Enabling the hardware inventory scanning

When hardware inventory scanning is enabled on physical devices and virtual machines, the system automatically collects the hardware data every 12 hours.

The hardware inventory scanning feature is enabled by default, but you can change the setting when necessary.

Customer tenants can enable or disable the hardware inventory scanning. Unit tenants can only view the hardware inventory scanning settings, but cannot change them.

To enable the hardware inventory scanning

  1. In the service console, go to Settings.

  2. Click Protection.

  3. Click Inventory scanning.

  4. Enable the Hardware inventory scanning module by clicking the switch next to the module name.

To disable the hardware inventory scanning

  1. In the service console, go to Settings.

  2. Click Protection.

  3. Click Inventory scanning.

  4. Disable the Hardware inventory scanning module by clicking the switch next to the module name.