Software installations not captured in Windows discovery

anandtk
Giga Contributor

Hello Experts,

I am facing an issue where the general software installations are not captured in the Windows server I am scanning.

To be more specific: I am not seeing any softwares listed as in the below image.

software installed missing.png

Here, I am referring to the Windows server on which the Vcenter is installed.

Additional information: I am actually performing a Vcenter discovery and all VMs are discovered well.

SNOW version: Eureka

Please let know what should I do to get the software installed field to capture information from the Windows server?

1 ACCEPTED SOLUTION

There are two tables for software packages depending on what plugins you have enabled.



By default, software installs will go into the Software Instances [cmdb_ci_software_instance], which is the one you are looking at.



If the Software Asset Management plugin is enabled, this table is deprecated and the records are created in Software Installations [cmdb_sam_sw_install].


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That's very good up to now Means Discovery is actually asking to return the installed softwares on the Windows server. Can you verify that the record of the input type contains information about the found installed softwares on the machine and no specific error or warning messages?


anandtk
Giga Contributor

Stijn, Interesting


I am able to see the following captures. If I am not wrong it is able to collect the data but some how not populate?


softwares collected.png


anandtk
Giga Contributor

Stijn, its a long log. However, I don't see any visible error in it.


At the same time, I am not confident of diagnosing it thoroughly. Would you like to take a look?


You're right, the data is being collected. However; for some reason it doesn't populate. The sensor Windows - Installed Software in my screenshot below is linked to the Windows - Installed Software probe?



find_real_file.png


anandtk
Giga Contributor

Hello Stijn,



My screen is exactly showing the same as I see on your snapshot.


I am able to see the 'Windows - Installed Software' under the related sensors.