Creating the Workstation Inventory Policy

Now that the Inventory Server is ready to receive and store workstation inventory, you can quickly enable workstations to start scanning and sending their inventory data to the server by using a Workstation Policy Package.

NOTE:  You may have already created a Workstation Policy Package and associated it to your workstation's container in Remote Management . If so, open the existing Workstation Policy Package's properties, and skip to Step 5.

1. Right-click the Policies.IST.Corp.DA container > click New > click Policy Package.

2. In the Policy Package Wizard window, select Workstation Package > click Next.

3. Keep the name Workstation Package > click Next.

4. Select Define Additional Properties > click Finish.

5. In the Properties of Workstation Package window, click the Policies tab > select Windows NT/2000.

6. Enable the check box for Workstation Inventory > click the Properties button.

   
   

7. In the Properties of Workstation Package:Workstation Inventory dialog box, browse to select your ZENworks Inventory Service object. It should be located in the .Servers.IST.Corp.DigitalAirlines container.

8. Enable the Enable Software Scan check box > click OK.

   
   

9. In the Properties of Workstation Package window, click the Associations tab > click the Add button.

10. Browse to select the .Workstations.IST.Corp.DigitalAirlines container > click OK.

    NOTE:  If you created your Workstation Package in a previous section of the Lab Guide, you may have already made this association.

    
    

11. Click OK to save the changes to the Workstation Package policy.