Client Management Suite

On Windows clients, is it possible to monitor and track usage of non-EXE's?  I'm not finding much help in Symantec's docs.

In my case, I'm thinking particularly for a vendor-specific MMC snap-in.  The snap-ins relies on the MMC.exe to run, but I want to know if <vendor>.msc is used.  

thanks!

Scott

I'm afraid I don't think it is possible. You're right in that the docs don't explicitly say that only executables can be metered but I'm pretty sure that's the case.

Even if you have, say, DLL files listed in the "File Inventory" tab of a Software Resource it's not available for selection when you select "Add Program" in the "Meter/track usage" tab of a Software Product.

And if you try and create a standalone application rule (Manage > Policies > Software > Application Metering > Samples) and enter "Vendor.msc" under "File name:" you get "Enter filename with .exe extension only"

Thanks Andy. Along the same lines as trying to track MMC snap-ins, I assume it's the same way with everything else, including DLL utilities that depend on RUNDLL32/etc?

I guess my only workaround is to create my own custom 'wrapper' executable that launches what I need, waits, and then exits when the subprocess quits.  :(  Rather than reinvent the wheel and write a tool myself, anybody know of such a tool already existing?  It would be helpful to have a tool that's renameable to something like 'MyAppWrapper.exe', then either read a same-named config file like 'MyAppWrapper.config' or pass it command-line arguments of the subprocess to launch.