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Asset Discovery User's Guide
Learn how BigFix Asset Discovery works.
Overview
A brief overview on how BigFix discovers assets and on what are Scan Points.
Installation
Tasks to perform to complete a successful installation.

Asset Discovery User's Guide
Learn how BigFix Asset Discovery works.
- Overview
  A brief overview on how BigFix discovers assets and on what are Scan Points.
  - Scan Point hardware and software requirements
  - Installation
    Tasks to perform to complete a successful installation.
    - Installing the site
      Steps to perform to enable and subscribe all the computers to the external site.
    - Installing the Import Service task
      How to install the Nmap Asset Discovery Import Service on the BigFix server.
    - Installing Scan Points
      Actions to perform to install Scan Points.
    - Running a scan
      How to perform a scan to detect unmanaged computers and network devices.
- Using Asset Discovery
  How to operate and things to know about Asset Discovery.
- Unmanaged Asset Importer - NMAP
  The following options will work as command line arguments to run the importer on its own. For example "UAImporter-NMAP -debugout output.txt -file testfile.xml".
- Frequently asked questions
  A list of the most frequently asked questions.

Installation

Tasks to perform to complete a successful installation.

You can perform the following installation tasks in the Asset Discovery site:

Enable the Unmanaged Asset Importer Service on your BigFix server.
Designate specific agents as scan points.
Run the scan.

Note: To view Unmanaged Assets, you must have the proper permissions set through the Administration Tool. To access the tool, click Start > All Programs > BigFix Enterprise > BES Administration Tool). A user can be granted permission to view all unmanaged assets or only those connected to the Scan Points that they administer.

Note: On Linux platforms, you must install the BES Server Plugin Service to work with the Asset Discovery Fixlets. This plug-in is available on the BigFix Support site.