LsPush fallback scanning
Lansweeper includes several agentless scanning methods to scan the assets in your network. You can scan the Linux, Unix, Mac
Scanning your network
LsPush vs. LsAgent scanning agent
Lansweeper includes several agentless scanning methods to scan the assets in your network. You can scan the Linux, Unix, Mac
Scanning Exchange Server mailboxes
Exchange Server scanning is a feature introduced in Lansweeper 7.0. If you are using an older Lansweeper release, you will
Silently installing LsAgent on a Windows, Linux or Mac computer
LsAgent is a feature introduced in Lansweeper 7.0. If you are using an older Lansweeper release, you will need to
Introduction to LsAgent for Windows, Linux and Mac
LsAgent is a feature introduced in Lansweeper 7.0. If you are using an older Lansweeper release, you will need to
Installing LsAgent on a Mac computer
LsAgent is a feature introduced in Lansweeper 7.0. If you are using an older Lansweeper release, you will need to
Installing LsAgent on a Linux computer
LsAgent is a feature introduced in Lansweeper 7.0. If you are using an older Lansweeper release, you will need to
How to scan a vCenter server
vCenter scanning is a feature introduced in Lansweeper 7.0. If you are using an older Lansweeper release, you will need
How to scan a Citrix XenServer
Citrix scanning is a feature introduced in Lansweeper 7.0. If you are using an older Lansweeper release, you will need
Scanning extra SNMP data with custom OID scanning
Custom OID scanning is a feature introduced in Lansweeper 7.0. If you are using an older Lansweeper release, you will
Installing LsAgent on a Windows computer
LsAgent is a feature introduced in Lansweeper 7.0. If you are using an older Lansweeper release, you will need to
Scanning assets with Batch Scanning
Batch Scanning is an agentless, on-demand scanning method that allows you to quickly scan any IP addresses, IP ranges or
Overview of scanning targets and methods
Lansweeper offers a variety of methods to scan your network, most of which can be configured in the Scanning\Scanning Targets
How to scan Windows computers from a USB drive with the LsPush scanning agent
Lansweeper includes several scanning methods to scan the assets in your network. You can scan the Linux, Unix, Mac and
How to scan Windows computers with the LsPush scanning agent in a group policy
Lansweeper includes several scanning methods to scan the assets in your network. You can scan the Linux, Unix, Mac and
How to scan Windows computers with the LsPush scanning agent in a scheduled task
Lansweeper includes several scanning methods to scan the assets in your network. You can scan the Linux, Unix, Mac and
How to scan individual Windows computers with the LsPush scanning agent
Lansweeper includes several scanning methods to scan the assets in your network. You can scan the Linux, Unix, Mac and
Scanning with a Windows Computer scanning target
Windows Computer is an agentless, scheduled scanning target that scans any individual Windows domain or workgroup computer specified by you. You
Automated warranty check for Dell, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Lenovo and Toshiba
Lansweeper performs an automated warranty check for assets whose manufacturer is Dell, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, Lenovo or Toshiba. Specifically, it
How to scan users
When Lansweeper scans a Windows computer, it automatically retrieves the user accounts configured on the computer, as well as the
Bandwidth used during scanning
Scanning non-Windows machines like Linux, Unix and Mac computers, VMware servers, printers, switches etc takes very little network traffic. One
How to scan a Windows computer
There are two main ways you can scan a Windows domain or workgroup computer: with a scanning agent or without
How to scan a network device
Apart from scanning Linux, Unix, Mac and Windows computers, as well as VMware servers, Lansweeper is also capable of scanning
How to scan a VMware server
Lansweeper supports scanning of ESX(i) servers. Scanned VMware data includes disks, installed guest machines, network interfaces, manufacturer, model, memory, processor,
Scanning with an Asset Group, Asset Type or Report scanning target
Asset Group, Asset Type and Report are agentless, scheduled scanning targets that rescan assets already in your database, assets in any asset
How Lansweeper uniquely identifies assets
When a network asset is being scanned, Lansweeper needs to determine whether the asset is already present in the Lansweeper
Scanning with an Active Directory User/Group Path scanning target
Active Directory User/Group Path is an agentless, scheduled scanning target suitable for scanning Active Directory users and Active Directory user
Scanning with an Active Directory Domain scanning target
Active Directory Domain is an agentless, fully automated scanning target suitable for scanning Windows computers that are part of an
Excluding events from scanning
All Windows computer scanning methods scan events found in the Windows Logs section of a client machine’s Event Viewer. Error
Scanning non-error events
When Lansweeper scans a Windows computer, it retrieves the events found in the Windows Logs section of the computer’s Event
Scanning with an Eventlog Only scanning target
Your Lansweeper installation includes two Eventlog Only scanning targets. These are agentless, scheduled scanning targets that scan the event log entries
Scanning with an Active Directory Computer Path scanning target
Active Directory Computer Path is an agentless, scheduled scanning target that scans any Windows computers in the Active Directory computer container
Viewing and clearing your scanning queue
To see which assets are currently being scanned by your Lansweeper installation and which are queued for scanning, access the
Managing how often specific data is scanned
To avoid unnecessary network traffic during non-agent based scanning, not all Windows computer data is rescanned all the time. As
Scanning with a Workgroup scanning target
Workgroup is an agentless, fully automated scanning target that scans any Windows workgroup submitted by you. Workgroup computers must be visible in
Scanning with an IP Range scanning target
IP Range is an agentless, scheduled scanning target that scans any IP range specified by you. It is suitable for scanning
Creating and mapping scanning credentials
Scanning credentials are login/password combinations and certificates/keys used by your Lansweeper installation to remotely access and scan network assets. The
Excluding assets from scanning
If an asset is part of just one scanning target, scan attempts will be made for it. Keep in mind
Windows rename detection
By default, the unique key of a Windows computer is: <NetBIOS domain or workgroup name>\<NetBIOS computer name>\1. The unique key
How to scan a Linux or Unix computer
Lansweeper supports scanning of Linux and Unix operating systems. Scanned Linux data includes disks, network interfaces, manufacturer, model, memory, OS,
How to scan an Apple Mac computer
Lansweeper supports scanning of macOS. Scanned Mac data includes disks, network interfaces, memory, model, OS, processor, serial number, software, uptime
How to scan Windows computers with the LsPush scanning agent
Lansweeper includes several scanning methods to scan the assets in your network. You can scan the Linux, Unix, Mac and
Scanning file properties with custom file scanning
Lansweeper allows you to scan specific files on your Windows computers, through custom file scanning. File scanning retrieves various properties
Scanning registry values with custom registry scanning
Lansweeper allows you to scan values in your Windows computers’ registries, through custom registry scanning. Registry scanning checks what a
Finding your domains’ DNS and NetBIOS names
If you’re unsure what your domain’s DNS or NetBIOS name is, do the following: On a Windows server with Active
Scanning untrusted domains
If you’d like to submit a domain for scanning other than the one your Lansweeper server is located in and
How to scan Windows computers with LsClient.exe
From Lansweeper version 6.0.100.0 onward, LsClient is no longer supported and no longer works. This tool is no longer included
