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Configuration Inventory

Definition

Configuration inventory identifies and records the configuration of software and hardware and their components throughout the organization.

How it works

The organization retrieves configuration information through means of SNMP (MIB records), WBEM (CIM records), other protocols, or custom scripts and captures that information in a repository, typically known as a Configuration Management Database (CMDB)."

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Specification

The following references were used to develop the Configuration Inventory knowledge-base article.

(Note: the consideration of references does not imply specific functionality exists in an offering.)

Web-Based Enterprise Management

Reference Type: Specification Organization: Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF)

Source: https://www.dmtf.org/standards/wbem

Windows Management Infrastructure

Reference Type: Specification Organization: Microsoft

Source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/wmi_v2/windows-management-infrastructure

Windows Management Instrumentation

Reference Type: Specification Organization: Microsoft

Source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/wmisdk/wmi-start-page

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