The scanning process

Snow Inventory Oracle Middleware Scanner uses the file system search results generated by the Snow Inventory Agent. These results are based on the configuration specified in the Software element of the agent configuration file, snowagent.config.

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If the agent does not provide search results, typically due to using an earlier agent version, the scanner will perform its own file system search using the same Software element configuration.

For Linux, macOS, and Unix environments, the file system search will ignore all mounted drives with a file system type different from the root (/) file system type, unless it is listed in <Software><IncludeCriteria><FileSystem>.

For Linux environments, the following fixed exclude paths are added to align the file search behavior with the Snow Inventory Agent:

/net/*	/panfs/*	/tmp/*	/boot/*
/usr/include/*	/usr/share/*	/usr/src/*	/var/*

For Linux environments, you can configure bind mounts and autofs mounts to be excluded from the scan. For Unix environments, you can configure bind mounts to be excluded from the scan. See Configure the agent to exclude bind mounts and autofs mounts from the scan in the Snow Inventory Agent for Linux user guide for a description of both configurations.

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The collected inventory data reflects a snapshot of the Oracle Middleware environment at the instant when the inventory scan is performed.

File scanning

The scanner uses the following files:

*_InstallLog.log	*jazn-data.xml	*ubbc*	bdmconfig*
beahomelist	biee-domain.xml	bips_version.txt	brioqry.exe
cluster.properties	comps.xml	config.xml	dmconfig*
domain-registry.xml	essmsh	essmsh.exe	hrrunant.cmd
JSconfig.xml	lic.txt	NQSConfig.ini	opmn.xml
opmnctl	oracle-bi-shared.jar	portalconfig.xml	pthome.xml
registry.xml	server.xml	sessions.xml	setupinfo.txt
stopwebanalysis	stopwebanalysis0	tuxconfig*	tuxwsvr.ini
version.txt

For Windows, files in paths containing the following will be ignored:

\\demo\\	All Users	AppData	Collection\\bin\\output
dmconfig.dl	Documents and Settings	gnome	javaee-tutorial
patch_storage	Program Files	RECYCLER	samples
staroffice	templates	tomcat	WINDOWS
workshop4WP

For Linux and Unix, files in paths containing the following will be ignored:

/demo/	/demos/	/gnome/	/sample/
/samples/	/staroffice	Collection/bin/output	eclipse/plugins/com.m7.nitrox.kodo
javaee-tutorial	patch_storage	templates	tomcat

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File types and paths specified in the <Software><Exclude> section of the agent configuration file, snowagent.config, will not be included in the scan. Therefore, for all the required files to be collected, you must make sure that the files listed in this section are not part of the <Software><Exclude> section.

Scanning active Oracle Middleware processes

The scanner requires permission to gather information related to Oracle Middleware product installations using the ps -eaf command. The scanner acquires information for the following processes:

apache	BBL	beasvc	beasvc64
beasvcX64	DBBL	dis3	dis4
dis51	dis51pr	dis51ws	dwfde61
f45des	f45run	f50dbg32	f50run32
f60	f90	frmweb	GWWS
httpd	ifbld60	ifbld90	ifcgi60
ifcmp60	ifcmp90	ifctrl60	ifdbg60
ifrun60	ifsrv60	ifwdb60	ifweb60
ifweb90	imapds	iooomgrrmi	java
javaw	jmc	jre	jrmc
JSH	JSL	nodemanager	nqsserver
oad	odisrv	ofcguard	oidldapd
oidmon	oidrepld	opmn	oraclesvc
r30cli32	r30con32	r30isv32	r30qmu32
r30rbe32	r30rqm32	r30run32	r30sxc32
r30sxu32	rwbld60	rwbuilder	rwcgi60
rwcli60	rwcon60	rwconverter	rwisv60
rwmts60	rwqmu60	rwrbe60	rwrqm
rwrqm60	rwrun60	rwserver	rwsxc60
rwsxu60	startNodeManager	startWebLogic	startWLS
TMJAVASVR	TMMETADATA	vdeserver	webcache
webcachea	webcached	wlsvc	wlsvc64
wlsvcX64

Identifying drives and drive types

To correctly identify available drives and drive types the scanner uses the following commands:

Platform	Command
Windows	wmic logicaldisk get DeviceID, DriveType
Linux, Unix	df -T

Identifying running Oracle Middleware components

To correctly identify running Oracle Middleware components, the following command is used:

• opmnctl status