Inventory Scanner settings

Inventory scanner, scans the database for software, asset, and hardware information. When a tenant is registered with Neuron, the default settings are applied.

The Inventory Scanner page displays the System default settings and custom settings, if defined.

Inventory Setting Details

Name: Name of the custom Inventory Setting

Registry Entries:

Root key: Select the registry key from the drop-down to scan.

HKLM = HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

HKCC = HKEY_CURRENT_CONFIG

HKCR = HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

HKU = HKEY_USERS

HKCU = HKEY_CURRENT_USER

To add Inventory Scanner details into the registry:

  1. In Ivanti Neurons, select Admin > Inventory Scanner Settings.

  2. Click Add New Setting.

  3. In the Inventory Setting Details, enter a Name for the custom setting.

  4. In the Registry Entries, click Add to define the information the registry entries.
    This gathers the required information for the inventory from the user’s system.

    1. Select the Root Key from the drop-down.

    2. Enter the Registry Key.

    3. Enter the Value Name.

    4. Enter the Attribute Name.

  5. In the WMI Calls, click Add to read WMI properties from the users' system.
    WMI has a single primary key even if there are multiple properties.

    1. Enter the Name Space.

    2. Enter the Class Name.

    3. Enter the Display Object.

    4. Under Properties, click Add to add the WMI property.

    5. Enter the Property Name and Display Name.

    6. Toggle the Key option to ON and click Add.

    You can add only 1 WMI key even if there are multiple properties available.

  6. Click Save & Close.

To deploy the Inventory Scanner Settings:

  1. In Ivanti Neurons, select Agents > Agent Policies > Create a Policy.

  2. Enter an Agent Policy Name.

  3. Click the Inventory Scanner checkbox in Capabilities and select the Configuration from the drop-down if any.

  4. Click Create Policy.

  5. Click Agent Deployment > Manually Install an Agent.

  6. In the Choose Agent Policy, select the policy from the drop-down.

  7. Select the Enrollment Key from the Choose you Enrollment Key drop-down.

  8. Select the endpoint operating system from Choose the host endpoint operating system section.

  9. Select the installation mode from the drop-down.

  10. Click Download. See, Agent Deployment.

For more information, see Adding custom WMI items to inventory scans and Monitoring software usgae.