In the Discovery configuration console there is a setting to turn on/off installed software discovery -
If I turn it off will the only change be that I'll stop getting installation data populated in the cmdb_sam_sw_install table? Will the rest of the discovery patterns run as expected?
On a side note, I reviewed the five different <OS> - Installed Software patterns and if anyone is curious these are OS commands each pattern executes to retrieve installed software data
- AIX: lslpp -Lc
- HP-UX: swlist -l product 2>/dev/null | grep -v
- Linux: rpm -q -a --qf 'Package: %{NAME}\nStatus: install ok installed\nMaintainer: %{VENDOR}\Version: %{VERSION}\Release: %{RELEASE}\'
- Solaris: pkginfo -l | egrep 'PKGINST|NAME|CATEGORY|VERSION|VENDOR|DESC|^$'
- Windows: Registry queries -
HKLM\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall
HKLM\\Software\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Uninstall\\
HKLM\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Installer\\UserData\\*\\Products\\*\\InstallProperties
HKLM\\Software\\Wow6432Node\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Installer\\UserData\\*\\Products\\*\\InstallProperties
Thanks,
Peter
