Scanning Workstations and Other Network Devices

With AssetExplorer you can scan all your windows domain, networks part of your enterprise, Linux, MAC, Solaris, AIX machines and IP based IT assets. Also, you can set up audits for scheduling periodic scanning and regular cleanup, scan assets in remote locations and perform individual scan for newly added workstations.

Scanning Mechanisms

• Windows Domain Scan
  
  Scans all the Windows Workstations and Servers that are,

1. part of Windows domain

2. scanned using Active Directory, and

3. part of Windows workgroup

 You can also scan workstations using an Agent or Agentless mode (scans machines using WMI).

• Network Scan
  
  Scan workstations and devices that are part of your network range. Network Scan supports,

1. OS workstations like, Linux, MAC, Solaris, IBM-AIX machines

2. Windows workgroup (workstations that are not part of any domain controller).

3. IP devices like Printer, Router, Switches and Access Points.

• Schedule Scan
  
  Schedule scan at periodic intervals to scan domains and networks that are part of your enterprise. Also, you can set re-scanning intervals to  discover newly added workstations.   

• Scanning machines outside a domain/network
  
  Scan Windows Workstations and Servers outside a domain/network using Standalone Workstation Audit or by installing an Agent in the remote machine. Both these methods involves script installed in the remote workstations which scans and pushes the inventory details to the AE server.

• Workstations/Device Scan  
  
  Use this option to scan an individual or newly added machines in your network. Machines like Windows, Linux, Solaris, IBM-AIX, MAC and IP devices like Printers, Routers, Switches and Access Points are currently supported.

• Distributed Asset Scan
  
  For all your remotely located workstations that cannot be accessed by the Central AE server, a Remote AE server is installed in each location which scans the workstation information, and pushes the data to the Central AE Server either manually or automatically.