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Scheduling Discovery, Link Discovery, Discovery Profiles, Schedules

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Scheduling Discovery When you first discover devices, you typically use a Discovery Profile that includes the discovery parameters (IP addresses, authentication used, and so on). You can keep your inventory up-to-date and discover equipment over a range of addresses by scheduling a repeated discovery. To do this, after you create the Discovery Profile in Discovery Profiles, open the Schedules screen (accessible through File -> Open -> System Services -> Schedules or under the System Services node in the navigation window), click New and select Device Discovery. Select the profile, and configure the schedule in the Schedule Info panel. Figure 1:7. Schedule Info You cannot schedule discovery using the Default profile. See the User Guide for more about what you can automate. Link Discovery Either as part of discovery, or after you discover devices, you can discover links between devices. To do this during discovery, select the appropriate type of Link Discovery in the Options screen. (See Discovering Resources for a description of the discovery process.) Quick Start 21

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Scheduling Discovery
When you first discover devices, you typically use a Discovery Profile that includes the discovery
parameters (IP addresses, authentication used, and so on). You can keep your inventory up-to-date and
discover equipment over a range of addresses by scheduling a repeated discovery. To do this, after you
create the Discovery Profile in
Discovery Profiles,
open the
Schedules
screen (accessible through
File
-> Open -> System Services -> Schedules
or under the
System Services
node in the navigation
window), click
New
and select
Device Discovery
. Select the profile, and configure the schedule in the
Schedule Info
panel.
Figure 1:7.
Schedule Info
You cannot schedule discovery using the
Default
profile. See the
User Guide
for more about what you
can automate.
Link Discovery
Either as part of discovery, or after you discover devices, you can discover links between devices. To
do this during discovery, select the appropriate type of Link Discovery in the
Options
screen. (See
Discovering Resources
for a description of the discovery process.)