Purpose

How to Initiate an Asset Scan From a Machine Group

Solution

1. In the Machine Groups pane select the desired machine group.
2. Within the machine group dialog click Run Operation

3. On the Run Operation dialogselect when you want the scan to run and which asset scan template you want to use.
4. On theRun Operationdialog click either Scan Now or Schedule.

• Scan now: This is the button name if Now is your selected scheduling option. A scan of all machines in the machine group will begin immediately. The Operations Monitor is used totrack the progress of the asset scan..
• Schedule: This is the button name if Once or Recurring is your scheduling option. See Monitoring a Scheduled Asset Scan for details.

You can review the results of the asset scan using Machine View.

Additional Information

Other methods to initiate a Asset scan can be found in the Shavlik Help under  http://help.shavlik.com/Protect/onlinehelp/91/ENU/EN/How_to_Initiate_an_Asset_Scan.htm

Affected Product(s)

Protect 9.X