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Werk #6596: Do status data inventory: Check "HW/SW Inventory" and shell commands behave the same way

Component Checks & agents
Title Do status data inventory: Check "HW/SW Inventory" and shell commands behave the same way
Date Sep 18, 2018
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.6.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.5.0p5 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

If Status data inventory is enabled in the ruleset Do hardware/software Inventory the active check Check_MK HW/SW Inventory and the shell commands cmk -vii and cmk -vi behave the same way.

The same result should also be displayed if cmk -v is executed if Status data inventory is enabled.

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