Creating a new collected data set

You create a new collected data set by defining the WMI namespace, WMI class name, and display name for the new collected data set in the Console.

To create a new collected data set

1.

In the Symantec Ghost Console, in the left pane, expand the Inventory folder.

2.

Expand the Collected Data folder, then expand the subfolder in which you want to create the new collected data set.

3.

Do one of the following:

4.

In the Properties for New Collected Data Set window, in the Display Name field, type a name for your new collected data set.

The name must be unique and may contain up to 50 alphanumeric characters. You should type a descriptive name that is easy to recognize when you are setting up filters and views.

5.

In the Namespace drop-down list, select the namespace of the WMI class that you want to collect, if it is listed.

The Namespace list contains all the WMI namespaces known to the Console. These are read from the WMI repository on the Console server. If the namespace of the class that you want to collect is not listed, go to step 7.

6.

In the WMI Class Name list, select the class, if it is listed.

The WMI Class Name list contains all the WMI classes known to the Console in the selected namespace.

If you selected the WMI class that you want to collect from the list, go to step 10.

If the name of the WMI class that you want to collect is not listed, go to step 7.

7.

Click Enter WMI Class details.

8.

In the Namespace field, type the full namespace of the class that you want to collect.

The name may contain up to 255 alphanumeric characters.

9.

In the WMI Class Name field, type the class name.

The name may contain up to 255 alphanumeric characters. The Console does not perform any validation on user-defined classes. If you make an error in typing the namespace or the class name, the Console is not able to find the class instance data on the client computers.

10.

Click OK.

The Properties dialog opens, displaying details of the new collected data set properties.

If the new collected data set is a user-defined WMI class, there are no properties displayed.

If the new collected data set is a WMI class already known to the Console, the Properties dialog displays the class properties as they are currently defined. These are read from the WMI repository on the Console server, and are usually sufficient to work with. You can set up the properties as you want, or you may prefer to perform an Inventory task to update the Inventory database first.

11.

Click OK to close the Properties dialog.

The new class is added to the Collected Data view.