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Scanning a Directory for Drivers

New computers tend to come with their own driver CD/DVD on which the driver files are organized in a tree, where the branches are the device type and then supported operating systems. To simplify the import of all these drivers Client Management provides you with the option of scanning this directory and automatically importing all drivers found by the scan.

To scan a directory for drivers proceed as follows:

  1. Select OS Deployment > Your OSD Manager > Drivers in the left window pane.
  2. Select Edit > Scan Directory osddriver_scan.png.
     The Scan Directory dialog box appears on the screen.
  3. Select the directory which contains the driver hierarchy.
  4. Click OK to confirm.
     The agent will now scan the indicated directory and all its subdirectories. After the scan is finished the Scan Directory window appears, displaying the list of drivers found.
  5. If you want to classify the drivers that you are importing enter a descriptive name into the Tag field.
  6. Click OK to launch the driver import for all found drivers.

The drivers are being imported. The generated driver entries are named after the available driver information, such as the internal name, the supported architecture and operating system.

The new drivers will be automatically created under the driver class node to which they belongs, for example, all graphic card drivers will be created under the Video node of the OS Drivers node and all network card drivers will be created under the Network Cards under the Deployment Drivers node. If the folder for this class does not yet exist it is created.

 

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BMC Client Management 12.1