Defining Base Inventory Prerequisites (Server)

Base Inventory prerequisites are specified in the Packaging Workbench. They are used to control the creation of policy instances for individual computers at the time of assignment. Depending on the basic inventory of every managed computer, conditions which result in the inclusion or exclusion of individual computers can be specified.
No policy instances are created for a computer which is excluded on the basis of the conditions which have been defined.

The procedure for specifying server-side system requirements is as follows:

1. Open the Define Base Inventory Prerequisites (Server) dialog with the aid of the relevant task in the Packaging Workbench of the package whose Base Inventory Prerequisites you wish to specify.

   The basic inventory types which are routinely collected by managed computers are shown in the dialog.

2. Select one inventory type and drag it to the window on the right-hand side.
3. Specify the operator and its value.
   The package can only be assigned if the condition specified for the computer in question is satisfied.
   You can then specify for the condition whether it should be "negated" and how it should be linked with the other conditions (AND/OR).
4. Close the dialog.

For the usage of the filter editor, please refer to: Creating a Filter

If the Base Inventory Prerequisites for the assignment of a package cannot be checked (e.g. because the relevant data of one computer is not available) normally no policy instance will be created for that computer.