Step 2- Collecting Data on the Unconnected Device

The second step for inventorying an unconnected device is to locally collect the information. To do so, proceed as follows:

1. Go to the unconnected device and connect the USB key.
2. On the device select the key and the respective directory containing the appropriate tool for the device's operating system.

   Under the directory you can see three executable (.bat) files:

   allinventories.bat : This file collects both types of inventories.

   hardwareinventory.bat : collects only the hardware inventory of the device

   softwareinventory.bat : collects only the software inventory of the device.

3. Launch the file of the desired type(s) of inventory.
   A terminal window opens in which you can follow the progress of the data collection. As you can see in the window, in addition to the selected inventories the tool also collects the identity information of the device and further information such as the operating system version and hardware connected information, such as MAC address, disk serial number, and so on.
4. When the terminal window asks you to, close the window.
   If you verify now under the tools directory you can see a newly generated file there, unconnected.xml .

The data collection on the unconnected device is now finished.