Management Point Software Inventory Test

This test reports metrics pertaining to the reports generated by the Software Inventory manager of SMS. With the SMS Software Inventory Manager one can collect information about the applications listed in Add or Remove Programs in Control Panel. By using software inventory, one can collect a significantly larger amount of information about client's software.

Target of the test : A Microsoft SMS

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every Microsoft SMS server monitored

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameters	Description
Test period	How often should the test be executed
Host	The host for which the test is to be configured

Measurements made by the test
Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit
Delta reports	Indicates the number of Software Inventory reports marked as Delta.	Number
Reports data generated	Indicates the size of generated reports.	MB
Reports processed	Indicates the number of reports processed successfully or unsuccessfully.	Number
Reports process rate	Indicates the number of reports processed per second.	Reports/Sec