General information

The Inventory module automatically collects information about the hardware configuration of each computer and the software installed on it. 'Collect' task is performed by the nVision Agent once a day for each computer. Automatic download of hardware configuration and installed software data requires installation of the nVision Agent on selected hosts.

To enhance data synchronization for a selected device, select Agent / Collect inventory from the context menu of the selected device. You can also perform an inventory for the entire map (all computers) by selecting Inventory option from the context menu in the map tree. Please note that synchronization time for map data depends on the number of devices.

Device Information

Information about resources, software and hardware can be found in tabs located in Device Information window. Please note, this data may not be available immediately after scanning the network. They will appear automatically as soon as the Agents finish scanning the computers and send the data:

Assets

Starting from nVision 11.5, the phrase of a 'fixed asset' has been replaced by the phrase of a 'asset'.

Assets can be assigned to departments or users. Assets assigned to users are described in the user assets chapter. The list of all assets will be displayed after clicking the Assets tab in the main console window:

See "Assets" chapter to view new features.

Software

The software section can be accessed by clicking Asset tab in the main window pane and consists of three sections:

•Software audit - displays list of detected applications, enables audit snapshot,

•Applications - displays list of applications which installations can be detected by the Agent. Application installations can be assigned to users,

•Licenses - allows to view, modify and add licenses. license can be bound with multiple applications and users.

History

Axence nVision stores the history of all assets statuses and actions performed on the asset. This information is presented in a list, including date, time and information about the user who performed the action. More information is described in the  * hyperlink * chapter.

nVision agent inventory process

Automatic hardware and software inventory process requires installed nVision Agent on given computer. The administrator can specify which information is to be read by the Agent. The configuration window has been described here.

More information about nVision Agent installation is described in the Installing and Uninstalling Agents chapter.

Manual inventory process

Hardware and software inventory process can also be performed agent-less.