Inventory Agent Schedule
FlexNet Manager Suite 2019 R1 (On-Premises Edition)
Manage the timing of FlexNet inventory collection by locally-installed agents.
The schedule in the Inventory agent schedule section controls
inventory collection on all policy-driven computers in your fleet. Here,
'policy-driven' means that the FlexNet inventory agent is installed on the computer
and uploads locally collected inventory to its preferred inventory beacon. These installed agents also check with any accessible
inventory beacon for any change to their existing device policy, asking
early each morning at a time randomized across a one-hour window. Schedule changes
are delivered through device policy.
Tip: The schedule for remote
inventory collection (also called zero footprint inventory collection) is separately
controlled in inventory rules (navigate to ). The same rules also control the timing of the adoption process,
where the FlexNet inventory agent can be automatically installed on a computer
for local inventory gathering. Once it is installed, however, each FlexNet inventory agent executes local inventory gathering on the schedule you set
here.
The controls in this section change, based on the choices you make. Notice that in all cases, you do not set a precise execution time. Instead, you choose a time window by nominating a start time and a Commence within period. Each inventory agent across your computer estate then randomizes its operations within the nominated period, thereby spreading the network loads for uploaded inventory.
To schedule inventory collection using installed FlexNet inventory agents: