Defining a Scanner

You can directly add a device as a Scanner under the Scanners node. Any device that fulfills the predefined requirements can be a scanner in BMC Client Management - Inventory . The master is a scanner by default. To define a device as a scanner, proceed as follows:

1. Select the Asset Discovery node and then go to the Scanners node in the left window pane.
2. Click Edit > Add Device .
    The Add a Scanner pop-up menu displays displaying the list of all devices, that can be a scanner because of their operating system.
3. Select the device to be added from one of the list boxes.
4. Click OK to confirm and close the window.

The device will be added to the table of Scanners and its configuration parameter will be updated.