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Delete Aged Software Metering Summary Data
This task deletes summarized
software-metering summary data that is older than the number of days specified. By
default, the task runs every Sunday to delete software-metering summary data that is
older than 270 days.
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Thought experiment
Software metering at Fabrikam
You are the Configuration Manager administrator at Fabrikam. You've been trialing
Configuration Manager's software-metering functionality, but you've found that
the default configuration does not suit your needs. Specifically, you want to use it to
find out how many people are running a specific graphics application that you want
to retire. You also want to reduce the number of automatically created rules so that
they are only generated if a substantial number of people are using an application.
With this in mind, answer the following questions:
1.
How can you determine the number of people who are running the graphics
application, given that it's likely to be used by less than 10 percent of people in
the organization?
2.
What steps can you take to reduce the number of automatically created rules
and limit rule creation to when more than 30 percent of client computers in your
organization use an application?
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Software metering records how many instances of a particular software program users
are using.
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Software metering records when the application was run, who ran it, and how long
they were running it.
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Maintenance tasks remove software-metering data and summary data after specified
periods.
Answer the following questions to test your knowledge of the information in this objective.
You can find the answers to these questions and explanations of why each answer choice is
correct or incorrect in the “Answers” section at the end of the chapter.
1.
You want to ensure that aged software-metering summary data is stored for 365 days.
Which of the following tasks would you modify to accomplish this goal?
a.
Summarize Software Metering File Usage Data
Summarize Software Metering Monthly Usage Data
B.
