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Hi,

This is my first time testing spiceworks.

I have a network that contain multiple windows domain.

I want to run a network scan to inventory all the devices on the network.

The problem is that each domain have its own admin account.

For security reason there is no cross domain admin account.

How can I consolidate my network inventory?

spicework does not allow me to define a network scan for the same network range.

example:

11.0.0.1-254 domain1\administrator

11.0.0.1-254 domain2\administrator

Any suggestions?

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11.0.0.1-254 domain1\administrator

11.0.0.2-253 domain2\administrator

will work

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  1. Use remote collectors - one for each domain.
    Pros - You won’t need to change anything in your network
    Cons - You will get scan errors (permissions) for devices outside of the domains you are scanning.
  2. Either use vLANs / DMZs or simple specific IP ranges for each domain, then setup scan entries for each scope / range.
  3. Instead of using ip range, use domain name as scan entry.
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This may also help - http://community.spiceworks.com/help/Adding_New_Devices#Range_Settings

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Take a look at this Help article,

http://community.spiceworks.com/help/Adding_New_Devices

You will need to more accurately define the IP ranges for each network, hopefully you have you domains in distinct IP ranges that you can use for the scan settings.

Alternatively you could try setting up a ranged scan for one account and then setting up multiple singe IP scans for the other domain account, hopefully SW would allow this (assuming you are not scanning too many devices of course).

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+1 for remote collectors Collecting Remote Office Inventory using Multiple Spiceworks …

Have one SW as Central Server and 2 remote collectors for scanning/helpdesk/portal (one per domain).

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thanks everyone for all the suggestions.

I’ll try out the suggestions and see which work best for me.

I’m still exploring the spiceworks features and familiarizing myself with it.