{"id":2533,"date":"2025-07-02T12:20:48","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T12:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/docs\/asset-manager\/asset-management\/inventory-scan\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T11:41:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T11:41:05","slug":"inventory-scan","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/asset-management\/asset-management\/inventory-management\/inventory-scan\/","title":{"rendered":"Inventory Scanning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Inventory Scanning<\/strong> is a core feature in <a href=\"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/\">Zecurit<\/a> that empowers IT administrators to gather and update detailed hardware, software, certificate and device configuration data from all your managed endpoints. This ensures your asset database is always <strong>accurate, complete and up-to-date<\/strong>, providing better visibility and helping you maintain compliance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Inventory Scanning?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Inventory scanning is the process of collecting vital information from your enrolled devices, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Installed hardware and peripherals<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Installed software and usage patterns<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Certificate and security configurations<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Licensing status<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Geo-location and network details<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You can trigger scans automatically, manually or on a schedule to fit your organization&#8217;s unique needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Types of Inventory Scans<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Zecurit supports three types of inventory scans to give you flexibility and control:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A. User-Initiated On-Demand Scan (Manual)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>IT admins can manually trigger these scans directly from the Zecurit web console. They&#8217;re ideal when:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A device&#8217;s data appears outdated or is missing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You need to validate a recent change.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You&#8217;ve reinstalled an agent or are troubleshooting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You have two convenient ways to initiate an on-demand scan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>From the Scan Devices Page:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <strong>Inventory \u2192 Scan Devices<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select one or multiple managed devices.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose between a <strong>Full Scan<\/strong> (scans all inventory parameters) or a <strong>Diff Scan<\/strong> (only fetches changes since the last scan).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Scan<\/strong> to start.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>From the Device Details Page:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Navigate to <strong>Inventory \u2192 Device Details \u2192 Actions<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the <strong>Scan Now<\/strong> button to trigger a full or differential scan on a specific device.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">B. Scheduled Scan<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Automate your scan routines at fixed intervals (daily, weekly or custom) for hands-free data refreshing across your environment. You can configure scheduled scans for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All devices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Specific groups of devices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Results from scheduled scans also update:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Software inventory<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Certificate expiry status<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>License compliance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Device location (if geo-tracking is enabled)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">C. User-Initiated from Agent Tray<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>End-users can manually trigger a scan directly from the Zecurit Agent tray menu. This is particularly useful when users are asked to update their inventory details or after they&#8217;ve installed\/uninstalled software or made hardware changes. The scan status is reported back to the console for your visibility as an admin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Perform an Inventory Scan<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To manually initiate a scan:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Navigate to <strong>Inventory \u2192 Scan Devices<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the filters (Platform: Windows, Mac, Linux; Scan Status: Success, Failure, In Progress, Initiated; Device Status: Online, Offline) to refine your device selection.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the devices you want to scan.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Choose your desired scan type: <strong>Full Scan<\/strong> or <strong>Diff Scan<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Scan<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>You can monitor the scan&#8217;s progress in real-time and view detailed results under each device&#8217;s details page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related Article<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/docs\/asset-manager\/asset-management\/inventory-management\/schedule-scan\/\">Schedule your invetory scan<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":2532,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2533","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry"],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2533"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2930,"href":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2533\/revisions\/2930"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zecurit.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=2533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}