Processing Scan Files

At the end of the enrichment process, a new enriched scan file is created; the enriched core file is converted to UCMDB CI and relationship data, and reported to UCMDB. If delta scanning was enabled in the parameters for the Scanner used to produce the scan file, the incoming scan file is stored in the Original directory for future use by the delta scan processing. If delta scanning was disabled, the incoming scan file is deleted.

Scan files can be reprocessed after they are enriched. For example, you may want to run this operation when you update the Software Application Index (SAI) file. For example, after you use Express Teaching to teach applications, you may want to reprocess scan files. Scan files for selected nodes are moved from the Processed folder to the Incoming folder. Then, the scan file is processed using the updated SAI file.

To reprocess normal scan files, see How to Reprocess Scan Files.

The delta scan file is used in conjunction with the previous version of the scan file located in the Original directory to reconstruct the new full version of the scan file. This full version is then moved into the Incoming directory, where it gets processed in the same way as other normal scan files.

At the end of the process, the reconstructed scan file is moved to the Original directory, ready for the next time a delta scan is found for this particular scan file instance.

For details handling delta scan files (Manual Deployment mode only), see How to Set up the Scanner to Handle Delta Scan Files in Manual Deployment Mode.