How to Use the Manual Scanner
This lesson describes how to download the Manual Scanner. The manual scanner allows you to email a request to one or more users to manually execute a scan by clicking on a link in the generated email. The Users are selected from the Available Users view. The scan can be via an .HTA, .EXE or .DMG file type, depending on the computer type selected. The results are automatically sent back to the Asset Vision server.
Manual Scan Welcome Screen
Navigate to Setup > Discovery Setup > End Point Scans > Manual Scan. This page displays the description for the manual scanner.
Select Users to Email Manual Scan Link
Navigate to Setup > Discovery Status > End Point Scans > Manual Scan > Available Users.
Select Multiple Users to Email Manual Scan Link
The user has two options to request a manual scan from a user:
- Right-click on a user record, and select Request Manual Scan. Note: The Available Users menu only displays users that have an email address saved in the system. In order to add or update user records navigate to Admin > User Management > Discovered Users.
- On the Available Users view you can also select multiple user records and click the Request Manual Scan button at the bottom of the screen.
Manual Scan Options
After selecting user(s) and requesting a manual scan the Manual Scan Options window loads.
- Token Available Until: By default the manual scan link will be available for a week. You can select a new expiration date to shorten or extend this time period.
- Device Count: By default the device count per user is set to 1, but if your users may have multiple machines to scan you can change the device count.
- Device Type: Select whether the scanner used will be for a Windows-based computer or Mac OS X-based computer.
- Scanner Type: (Windows Scanner only) This determines the type of file that is used to perform the scan. Some networks block executable (.exe) files so by default a HTML application (.hta) file is used for the scan.
- Manual Scan Options: (Windows Scanner only) By default the manual scan performs a Windows inventory scan only. The available options extend scanning to include MS Software Tags, OS System Patches, and Virtualization infrastructure scans.
Click the OK button to send the manual scan email requests.
Sample Manual Scan Email Sent to Selected Users
Manual Scan File Download
After clicking the link in the email the user is prompted to save the HTML Application (.hta) file shown above or an executable (.exe) or Mac OS X disk image (.dmg) file depending on what device type or scanner type options were selected for the scan request. The user should save the file and open/run it to begin the scan.
Manual Scan Progress Window
After selecting to open/run the file the manual scan will begin. The scan runs in the background so users can continue working while their device is scanned.
Manual Scan Complete
Scan results are uploaded automatically, so after the scan is complete users can close the application window.
Manual Scan Requests
Under Setup > Discovery Status > End Point Scans > Manual Scan > Manual Requests. The Manual Requests menu displays all scan requests that have been sent to users.
Manual Scan Responses
The Manual Responses menu displays the results of all manual scans that successfully completed and uploaded inventory data into Asset Vision.
Stand Alone Scanner
The Stand Alone Scanner for Asset Vision allows the user to scan their environment similar to the Manual Scanner that is available through the Asset Vision user interface. The Stand Alone Scanner does not automatically upload the results to the Asset Vision server, so you do not need a network connection to run this scanner against your environment. To access the Stand Alone Scanner, contact Asset Vision support at [email protected] or make a request to your account representative.