That's what skpwi.dat is for.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/configurationmgr/archive/2012/09/17/controlling-c onfiguration-manager-2012-using-hidden-files.aspx This file can be used for skipping the Software inventory Process for a partition or for a folder. If you want to prevent software inventory on a drive/partition or folder you can create a hidden file named SKPWI.DAT and place it on the root of the drive/partition/folder. Cheers, Trevor Sullivan From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Marcum, John Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 2:25 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [mssms] RE: file extension not working for software inventory Are you running that on servers? Software inventory has a timeout value that tends to get exceeded on servers. _____ John Marcum Sr. Desktop Architect Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP _____ From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Kevin Johnston Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 2:24 PM To: '[email protected]' Subject: [mssms] file extension not working for software inventory I have added a *.vmdk to my client settings so that we can find machines that have this file. I have tried it in 2 ways: I put in the actual path the files are supposed to be stored in, and I left it as All client hard disk. I have let the policy run (currently set to 2 days) then went to reports and ran computers with a specified file typed in *.vmdk and nothing, then I type in *.exe and nothing. If I run all inventoried files on a specific computers, I see all the .dll and .exe's on that computer, but when I do a find for .vmdk it finds nothing. Am I missing something? I want to make sure that this file gets inventoried as I am asked to run reports on who has this on their machine. Any ideas where I am going wrong? Thanks, Kevin Johnston _____ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and then delete it from your computer. _____ Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is from a law firm and may be protected by the attorney-client or work product privileges. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender by replying to this e-mail and then delete it from your computer.
