I don't use it at all, I avoid it alike the plague! I will use CI or HW 
inventory or anything else but it.

BTW, here is another blog post on the subject. 
https://www.enhansoft.com/blog/slow-software-inventory-cycle-in-sccm-2012





Garth Jones
Chief Architect
Configuration Manager/SCCM Reporting<https://www.enhansoft.com/>

From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
Behalf Of Mead, Renae (DTMB)
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 1:52 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [mssms] RE: Hardware Inventory

Thank you.  We currently have heartbeat discovery set to daily.  What do you 
use for SW inventory if not ConfigMgr?


From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Garth Jones
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 9:09 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: [mssms] RE: Hardware Inventory

In general, I recommend HW to be setup daily and SW inventory to be disabled, 
as it is useless! If SW is not disabled then set to every 14 days. BTW 
Heartbeat discovery I also recommend be set to daily too.

Keep in mind that ConfigMgr is NOT a CMDB.



Garth Jones
Chief Architect
Configuration Manager/SCCM Reporting<https://www.enhansoft.com/>

From: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mead, Renae (DTMB)
Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 8:55 AM
To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
Subject: [mssms] Hardware Inventory

I'm curious how often everyone is running hardware inventory? We have about 
50,000 machines in our environment running hardware and software inventory 
every 4 days. We are getting rid of our asset management system and upper 
management wants ConfigMgr to replace it.

Thanks,
Renae Mead
DTMB IS OA Enterprise Services
[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
(517) 636-0761 Office
(517) 388-2737 Mobile









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