Viewing inventory information for client computers

You can view inventory information for any client computer. The common views applied to the machine group folders are automatically applied to each computer. You can add views to individual computers to see more inventory information.

If you later change the common views for the computer group, the changes are merged with the views that are currently applied to individual computers in the group. The individual settings are updated to include any new views, but are not overwritten unless you choose to overwrite them.

To view inventory information for a client computer

1.

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

2.

Expand the computer group that contains the client computer that you want to view.

3.

In the Machine Groups pane, do one of the following:

4.

In the Properties for <Computer name> window, select the Inventory tab.

This tab lists the views assigned to the computer. The default views are the common views currently applied to the computer groups folder.

5.

In the Inventory Views list, select a view to display the instance number, name and value of each property that it contains.

6.

If you want to change the views assigned to this computer, click Set Views.

7.

In the Set Inventory Views window, move the views that you want to use into the Assigned Views pane:

The View Properties pane shows the properties of the selected view.

If you remove a view that is one of the common views set for the computer group, it is automatically removed from the list of common views.

8.

Click OK to close the Set Inventory Views window.

The Inventory Views pane in the Inventory tab shows the updated list of views.

9.

If you want to save the changes you have made to the selected views, click OK.

If you want to remove the changes you have made and restore the previous selected views, click Cancel.