What are the different inventory files in the Asset Management Folder on a agent (CA\DSM\Agent\units\00000001\uam)

Products

• CA Client Automation

Issue/Introduction

What are the different Inventory files in the Asset Management Folder on a Agent?

Environment

CA Client Automation - All Versions   

 

Resolution

The Asset Management files are located in the following folders:

CA\DSM\Agent\units\00000001\                       basic.inv file is stored here, because it is collected by the Basic Agent, not the Asset Management agent

CA\DSM\Agent\units\00000001\uam\              Sometime Inventory files are stored here, but they are usually also in the \bak folder

CA\DSM\Agent\units\00000001\uam\bak         Location of where the Inventory files are located

 

 

Below is a list of file names and what is collected in each file (you might not have all the Inventory files, depending on what you are collecting):

Basic Agent Inventory File

basic.inv_______________________  Inventory File create by the Basic Inventory Plugin (not by Asset Management)

 

Hardware Inventory Modules

00031.INV_______________________  Printer Inventory (WMI)
00032.INV_______________________  Serial Number and Model(WMI)
IG40.INV_________________________ Hardware Inventory
ISRVI.INV________________________ Services Inventory
IWBEM.INV_______________________  WEBM Inventory
NCUSER.mnv______________________  User Inventory
ILIC.INV_________________________ License Inventory
PERF.INV_________________________ Performance Inventory
PROT.INV________________________  CA Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware Inventory 
UUI_____________________________  User/Profile Inventory

 
Software Inventory Modules:
amsoft.xml_______________________ Signature Software Inventory
amapp.dat_______________________  Heuristic Software Inventory

 
File Scan Inventory Module:   
UMISW.DAT______________________   File Scan Inventory

 
File usage Metering: 
UMSWM0.INI _____________________  List of Programs set for Metering

Additional Information

Once the Inventory data is collected it is sent to the Scalability Server and gets stored in the:

CA\DSM\ServerDB\Sector\Collect\0000001\

and

CA\DSM\ServerDB\Sector\Collect\0000002\

folders.