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Server Response to the Device Poll

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The server sends back a poll response with information about all packages that the device is supposed to have, including optional packages. The response also contains changes, if any, to client configuration settings. These settings can include the poll server, poll interval, failure retry count, failure retry interval, and others.

In addition to sending the package list, if the server requires any reports from the device such as software inventory, machine inventory, or file collection reports, the server specifies that information in the server response to device poll.

Server Response to Device Poll XML Elements

The following table shows the server response to the device Poll XML elements.

Element Description
PollResponse Root element of the Poll Response document.
Settings Top-level element of the section that groups the settings to be applied to the management client.
ClientSettings These settings define values that the client uses to communicate with the server.
PollServer Name of the management server.
PollInterval How frequently the client polls the server.
FailureRetryCount Number of times the client will reattempt a failed action.
FailureRetryInterval Delay between retry attempts.
SoftwareInventorySettings Top-level element of the section that defines the settings used to produce software inventory reports.
FileFilterItem Top-level element of the section that defines the parameters used to implement a single software inventory directive.
Filter A description of the item to search for, using limited wildcard (*) regular expression matching.
Path Path used to search for the request item.
Recursive Specifies whether the client should recursively search all subdirectories of the provided Path.
ExcludeCompressed Specifies whether the client should exclude compressed items from the result set.
ExcludeEncrypted Specifies whether the client should exclude encrypted items from the result set.
FileCollectionSettings Top-level element of the section that defines the settings used to produce File Collection reports.
Enabled Specifies whether the file collection feature is enabled.
Interval Interval at which the client should generate a file collection report or reports.
MachineInventorySettings Top-level element of the section that defines the settings used to produce machine inventory reports.
ApplicablePackages Top-level element of the section that groups the list of package IDs applicable to this specific client.
Package Top-level element of the section that describes a particular package.

Response to Device Poll Schema

The following schema shows the response from the server to a device Poll request.

<PollResponse xmlns="Default XML namespace for the XML document">
  <Settings>
    <ClientSettings version="1.0">
      <PollServer>"Name of the management server"</PollServer>
      <PollInterval>"How frequently the client polls server"</PollInterval>
      <FailureRetryCount>"Times the client will retry if action fails"</FailureRetryCount>
      <FailureRetryInterval>"Delay between retry attempts"</FailureRetryInterval>
    </ClientSettings>
    <SoftwareInventorySettings version="1.0">
      <Enabled>"Whether or not software inventory feature was enabled"</Enabled>
      <Interval>"Interval at which client should generate software inventory reports"</Interval>
      <FileFilterItem>
        <Filter>"Item to search for"</Filter>
        <Path>"Path to search for the item"</Path>
        <Recursive>"Whether to do a recursive search of path subdirectories"</Recursive>
        <ExcludeCompressed>"Whether to exclude compressed items"</ExcludeCompressed>
        <ExcludeEncrypted>"Whether to exclude encrypted items"</ExcludeEncrypted>
      </FileFilterItem>
    </SoftwareInventorySettings>
    <FileCollectionSettings version="1.0">
      <Enabled>"Whether or not file collection feature was enabled"</Enabled>
      <Interval>"Interval at which client should generate file collection reports"</Interval>
      <FileFilterItem>
        <Filter>"Item to search for"</Filter>
        <Path>"Path to search for the item"</Path>
        <Recursive>"Whether to do a recursive search of path subdirectories"</Recursive>
        <ExcludeCompressed>"Whether to exclude compressed items"</ExcludeCompressed>
        <ExcludeEncrypted>"Whether to exclude encrypted items"</ExcludeEncrypted>
      </FileFilterItem>
    </FileCollectionSettings>
    <MachineInventorySettings version="1.0">
      <Enabled>"Whether or not machine inventory feature was enabled"</Enabled>
      <Interval>"Interval at which client should generate machine inventory reports"</Interval>
    </MachineInventorySettings>
  </Settings>
  <ApplicablePackages>
    <Package ID="Package unique ID"/>
  </ApplicablePackages>
</PollResponse>

Response to Device Poll Example

The following code example shows a server response to a device poll request.

<PollResponse>
  <Settings>
    <ClientSettings version="1.0">
      <PollServer>APollServer</PollServer>
      <PollInterval>0000-00-00 01:00:00</PollInterval>
      <FailureRetryCount>5</FailureRetryCount>
      <FailureRetryInterval>0000-00-00 01:00:00</FailureRetryInterval>
    </ClientSettings>
    <SoftwareInventorySettings version="1.0">
      <Enabled>false</Enabled>
      <Interval>0000-00-00 00:05:00</Interval>
      <FileFilterItem>
        <Filter>explorer.exe</Filter>
        <Path>\Windows</Path>
        <Recursive>false</Recursive>
        <ExcludeCompressed>false</ExcludeCompressed>
        <ExcludeEncrypted>false</ExcludeEncrypted>
      </FileFilterItem>
    </SoftwareInventorySettings>
    <FileCollectionSettings version="1.0">
      <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      <Interval>0000-00-01 00:00:00</Interval>
      <FileFilterItem>
        <Filter>explorer.exe</Filter>
        <Path>\windows\</Path>
        <Recursive>false</Recursive>
        <ExcludeCompressed>false</ExcludeCompressed>
        <ExcludeEncrypted>false</ExcludeEncrypted>
      </FileFilterItem>
    </FileCollectionSettings>
    <MachineInventorySettings version="1.0">
      <Enabled>false</Enabled>
      <Interval>0000-00-00 00:07:00</Interval>
    </MachineInventorySettings>
  </Settings>
  <ApplicablePackages>
    <Package ID="9A437CA5-5B17-4486-9E87-260742074A72"/>
  </ApplicablePackages>
</PollResponse>

See Also

Device Management Operation

 Last updated on Thursday, April 08, 2004

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