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slow inventory scan due to catalogs pushed to endpoints


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Question

is there a workaround

Answer

Yes : this is a possible workaround:

1) change the dependency for ic_discover method by adding also
the signature catalogs
2) copy the catalogs at each GW bundles
3) disable catalog download at each inventory profile
.

Please follow
these steps:




1) First of all, you need to copy the catalog files to each gateway
lcf_bundle.41100
directory.


For example, I copy catalogWidnows.txt
to:




C:\CM423\Tivoli\bin\lcf_bundle.41100\invsignature



The catalog files are located on your TMR server under $DBDIR/inventory. You
could copy all these catalog files to the same lcf_bundle.41100/invsignature
directory. This would allow you to set up the dependency for other platforms
as well.




2) Then run this command below to add the dependency for
w32-ix86.


wdepset
-e @DependencyMgr:Inventory-Config-depset -a
w32-ix86
invsignature/catalogWindows.txt +p %IBASE%/inv/SCAN
+a




3) Recycle all gateways to refresh this
change.


4) Run "wdepset -v @DependencyMgr:Inventory-Config-depset |
more"




You should see your entry appended to the
end.




w32-ix86:


lib/w32-ix86/libccms60_lcf.dll,%IBASE%,0


bin/w32-ix86/inv/SCAN/wepscan.exe,%IBASE%/inv/SCAN,8


bin/w32-ix86/inv/SCAN/dmiscan.exe,%IBASE%/inv/SCAN,8


bin/w32-ix86/inv/SCAN/msvcrt.dll,%IBASE%/inv/SCAN,8


bin/w32-ix86/inv/SCAN/wcdmi.dll,%IBASE%/inv/SCAN,8


bin/w32-ix86/inv/SCAN/wdmiutil.dll,%IBASE%/inv/SCAN,8


lib/w32-ix86/wsusscan.cab,%IBASE%/inv/SCAN,8


bin/w32-ix86/bin/wepmcoll.exe,%IBASE%/inv/SCAN,8


lib/w32-ix86/libguid.dll,%LIB%,8


lib/w32-ix86/libzlib.dll,%LIB%,8


lib/w32-ix86/biosdump.exe,%BIN%,8


lib/w32-ix86/libtis60.dll,%IBASE%/inv/SCAN,8


lib/w32-ix86/lscanner.exe,%IBASE%/inv/SCAN,8


lib/w32-ix86/lscanner.cfg,%IBASE%/inv/SCAN,8


lib/w32-ix86/shfolder.dll,%IBASE%/inv/SCAN,8


lib/w32-ix86/mbsacli.exe,%IBASE%/inv/SCAN,8


lib/w32-ix86/qchain.exe,%IBASE%/inv/SCAN,8


lib/w32-ix86/wcmehlpr.exe,%IBASE%/cme,8


lib/w32-ix86/wcmeupld.exe,%IBASE%/cme,8


lib/generic/wcmeupld.dat,%IBASE%/cme,8


lib/w32-ix86/inv_ep.ini,%IBASE%/inv/SCAN,8


bin/w32-ix86/inv/SCAN/york.txt,%IBASE%/inv/SCAN,8

invsignature/catalogWindows.txt,%IBASE%/inv/SCAN,8


5) Now, you need to disable the catalog download option for UNIX in
your
inventory
config
profile.


wsetinvunixsw -d Y
@InventoryConfig:PCSWSCAN-PF




6) Run a quick test by deleting the catalogWindows.txt file on the endpoint
under inv/scan dir. Distribute the scan to the endpoint and monitor the depot
to ensure no catalog files are sent to the depot.

The only disadvantage to this is that you have to ensure the catalog files are
updated in the lcf_bundle. But the advantage to this is that the catalog
files are not pushing to the endpoint if there is any new
changes.


To remove the dependency set, issue:

wdepset
-e @DependencyMgr:Inventory-Config-depset -r w32-ix86
invsignature/catalogWindows.txt




After that, when the profile is distributed, the tmf gateway
will check if the endpoint already has the same catalog
and if not, it will be downloaded.

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Document information

Tivoli Configuration Manager


Software version:
4.2.3


Operating system(s):
Platform Independent


Reference #:
1599292


Modified date:
2013-01-23

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