How to export a .snowpack from the Snow Inventory Configuration Manager.

From Snow Inventory Service (SIS) version 6.4.0 it has been possible to export 1 or more .snowpack files using the Snow Inventory Configuration Manager.

Before you start please note:

• This process will not impact the processing of new/incoming .snowpack files.
• To follow the process you will need to have:
  • The name of the SQL server and if applicable the instance name as well
  • The Username and Password that is used in the Snow Inventory connection string.
  • The name or range of names wanting to be collected.
  • Exporting the target systems does not remove them from Snow Inventory, It is a copy, not a removal
  • When adding history to a snowpack it will only contain the history in Snow Inventory, not anything in Snow License Manager
  • IMPORTANT: These .snowpacks or .inv files are not the same as those created by the Agent.  It will be missing data like Cloud Metering information, software that was not properly collected, custom collected information, etc...

Steps

• On the Master Server,  Launch the Snow Inventory Configuration Manager.
  • NOTE: This is usually found at c:\Program Files\Snow Software\Snow Inventory\Server
• Click on the "Click here for additional Options..."  in the lower left corner of the window:

• This will take you to the "Additional Options" page. 
• Select the "Export Devices" button:
  
• On the database link page provide the necessary information to connect to the Snow Inventory Database:

• Once correct credentials are provided the page will look like below. 
  • NOTE: If the connection fails, click on the "OK" button, and check your settings.

• When the connection is established correctly, clicking the "OK" button takes you to the Export Database Page:

• From this window, you can export 1 or more .snowpack files you can target specific Site names and/or Hostnames. 
• Use the target folder button on the "Output folder" line to target a specific folder with which to export the .snowpacks.  The add any filters you want to use.
  • NOTE: 1 snowpack will take about 3 to 15 seconds to export.  For this reason exporting all snowpacks can take a really long time and so this is not suggested unless specifically requested to do this.