Host Inventory Management
Now that you’ve set up the prerequisites, you’ll use the steps described in this section for on-going Host Inventory Management. For additional prerequisite details, see
Host Resources Prerequisites and Configurations and
Host Inventory Configuration Steps.
Once the prerequisite settings are configured, create a Host Discovery Policy to enable the process of finding hosts in your environment and populating your inventory of hosts.
The Host Inventory Management processes include:
• Configure and validate hosts in the inventory
• Enable and manage on-going collection
Several tools facilitate Host Inventory Management, as described in the following sections: