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Run the Assets Discovery collector

The Assets Discovery Collector is a tool that allows you to run multiple instances of Assets Discovery in parallel and integrate those results into one data set. To run the Assets Discovery collector:

  1. As an administrator on your Windows or Linux system, open a command-line interpreter window.

  2. Navigate to your Assets Discovery directory and type collector.exe.

You can also use parameters to configure the settings of Assets Discovery collector, show the current version, enable or disable Assets Discovery collector as a service, or reset your password.

Command

Description

Collector.exe

Without a start up parameter the Collector-Tool will start a scan with the stored Settings

Collector.exe -s

Open the Collector-Tool Settings

Collector.exe -v

Shows the Versions-Number of the Collector-Tool

Collector.exe -i

*Installing the Collector-Tool as a Service

Collector.exe -u 

*Uninstalling the Collector-Tool Service

Collector.exe

Without a start up parameter the Collector-Tool will start a scan with the stored Settings

Collector.exe -resetpassword

Reset your password when you forgot it.

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