A company uses AWS Systems Manager to automate common operational tasks across its AWS resources.

Systems Manager Inventory is configured through State Manager associations that run inventory collection documents such as AWS-GatherSoftwareInventory. AWS documentation states that configuring inventory collection starts by creating a Systems Manager State Manager association, and Systems Manager collects inventory data when the association runs. Inventory data can be synchronized to an Amazon S3 bucket for auditing and reporting. This directly meets the requirement to collect software inventory every day and store the results in S3. Distributor packages and distributes software; it is not the primary inventory collection mechanism. Patch Manager manages patching, not daily software inventory exports. Session Manager and Fleet Manager are useful for access and fleet visibility but do not provide the scheduled inventory-to-S3 workflow. Therefore, a scheduled Systems Manager association is correct.

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