Hardware inventory. Software Inventory in ConfigMgr is a file inventory and does not necessarily reflect actually installed software. If you need to know about explicit files on a system, like all .psts, then software inventory is great. For generic scans of all files though, it's not very efficient and has a high cost in terms of db space and client impact for not a lot of useful info. Configuration Items are usually also a much better choice as well.
J From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mead, Renae (DTMB) Sent: Friday, June 23, 2017 12:52 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
