Machine or Hardware Inventory Report

A machine inventory report consists of sending a report of the current device machine inventory. The MachineInventorySettings XML element in the server response to device poll message determines whether or not to send this report to the server.

The default DLL file Dminfos.dll specified in the device management registry settings file determines what information is contained in the machine inventory report. An OEM can add to or replace this file by a customized DLL. In case of multiple DLL files, a concatenated inventory report is generated.

Machine Inventory Report XML elements

The following table shows the machine inventory report XML elements.

Machine Inventory Report XML Schema

The following XML schema is recommended.

<Inventory type="Type of inventory">
  <InventoryItem name="Name of inventory">
    <Property name="Name of inventory item">"Value of the inventory item"</Property>
</Inventory>

Machine Inventory Report Example

The following code example shows a machine inventory report. Note that the name attribute for the InventoryItem and Property elements must be given exactly as shown below. There is also no constraint on the number of times a particular inventory item appears. For example, a device with external storage can report multiple instances of InventoryItem with the name attribute set to "Device_FileSystem".

X-Device-Action: Report
X-Device-ReportType: MachineInventory
<Inventory type="machine">
  <InventoryItem name="Device_System">
    <Property name="PlatformType>H/PC</Property>
    <Property name="OEMInfo">Model 123,_Compaq</Property>
    <Property name="NumberOfProcessors">1</Property>
    <Property name="ProcessorArchitecture">1</Property>
    <Property name="ProcessorType">1</Property>
    <Property name="ProcessorLevel">4</Property>
    <Property name="ProcessorRevision">3245</Property>
    <Property name="ISA">123</Property>
  </InventoryItem>
  <InventoryItem name="Device_OS">
    <Property name="Platform">2</Property>
    <Property name="MajorVersion">4</Property>
    <Property name="MinorVersion">1</Property>
    <Property name="BuildNumber">987</Property>
    <Property name="AdditionalInfo">More info.</Property>
  </InventoryItem>
  <InventoryItem name="Device_Network">
    <Property name="IPAddress">4.3.243.123</Property>
    <Property name="IPSubnet">4.3.255.255</Property>
    <Property name="Bandwidth">1000</Property>
  </InventoryItem>
  <InventoryItem name="Device_Power">
    <Property name="AC">1</Property>
    <Property name="Battery">2</Property>
    <Property name="BatteryPercent">56</Property>
    <Property name="Backup">2</Property>
    <Property name="BackupPercent">7</Property>
  </InventoryItem>
  <InventoryItem name="Device_Display">
    <Property name="VerticalResolution">480</Property>
    <Property name="HorizontalResolution">640</Property>
    <Property name="NumberOfColors">16784</Property>
  </InventoryItem>
  <InventoryItem name="Device_Memory">
    <Property name="Total">21464</Property>
    <Property name="Program">4680</Property>
    <Property name="ProgramFree">16784</Property>
    <Property name="Storage">16784</Property>
    <Property name="StorageFree">16784</Property>
  </InventoryItem>
  <InventoryItem name="Device_FileSystem">
    <Property name="Name">Programs</Property>
    <Property name="Size">4680</Property>
    <Property name="UsedSpace">16784</Property>
  </InventoryItem>
</Inventory>

See Also

Device Management Operation | Server Response to the Device Poll | Device Management Registry Settings

 Last updated on Thursday, April 08, 2004

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