1.

Learn about how Discovery policies can help you protect your data.

See Discovery policies overview.

2.

Purchase and activate your Discovery license.

Two of the three Discovery processes require a license:

See Client drive discovery.

See Backup policy coverage.

See Activate a discovery license.

3.

Enable SNMP, if you are enabling these Discovery types:

See Client drive discovery.

See Backup policy coverage.

See the System Administrator Guide.

4.

Determine the primary server that requires the policy that you are about to create, and identify the Discovery type(s) that you want to enable on this primary server.

See About Discovery types.

5.

If necessary, exclude specific network devices from your policies.

See Exclude devices from discovery policies.

6.

Turn on Discovery probes in the NetBackup Data Collector policy.

See Activate discovery probes in the NetBackup Data Collector policy.

7.

Regularly monitor the status of Discovery processes.

See Monitor discovery processes.

8.

View the Client Protection Summary report to see how well your data is being protected.

See View client protection status.

9.

If significant changes in your environment warrant a fresh view, rebuild the Discovery database.

10.

Tune Discovery by modifying time out settings for probes.

See the NetBackup IT Analytics System Administrator Guide for details.