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24 Chapter 3 Table 3-3 Discover Terminals Dialog Box, Continued Selection Description Enter full pathname of list file text box Enter a unique path and name identifying the file to which discovery information is to be saved. The file will be created if it does not already exist. Edit hosts file command button Opens the server Hosts file (Figure 3-7) in Notepad. This editable file contains mappings of IP addresses to host names. The hosts file is referred-to first, before DNS is consulted to locate hosts. Run it now and Schedule it radio buttons If you select Run it now, the discovery action will occur immediately upon pressing the Ok button. If you select Schedule it, the discovery commands will be saved in a batch file for later use by the scheduler (see Chapter 5). Enter batch file name text box Active when Schedule it is selected. The discover commands are written to a batch file (.bat for Windows, .sh for non-Windows) created in the admin.tcl/admin_data/bat directory. This file name and location must be made known to the scheduler (see Chapter 5). Ok and Cancel buttons Ok saves the current information and, if Run it now is selected, initiates the discovery action. Cancel closes the dialog box without performing an action (although changes to the Hosts file saved in Notepad are retained).

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Chapter 3
Enter full pathname of list
file
text box
Enter a unique path and name identifying the
file to which discovery information is to be
saved. The file will be created if it does not
already exist.
Edit hosts file
command
button
Opens the server
Hosts
file (Figure 3-7) in
Notepad. This editable file contains mappings
of IP addresses to host names. The
hosts
file
is referred-to first, before DNS is consulted to
locate hosts.
Run it now
and
Schedule it
radio buttons
If you select
Run it now,
the discovery action
will occur immediately upon pressing the
Ok
button. If you select
Schedule
it
, the discovery
commands will be saved in a batch file for later
use by the scheduler (see Chapter 5).
Enter batch file name
text
box
Active when
Schedule
it
is selected. The
discover commands are written to a batch file
(
.bat
for Windows,
.sh
for non-Windows)
created in the
admin.tcl/admin_data/bat
directory. This file name and location must be
made known to the scheduler (see Chapter 5).
Ok
and
Cancel
buttons
Ok
saves the current information and, if
Run it
now
is selected, initiates the discovery action.
Cancel
closes the dialog box without
performing an action (although changes to the
Hosts
file saved in Notepad are retained).
Table 3-3
Discover Terminals Dialog Box, Continued
Selection
Description