Popular Custom Inventory Samples (8.x)

Products

• Client Management Suite
• IT Management Suite

Issue/Introduction

Find a list of popular Custom Inventory Samples for ITMS 8.x

Environment

ITMS 8.x

Resolution

Custom inventories can be used to gather any data that can be accessed via command scripts. The best way to design a new custom inventory script is to search for a similar custom inventory script and adapt it to gather the desired data. Most custom inventories use Powershell and VBScripts to gather data from WMI, file properties, or the registry.

This article presents links to articles of some more-popular and thoroughly tested custom inventories. 

 

POWERSHELL EXAMPLES

Using Custom Inventory to collect ODBC DSN information for computers (queries Get-OdbcDsn)

Collect Custom Inventory for SEP 12.x definitions in ITMS 8.x (queries registry)

Inventory Windows 10 Built-in Applications (queries Get-AppxPackage)

Identify the Status of the TPM Chip on the Computers in my Environment (queries Get-TPM)

 

VBSCRIPT EXAMPLES

CPU Custom Inventory (queries WMI)

Inventoring dbutil_2_3.sys to identify a Dell Vulnerability (queries WMI)

Inventory a Specific File Using Custom Inventory (queries files)

Inventory a Specific File Type Using Altiris Custom Inventory  (queries WMI)

Detecting and Reporting Fonts with Custom Inventory (queries files)

Inventory a Specific Registry Entry Using Custom Inventory (queries registry)

Inventory Windows Events Using Custom Inventory (queries Windows Events)

Custom Inventory for Video/Display Drivers (queries WMI)

Inventory BitLocker Encryption Status of Drives and Computers (queries WMI)

Inventory SQL Server Edition (Express, Enterprise, etc.) with Custom Inventory (queries WMI)

Reporting PowerShell Version Using Custom Inventory (queries registry)

Lenovo Computers Do Not Show Their Specific Model Name in Hardware Inventory Data, Inventory Solution (queries WMI)

Hardware Inventory Returns a Different Model (queries WMI)

Additional Information

NOTE: Please note that Broadcom Support does not support custom scripting or reporting so modifications to the script and report must be made by the user. Please contact Symantec Consulting Services for assistance with creating custom inventory scripts or custom reports, who can be reached here:

Symantec Professional Services

Other helpful KB's:

Introduction to Custom Inventory

Viewing Custom Inventory Data with a Custom Report