Configuring the Schedule for the
Software Catalog Data Provider
Task

This task gathers information about known applications that are available in
Software Catalog Data Provider
(SCDP).
If you want to use SCDP for detecting the software in your environment, you need to manually schedule this task with the option
Gather
selected.
If
Software Catalog Data Provider
data file is updated, you need to start this task manually with the option
Gather
selected to update the list of known components in CMDB.
If the
Software Catalog Data Provider Inventory
task provides the data that matches the known applications that are available in SCDP, the
Software Catalog Data Provider
task does the following:
  • Runs automatically for the matched applications with the
    Import Data
    option selected.
  • Creates software components with the minimum metadata (company (vendor) name, software name, version, and language).
  1. To configure the schedule for the
    Software Catalog Data Provider
    task
  2. In the
    Symantec Management Console
    , on the
    Settings
    menu, click
    All Settings.
  3. In the left pane, under
    Settings
    , click
    Software > Data Provider > Providers > Software Catalog Data Provider
  4. In the right pane, under
    Task Status
    , click
    New Schedule
    .
  5. In the
    New Schedule
    dialog box, under
    Schedule
    , configure the schedule for the task.
  6. Under
    Actions
    , select one of the following options:
    • To update the list of known components in the CMDB, click
      Gather
      .
      Select this option after SCDP is installed if you want to use SCDP for detecting the software in your environment.
    • To manually create software components and import them into the Software Catalog, click
      Import Data
      or
      Import Data and Package
      .
      Symantec does not recommend creating a schedule for importing data from SCDP. With a scheduled import, every software resource in SCDP is imported. It results in a database with an excessive number of software components that are difficult to manage.
  7. Click
    Schedule
    .