Scanned Information

Basic Information

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.

User Local Security Group Membership (optional)

Octoscan2 can scan the users membership in local groups as opposed to domain groups which can be imported by other means. This information is currently not stored in the inventory database.

Software Information

Windows Installer Registry

All information from the Windows installer registry.

Windows App Store

Information about Apps installed from the Appstore.

SWID Files

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

Product Specific Detection Logic

Octoscan2 contains product specific logic to detect some of the more complex products such as:

  • Microsoft SQL Server Instance information
  • Sharepoint
  • Internet Explorer Versions
  • Microsoft Visual Studio
  • Microsoft Office Click 2 Run
  • Java Runtime and JDK
  • ORACLE_HOME configuration
  • Oracle Database Servers

Filesystem Scan (optional)

Octoscan2 can be configured to scan parts of the filesystem. Filesystem information is not used by the OctoSAM software discovery process. The filesystem scan can be useful if OctoSAM is the main inventory scanner but some connected systems require filesystem information.

Software Metering (optional)

Software Metering scans all running processes per user.

Custom Registry Scan

Octoscan2 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 follwing 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