId Client ersion ConfigName Dmi ersion HasFlashBios InstallDate
24. sting Microsoft SOL Server machines on your domain Please note that this may take a few moments Authentication so it accepts SQL server logins used by NOTE The SQL Server must be installed with Mixed Mode Authentication so it will accept SOL Server logins used by Snow Inventory S Now nvento ry SOL Server machine name SQLS erver fea 2 Snow Inventory Microsoft SOL Server Login Insert the login credentials for the SQL server The Please specify the database login that will be used to create the Snow Inventory database setu p req u i res a user th at is d ata b asea d m i n i strator This user must have database administrator rights or dbo Administrator user name ee oo Password 2 Snow Inventory Enter the IP details If your machine IP address is incorrect or if you have Enter the IP address that you want the clients to use when connecting to this server several network ca rds in your machine change the Eee value to the desired IP address for communication 192 168 139 25 fea between server and clients m Keep the Server Port to 19730 If you have a firewall installed on the machine running Snow Inventory you will need to grant Snow Inventory access for in and out traffic This is made by open the ports 19730 and 19732 for TCP traffic Cancel Copyright 2002 2008 Snow Software AB Snow Inventory Version 3 2 2 Snow Inventory Snow Inventory Console Login
25. t to exclude some information from the ee V Computer Syston iv Morto vjec scannl ng V Dewines i Mouse Physical Decks V Dephay Adapters M ities v Poets lvl Envieorenert Varieties Network Adapters lv fretes Options v E rparnraon Shots iw Network Chents v Processees v forts Network Connections SCSI Adapters The client will only scan updated data in order to keep the Pteytoard network Protocols F Tape Drives Vl Logcal Disks iv NT Services vue v Memory Wjocec v Mox erres w Oper ating System impact on the network to a minimum Under options you can set how often the client should seca yewan perform a full scan The default setting is that a full scan is V Scan SMEIOS possible V utie WME where aeatable 4 Send changed data onty v force hd update every performed every fifth time the client scans the computer Copyright 2002 2008 Snow Software AB Page 16 Snow Inventory Version 3 2 Software Scan From here you can choose to perform a full scan of the local disks You set the maximum time the scan will use to go through the local disk under Incremental Scanning max This setting will force the scanner to only scan for the number of seconds you insert each time The next time the clients is to scan the machine the client will only check for changes on the part of the disk that has already been scanned After that it will continue with the full scan during t
26. ted for an administrator account that has the system rights to install applications on the local computer This will deploy the chosen Client configuration on the computers Please note that locally installed third part firewalls will block the installation and data delivery if not configured to allow these while the built in Windows XP firewall is not affected The Client will be installed in C InventoryClient This folder is created as a hidden system folder and is not visible for the local user Update amde Lind To create an automatic update press the Add button to open the Update Editor Ware bor to N Enter a name and description for the i a Sudhan dete update Then choose from which Client owtoon 060i 16 00 08 30 F derea DN t configuration the update will be created chert ove 00 48 09 11 09 0 C deren 2ND 2004 06 14 00 05 40 This updates the Client with a new a rd Do p00 mata IOOC 121850 client ini file The file contains all CESE E e ee ee he Soe of eet Ms configuration settings for the Client c saes If an update of specific files is necessary Ocros mark the files to be updated in the files OCorfige teri Copyright 2002 2008 Snow Software AB Snow Inventory Version 3 2 Properties Under Properties the Server Database and current user are displayed Change Click here to change database or and user Configure Click here to edit the Repository and mail configu
