Unable to start scan for COMPUTERNAME: Computer not found in PDQ Inventory

Purpose

You receive the following error in PDQ Deploy when using a Scan step: "Unable to start scan for <Target Computer>: Computer not found in PDQ Inventory."

Resolution

This indicates that the machine being deployed to is not actually present in PDQ Inventory. Either add the machine throwing the error into the PDQ Inventory console or remove the scan step from your PDQ Deploy package.