Software

Use this property page to configure the following:

Important: Before configuring the above listed software dictionary rules, you must be aware of the usage of these rules. For more information, see "Customizing the Software Inventory Information To Be Scanned For ZENworks 6.5 Inventoried Servers" in the "Server Inventory" section in the ZENworks 6.5 Server Management Administration Guide or "Customizing the Software Inventory Information To Be Scanned For ZENworks 6.5 Inventoried Workstations" in "Workstation Inventory" section in the ZENworks 6.5 Desktop Management Administration Guide.

Report Software with Maximum Version
Allows you to configure the software, whose highest version must be reported by the Inventory Scanner.

To configure the software:

  1. Click Edit Table.
  2. In the table, click Insert to add a new row.
  3. In the Name Pattern drop-down list, select Expandable expression or Regular expression.
  4. Specify a software name.
  5. (Optional) In the Vendor Pattern drop-down list, select Expandable expression or Regular expression.
  6. (Optional) Specify a vendor name.
  7. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to report only the highest version of the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on the inventoried machine, configure the following settings in the table:

"Name Pattern = Expandable expression; Name = Acrobat* Reader*; Vendor Pattern = Expandable expression; Vendor = Adobe*"

If the inventoried machine has Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 4.0 and 5.0 installed, the Inventory scanner reports Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0.

Note: By default, the scanner reports only the highest version of the software.

Report Multiple Versions of the Software
Allows you to configure the software for which the Inventory scanner must report all versions of the software installed on the inventoried machine.

To configure the software:

  1. Click Edit Table.
  2. In the table, click Insert to add a new row.
  3. In the Name Pattern drop-down list, select Expandable expression or Regular expression.
  4. Specify a software name.
  5. In the Vendor Pattern drop-down list, select Expandable expression or Regular expression.
  6. Specify a vendor name.
  7. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to report all versions of the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on the inventoried machine, configure the following settings in the table:

"Name Pattern = Expandable expression; Name = Acrobat* Reader*; Vendor Pattern = Expandable expression; Vendor = Adobe*"

If the inventoried machine has Acrobat Reader 6.0 and Acrobat Reader 5.0 installed, the Inventory scanner will report both Acrobat Reader 6.0 and Acrobat Reader 5.0.

Note: If this rule conflicts with a rule in "Report Software with Maximum Version ", then the rule in the "Report Software with Maximum Version" will override this rule (Report Multiple Versions of the Software).

Add Unidentified Software to Dictionary
The software dictionary does not list all software that is available in the market. The software that are not listed in the dictionary are called as Unidentified software.

Click Edit table. The Configure Scanned Unidentified Software table lists the unidentified software that is stored in the Inventory database. For more information about the table, see Configure Scanned Unidentified Software.

Scan as Unidentified Software
Allows you to configure the file extensions of the files, which do not have a corresponding software identifier in the software dictionary to be reported as "Unidentified." You can view the list of unidentified software in the Add Unidentified Software to Dictionary option.

To configure the applications:

  1. Click Edit Table.
  2. In the Configure Software to be Reported as Unidentified table, click Insert to add a new row.
  3. In the Pattern Type drop-down list, select Expandable expression or Regular expression.
  4. Specify a software name.
  5. Click OK.

For example, if you want the Inventory scanner to report all files with extension ".exe" that do not have an entry in the dictionary as "Unknown," configure the following settings in the table:

"Pattern Type = Expandable expression; File Extension = exe"

To delete an entry from the Configure Software to be Reported as Unidentified table, select the entry and click Delete.

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