What is considered a report or action in the Agent for Windows? (NETIQKB31612)

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What is considered a report or action in the Agent for Windows?

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NetIQ Vulnerability Manager Agent for Windows 5.0

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VigilEnt Security Agent for Windows 3.x

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VigilEnt Security Agent for Windows 4.0

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In Net IQ Vulnerability Manager (formerly VigilEnt Security Manager), tasks can be run against a machine, NT domain or Active Directory endpoint as either a report or action.

• Reports are Microsoft Windows specific queries on settings and data in the Windows operating system. 

• Actions are Microsoft Windows actions that can only be performed on the Windows operating system, such as changing a users password or adding a new user.

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To learn about common reports and actions in the Agent for Windows, please refer to the following knowledge base article:

https://www.netiq.com/kb/esupport/consumer/esupport.asp?id=NETIQKB31550

Formerly known as NETIQKB31612