Custom Inventory - Command Line Results

[Jeff Stanton]

Hello everyone,

I have been requested to create a custom inventory.  While we have many in our environment, this one is a little unique.  We are being requested to run a specific .exe with command line parameters to determine each client's status as it relates to that application's configuration.  In the end, we want to run the command line the team has provided us with and store the output from that command line.

I have some thoughts, but I would welcome any other thoughts on the best way to go about this and if anyone has done this in the past.

Thanks!

[Jesse Gonzales]

If you are running a script, you could use the Advanced button and on the first tab (script), click the "Save script output with task status". You'll get the results on a per device basis.

[Jeff Stanton]

Thanks for your reply Jesse.  Yes, we can do this, but with over 23k devices, we need to be able to gather the data dynamically and return the data to the database to allow for reporting via SQL.

I believe we have a solution to this now.  Thanks!

[Johannes Bedrech]

Hi Jeff,

TaskOutput is stored in a SQL Table called TaskOuptutProperty
Here is the KB: https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/178611/how-to-find-task-output-data-in-the-syma.html

[Jeff Stanton]

Thanks Johannes!  We have found a way to capture the data we need in its own custom inventory.