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Collected Data

Machine and operating system information

For detailed information, see the database model documentation (Machine table)

User information

For detailed information, see the database model (User table)

User device affinity and logon history

Information about user-to-device relations.

Windows specific data

User local security group membership (optional)

Octoscan2 can scan the user's membership in local groups. This information is currently not stored in the inventory database.

Windows installer registry

All information from the Windows installer registry.

Windows AppStore

Information about Apps installed from the AppStore.

Windows AutoStart configuration

Per machine and per user configured Autostart information.

Microsoft Office Add-ins

Per machine and per user configured Office add-ins

SWID files

SWID Files are copied entirely and can be investigated in the database.

Product-specific detection logic

The windows scanner contains product-specific logic to detect some of the more complex products like:

  • Microsoft SQL Server Instance information
  • Microsoft Sharepoint Server
  • Microsoft Visual Studio
  • Microsoft Office Click 2 Run
  • Java Runtime and JDK
  • ORACLE_HOME configuration
  • Oracle Database Servers
  • Oralce Virtual Box extensions

Filesystem scan (optional)

The windows scanner can be configured to scan parts of the filesystem.

Software metering (optional)

Software Metering scans all running processes per user.

Custom registry scan

The windows scanner can be configured to collect site-specific registry information.

Custom file metadata scan

Octoscan2 can be configured to collect metadata (Creation, LastAccess, LastModification, Size) about specified files and folders.

APP-V

The following APP-V WMI classes get scanned

  • AppvClientApplication,
  • AppvClientAsset
  • AppvClientConnectionGroup
  • AppvClientPackage
  • AppvPublishingServer
  • WMI_Extension

User Access Logging (optional, capable systems only)

The following User Access Logging classes get scanned

  • MsftUal_Admin
  • MsftUal_SystemId
  • MsftUal_Overview
  • MsftUal_UserAccess
  • MsftUal_DeviceAccess

Hyper-V

Octoscan2 scans the host and guest side of Windows virtual machines. The following Hyper-V classes get scanned on Hyper-V hosts:

  • Msvm_ComputerSystem

VMware

Octoscan2 detects the guest parameters of VMware.

Hardware and configuration

WMI classes

For detailed information, see Microsoft documentation

The following WMI Classes get scanned:

  • Win32_BaseBoard
  • Win32_BIOS
  • Win32_ComputerSystem
  • Win32_ComputerSystemProduct
  • Win32_DesktopMonitor
  • Win32_DisplayConfiguration
  • Win32_LogicalDisk
  • Win32_NetworkAdapter
  • Win32_PhysicalMemory
  • Win32_NetworkAdapterConfiguration
  • Win32_DiskDrive
  • Win32_Battery
  • Win32_PortableBattery
  • Win32_Printer
  • Win32_TCPIPPrinterPort
  • Win32_Processor
  • Win32_PNPEntity
  • Win32_Share
  • Win32_PrinterShare
  • Win32_SystemEnclosure
  • Win32_SoundDevice
  • Win32_USBController
  • Win32_USBControllerDevice
  • Win32_USBHub
  • Win32_VideoController
  • Win32_PointingDevice
  • Win32_OperatingSystem
  • Win32_SerialPort
  • Win32_ParallelPort
  • Win32_Service
  • Win32_OptionalFeature (installed features only)
  • WmiMonitorID