Collections are fetching the data as requested in the Filter Set from the managed machines. As you know, VCM does not go to the managed machine each time it needs to process something against the managed machine such as Patch or Compliance status, it uses the data that is available in the database, and after processing the data, it gives a result, for example, whether a patch is required or not or what is the compliance level we are at.
If the data about the managed machine is not frequently updated, VCM processes stale data and we can have false positives or a very bad compliance score even though we are compliant.
To overcome this situation, we can go to the VCM console and start collecting the details on our own or schedule the job in the VCM and ask it to do it.
Continuous server management is based on the latest data that you collected from the target servers. Windows and Linux data appears in VCM and is available for several management actions...