Adding a new data source for disconnected scans
Available from 9.2.7. All scan results are imported to BigFix Inventory from a directory dedicated to disconnected scans. You must add this directory as a data source to allow BigFix Inventory to check its content and import all packages that are stored within. The packages are imported during each data import.
Before you begin
Procedure
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On the computer where BigFix Inventory server is installed, create a directory with read and write
access, for example:
- /disconnected
- C:\disconnected
- Log in to BigFix Inventory, and in the top navigation bar click .
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Click New, and specify the following values:
- Download the catalog for the appropriate platform. It is needed for software discovery. You will copy it to your systems together with the scanner, and the configuration files.
- Click Create.