Save Software Inventory Scan XML Files

Sometimes when troubleshooting SCCM client software inventory, it is useful to retain the XML file which contains details on what the scan discovered.  To do this, simply create a file named “archive_reports.sms” within C:\WINDOWS\system32\CCM\Inventory\temp\.  If the scan is just reporting a delta, the file will be small.  But if it is a full SINV scan, then it could be large (the biggest I’ve seen is around 75 MB)

Schedule a Full SCCM Client Software Inventory

There are times when you may be unable to use “Right-click tools” to initiate a full software inventory scan on an SCCM client.  To schedule this to occur automatically upon the next normally schedule SINV cycle, do the following:

1. Click on Start\Run and type wbemtest
2. Connect to root\ccm\invagt
3. Click on Enum Classes with recursive selected Look for a class named InventoryActionStatus
4. Double click  InventoryActionStatus On the Object Explorer for InventoryActionStatus dialog box
5. Click on Instances Select
6. Delete the instance with value InventoryActionID = “{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000002}”