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System Information Gatherer is installed must have a separate Proof of Entitlement. Your System Information Gatherer license constitutes one (1) System Information Gatherer Proof of Entitlement. Additional System Information Gatherer Proofs of Entitlement for non-IBM systems may be purchased separately from IBM. All IBM PCs automatically include such an authorization. Your PC invoice constitutes your System Information Gatherer Proof of Entitlement for that system. For additional information, refer to the License Information included with the IBM International License Agreement for Non-Warranted Programs. You will be given an opportunity to view this license and agree to its terms during the installation process. You also can view this license from the Help menu of the administrator's console. - The System Information Center program license agreement applies to the System Information Center program only. Read the license carefully during the installation process. All other licenses, warranty service, and support for non-IBM products must be acquired from the third party, not IBM. IBM makes no representations or warranties regarding non-IBM products. Considerations for installing the client agent The method used to install the client agent depends on the strategy you have for using it. For example, some enterprises might require an unattended installation. Others can install the client agent on IBM and non-IBM computers using the IBM System Information Center CD or the IBM System Information Gatherer CD. The executable is also available to users within your enterprise on the Web whenever they log on to the System Information Center program. The following table describes three ways in which the client agent is used: Attended Installation Temporary Installation Unattended Installation Where does client agent CD or Web executable come from? installation Run temporarily from the Web or command script CD or Web and packaged to perform a silent install Does client agent permanently or temporarily reside on client computer? Permanently Temporarily (for duration of user-initiated registering or uploading of assets) Permanently Can server prompt Yes No Yes client agent for scheduled scans? Details Information gathered during scheduled scans is uploaded to the database where the existing information is revised. Information gathered during user initiated uploads goes to the database where the existing information is revised. Information gathered during scheduled scans is uploaded to the database where the existing information is revised. v Attended installation: Downloading and installing the client agent from a CD, the Web, or the System Information Center GUI permanently places the client agent on the client computer. Client computers that have the client agent permanently installed can be prompted from the server to perform scheduled scans and other tasks. Information gathered during scheduled scans is uploaded to the database where the existing information is updated. For details about 16

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System
Information
Gatherer
is
installed
must
have
a
separate
Proof
of
Entitlement.
Your
System
Information
Gatherer
license
constitutes
one
(1)
System
Information
Gatherer
Proof
of
Entitlement.
Additional
System
Information
Gatherer
Proofs
of
Entitlement
for
non-IBM
systems
may
be
purchased
separately
from
IBM.
All
IBM
PCs
automatically
include
such
an
authorization.
Your
PC
invoice
constitutes
your
System
Information
Gatherer
Proof
of
Entitlement
for
that
system.
For
additional
information,
refer
to
the
License
Information
included
with
the
IBM
International
License
Agreement
for
Non-Warranted
Programs.
You
will
be
given
an
opportunity
to
view
this
license
and
agree
to
its
terms
during
the
installation
process.
You
also
can
view
this
license
from
the
Help
menu
of
the
administrator’s
console.
–
The
System
Information
Center
program
license
agreement
applies
to
the
System
Information
Center
program
only.
Read
the
license
carefully
during
the
installation
process.
All
other
licenses,
warranty
service,
and
support
for
non-IBM
products
must
be
acquired
from
the
third
party,
not
IBM.
IBM
makes
no
representations
or
warranties
regarding
non-IBM
products.
Considerations
for
installing
the
client
agent
The
method
used
to
install
the
client
agent
depends
on
the
strategy
you
have
for
using
it.
For
example,
some
enterprises
might
require
an
unattended
installation.
Others
can
install
the
client
agent
on
IBM
and
non-IBM
computers
using
the
IBM
System
Information
Center
CD
or
the
IBM
System
Information
Gatherer
CD
.
The
executable
is
also
available
to
users
within
your
enterprise
on
the
Web
whenever
they
log
on
to
the
System
Information
Center
program.
The
following
table
describes
three
ways
in
which
the
client
agent
is
used:
Attended
Installation
Temporary
Installation
Unattended
Installation
Where
does
client
agent
executable
come
from?
CD
or
Web
installation
Run
temporarily
from
the
Web
or
command
script
CD
or
Web
and
packaged
to
perform
a
silent
install
Does
client
agent
permanently
or
temporarily
reside
on
client
computer?
Permanently
Temporarily
(for
duration
of
user-initiated
registering
or
uploading
of
assets)
Permanently
Can
server
prompt
client
agent
for
scheduled
scans?
Yes
No
Yes
Details
Information
gathered
during
scheduled
scans
is
uploaded
to
the
database
where
the
existing
information
is
revised.
Information
gathered
during
user
initiated
uploads
goes
to
the
database
where
the
existing
information
is
revised.
Information
gathered
during
scheduled
scans
is
uploaded
to
the
database
where
the
existing
information
is
revised.
v
Attended
installation:
Downloading
and
installing
the
client
agent
from
a
CD,
the
Web,
or
the
System
Information
Center
GUI
permanently
places
the
client
agent
on
the
client
computer.
Client
computers
that
have
the
client
agent
permanently
installed
can
be
prompted
from
the
server
to
perform
scheduled
scans
and
other
tasks.
Information
gathered
during
scheduled
scans
is
uploaded
to
the
database
where
the
existing
information
is
updated.
For
details
about
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