Configuring the Software Inventory Client Agent
The Software Inventory Client Agent provides access to enable or disable the ability to collect file properties on managed systems. From within the agent configuration, the inventory schedule can be configured and the file extensions to search on managed systems can be modified.
The software inventory cycle uses WMI queries to scan for files. If the agent is enabled, the default configuration searches all local drives for files with the EXE extension. Depending on the number of files, the software inventory cycle can take several hours. The inventory scan process has a timeout value assigned to each unique query; the default timeout is 14,400 seconds (4 hours).
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