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Scan
Only Show PC's in Browse List
When this option is checked, the domain/workgroup list will display computers in the browse list for the domain/workgroup.
When this option is NOT checked, the domain/workgroup list will display computers from the domain list (NT4/Active Directory).
Only Scan for Users
When this option is selected, the scan will only attempt to update the currently logged on user details.
Domain/Workgroup Drop Down List
This allows you to select the domain/workgroup to list the computers from.
Add
Adds the computers selected in the computer list to the list to be scanned.
Add All
Adds all the computers from the computer list to the list to be scanned.
Select Unknown
Adds all computers currently in the database where the Operating System entry is unknown to the list to be scanned.
Max No. of PC's to scan at once
The 2 buttons allow you to adjust the number of computers to scan simultaneously from 1 to 10.
List to be Scanned
This is the list of hosts remaining to be scanned.
Remove
Removes the hosts selected in the List to be Scanned from the list.
Remove Existing
Removes hosts that already exist in the database from the List to be Scanned.
Import from File
Allows you to browse to a text file containing a list of hosts to be added to the List to be Scanned.
Scan
Starts the Scan.
The remaining sections on the right show the overall progress of the scan at the top, and the progress of individual hosts below.
The IP options section, allows you to specify hosts to scan by IP Address/Range as above.
Scheduled Scanning
Using Windows Task Scheduleder or the command line it's possible to scan in the background.
The commands are as follows:
- /B:DOMAIN adds the computers from the browse list for 'DOMAIN'
- /D:DOMAIN adds the computers from the domain list for 'DOMAIN'
- /E adds all the computers currently in the AssetDB database
- /X Removes computers that already exist in the database from the scan list
- /R Add IP Address range (currently Class B Only) e.g. '/R:192.168.1.130-139' Will add IP Addresses 192.168.1.130 to 192.168.1.139
- /M:x Specifies the maximum number of computers to scan concurrently (x = 1 to 10)
- /A:x Delete computers older than 'x' days from the database i.e. /A:60 would delete records that have not been updated in the last 60 days (x = 1 to 5000)
- The commands can be added as a list
Example: C:\Program Files\Compulsion\AssetDB\CSAssetDB.exe /B:DOMAIN1 /D:DOMAIN2 /D:DOMAIN3 /E /X
This would add the computers from:
The Browse list for DOMAIN1
The Domain list for DOMAIN2
The Domain list for DOMAIN3
All the computers currently listed in the AssetDB database
Remove from the list, computers that already exist in the database
and then scan them all, with the program quiting at the end.
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