LANDesk^® Inventory Manager Key Features

Inventory Scanner

Provides a scalable discovery process for real-time subnet-level tracking of unmanaged networked devices, even devices with a firewall enabled.
Supports SMBIOS 2.1 or newer to gather detailed hardware information, including expanded slot description, memory configuration and network adaptor configuration.
Gathers extended plug-and-play monitor data, including secondary monitor information, size, manufacturer’s name, year of manufacture, docking station, multiport video cards and vendor ID.
Extracts detailed asset tag and serial number information, as well as embedded pointing device, fixed drive and CD-ROM data.
Provides multithreaded inventory service performance that’s up to 30% more efficient than other options and lets you utilize between one and eight threads.
Allows for data collection and insertion to be offloaded to a server other than the core for increased efficiency.

Lets you track compliance by group, organizational unit or department for effective reporting.
Includes predefined application lists to speed configuration and ease monitoring.

Gives you instant access to thumbnail views of up to four reports for immediate access to inventory and status information through an intuitive report dashboard.
Includes expanded publishing capabilities to let you schedule and automatically generate reports in HTML, PDF, DOC, RTF and XLS formats, and publish those reports to a file share for improved access to current data.
Lets you e-mail generated reports to an individual or to groups of console users; automatically applies each user’s scope to filter inapplicable information out of the report and create higher relevance and accessibility.

Provides fully integrated handheld device support.
Includes a client deployment tool for extended control over how agents are deployed.
Includes LANDesk® Updates technology that lets you automatically keep your LANDesk® management components up-to-date.
Keeps your managed environment on track with agent watcher to restart a downed agent, restore a renamed agent to its original state and alert your IT team if an end user removes or tampers with the agent—so IT stays in control and end users can’t wreak havoc.