27. ters you wart to execute before scanning takes place The result is read from the gat Fie OM format Command Fot fie Copyright 2002 2008 Snow Software AB Snow Inventory Version 3 2 Client Configuration Gereral Inwertory Software Custom Peedback Update Feed back Choose what find of messages you pant bo shoe to the interactive user C FTON Toe Messages begir error messages Play waning beeps Specify if any messages should be displayed on the client during Cloeptay scanning progress message the scanning or when illegal applications are stopped To perform a Cl Display message nhen stopping Segal applications silent scan uncheck all If you want you can insert variables to show the user specific values for the denied application software name manufacture Specify the characterstics of the log fie etc You find these variables under the browse button next to the oplevel edit box oti i file re chert bg Logging Maysee Don lie Specify the log level The information is stored in C gex log at startup C Enade debug output C InventoryClient Data client log Client Configuration Update Gereral Inwertory Software Custom Feedback Upaste Update rok The chert can update tse regulary by getting and rctaling new files and The client can automatically update itself Enter the IP number O Sana Rone server Crating Wis fesane elitonn ihe ont compan to your update server and create an update
28. the client Name Description Testi User input 1 p Choose between the fields keys you created uxi earlier i i 2 Y R Save Preview Keys Options Close Description Your description of the form This is ai Ss lt CS a nn not visible to the user Description Userinutt Items Type Edit Box Combo Box edit Combo Box ASSE fixed In the Combo box fixed the user can only xj i It choose from a list of values that you created in the iji 7 Label Account Code box Values z Field name Jaccountcode O Description The users account code Use Page Break to create separate windows for Type Edit Box 7 each input window for the users a ais ey Use Preview to test the result To start using the input forms go back to the T User must fillin this field section Configure cm e You need to select the form under the tab named Custom Don t forget to select Collect Custom Information that is located under the tab named General and section Task Copyright 2002 2008 Snow Software AB Page 19 Snow Inventory Version 3 2 Deploy Under the deploy menu you find the tools you need in order to deploy the client as a service to several clients If you want to deploy the client as a Stand alone application via login script or via any other way see the section Client Deployment i we ieee Orern oe 0x oe Get
29. y keys to scan Click on Add and Open RegEdit to fetch the keys you want to scan for Execute command Execute any BAT EXE or script file on the client You can use the browse function to easily point out files that should be executed Client Configuration 2 xi General Inventory Software Custom Feedback Update Advanced Scan The scanner looks for software applications in the registry and in user profiles ej In order to find all applications you may want to extend the scanning area eeenonsesneereteenserTensenseencesensescesenseencenesoneet Scan local disks va Incremental scanning max feo seconds JV Fulliscan first time Specify a filter to exclude programs From the scan Scan filter Meter All started applications are included in the metering process However you may want to exclude some applications Metering Filter Deny Keep your network free of unwanted and dangerous applications Enable the deny function and define your own blacklist MV Enable deny filter Deny filter aore e Client Configuration Gereral Inwertory Software vitor Peedbeck Update Leer Fout fore You can use a custom date form bo prompt for addtional information ike office cation ated departar whch cardo be obtaned by scanning Porm nama ino form Desoley form Speciy the regutry Rens you wart to nchate ley in cocoa Erter a command wth parame
30. you will be prompted to set up the Snow Inventory shares Due to security reason you will have to manually set the access rights for the folders Snow Inventory uses Here is an example of configuration In the newly opened window select the folder Shares Right click on the folder named Th ein sta at ION C reates two S h ares on th e server nam ed SNOWINY and Select Properties In the properties box go to the tab named Share SAAM en a nbs plete spanned on A MA Ca SNOWINV and SNOWINVS These shares are used by Hepes te aatia OSEANE wth SHEN S the system to receive data and update the clients All users must have full access rights to these shares For more details see the installation guide document For security reasons you need to set the access rights S manually The installation program automatically launches 8 Shared Folders eee Open up the sub tree Shares e Omne amp ma pr me p Right click on the share named SNOWINV and sesso select properties EJ Open Fies C Program Files Sn C Program Files Sn SNOW INY Properties General Publeh Shore Pemsoons Securty a Go to Share Permissions and make sure that Group ce une names Everyone has Full Control After you have selected Full Control click on Apply but don t close the window General Publsh Share Pemsuone Securty Go to Security and click on Add Grou
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