Configure a Discovery policy
Note:
A Discovery Policy typically is used once to initially populate your host inventory. Executing a discovery policy more than once has no effect for the subsequent runs for hosts that have already been discovered and added to the inventory.
For additional information about Host Inventory Discovery and Management,
To create/edit Host Discovery Policies, select
In the Host Inventory toolbar at the top of the browser window, click .
Add, Edit, or Delete settings using the buttons at the bottom of the window.
Click to configure settings and then click .
Table: Host Discovery Policy field descriptions.
| Field | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|
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Name* |
Assign a name to identify this Discovery Policy. | |
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Collector* |
Select the data collector from the drop-down list | |
|
Domain* |
Select the IT Analytics Domain from the list; for most environments, only one Domain is displayed. Multiple domains facilitate management for Managed Services Providers (MSPs). | |
|
Host addresses* |
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192.168.0.1-250 172.168.1.21, ABChost1, ABChost2, 172.168.1.58 |
|
Excludes |
List any known IP addresses that you know are not valid for host collection; for example, the IP address of a printer. IP address ranges are also supported. | |
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Configuration options |
This list gets populated when you select a Domain at the top of the Host Discovery Policies window.
Expand these lists to select the configurations to be used by this Discovery Policy. Note: If you choose more than one credential in the list, you risk host authentication failure lock-out. The discovery process will try the first credentials and if they fail, discovery will try the next credentials that you've selected. Therefore, if your hosts are configured to prevent multiple authentication retries, multiple failed attempts may cause a lock-out. |