Creating an Inventory in Inventory Manager

To logically group assets in your CommCell environment, create an inventory. For example, create an inventory for a particular group of users or to fulfill other business needs.

You can automatically discover all servers in a domain by adding an Active Directory identity server. You can also add individual file servers.

Procedure

From the navigation pane, go to Data Insights.

The Data Insights page appears.
Under Settings, click Inventory manager.

The Inventory manager page appears.
In the upper-right corner of the page, click Add inventory.

The Add inventory dialog box appears.
In the Name box, enter a name for the inventory.
From the Index server list, select an Index Server.
From the Identity servers list, select an identity server.
Click Save.

The inventory properties page appears.

Adding Assets to an Inventory

Choose one of the following methods to add assets to the inventory:

Asset type	Steps
To automatically discover all of the servers in a domain, add an Active Directory identity server as an asset. Tip Because the servers are automatically discovered, adding a domain prevents servers from being left out of an inventory.	On the Assets tab of the inventory page, click Add asset > Identity server. The Add identity server dialog box appears. From the Identity servers list, select the identity servers that you want to add. To start a data collection job immediately, move the Start data collection toggle key to the right. If the Start data collection option is not enabled, the job runs according to the schedule on the inventory. Click Save. The identity servers that you selected appear in the Assets tab.
To add individual file servers, add each file server as an asset.	On the Assets tab of the inventory page, click Add asset > File server. The Add file server dialog box appears. In Display name, enter the machine name of the server. Do not include the domain in the server name. In FQDN, enter the domain to which the server belongs. In IP address, enter the IP address of the server. From the OS Type list, select the operating system of the server. From the Country list, select the country where the server is located. Click Save. The file server information appears in the Assets tab.

Asset type

Steps

To automatically discover all of the servers in a domain, add an Active Directory identity server as an asset.

Tip

Because the servers are automatically discovered, adding a domain prevents servers from being left out of an inventory.

On the Assets tab of the inventory page, click Add asset > Identity server.

The Add identity server dialog box appears.
From the Identity servers list, select the identity servers that you want to add.
To start a data collection job immediately, move the Start data collection toggle key to the right.

If the Start data collection option is not enabled, the job runs according to the schedule on the inventory.
Click Save.

The identity servers that you selected appear in the Assets tab.

To add individual file servers, add each file server as an asset.

On the Assets tab of the inventory page, click Add asset > File server.

The Add file server dialog box appears.
In Display name, enter the machine name of the server. Do not include the domain in the server name.
In FQDN, enter the domain to which the server belongs.
In IP address, enter the IP address of the server.
From the OS Type list, select the operating system of the server.
From the Country list, select the country where the server is located.
Click Save.

The file server information appears in the Assets tab.

Optional: Update the default schedule:
1. On the Details tab, click Edit next to Schedule.
  
  The Edit schedule dialog box appears.
2. Adjust the schedule.
  
  For example, schedule the data collection job to run every Sunday.