Inventory Server
Inventory Server is a multitasking Windows service for running automated tasks and scheduled events in Alloy Discovery. Alloy Discovery supports multiple Inventory Server instances for a single Alloy Discovery database.
The Inventory Server performs the following tasks:
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Discover nodes on the network according to the schedule or on demand;
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Audit nodes on the network according to the schedule or on demand;
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Check Network Folder Audit Sources and E-mail Audit Sources for new audit snapshots with the upload interval or on demand;
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Load audit snapshots collected by the Portable Audit.
Additionally, the Inventory Server performs various operations when processing received audit data, such as the following:
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Recognize software products and populate the Software Catalog;
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Track the Change History;
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Send alert notifications;
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Detect audit conflicts and resolves them, if any;
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Log all events in Alloy Discovery.
