Uploading collected data

After you install additional VM Manager Tool, schedule the regular uploads of collected data. This action is required so that the capacity data that is collected by VM Manager Tool is uploaded to the BigFix server.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the BigFix console.
  2. In the navigation tree, click Sites > External Sites > IBM BigFix Inventory v9 > Fixlets and Tasks.
  3. Select Schedule VM Manager Tool Scan Results Upload.
    Upload VM Manager Tool Scan Results
  4. In Description, enter the upload frequency in hours.


  5. Click Take Action.
  6. Select the target computer and click OK. The computer must have VM Manager Tool installed.

    Applicable computers
    Note: All options in the Execution tab are disabled. The frequency can be specified only in the Description field.

Results

You scheduled the upload of capacity data from VM Manager Tool to BigFix. The data is transferred to BigFix Inventory with each data import. If no modifications are made to VM managers, the data is uploaded according to the schedule. If you modify a VM manager, the upload is triggered shortly afterward.

What to do next

Configure VM managers.