During Asset Discovery, SPP automatically adds the assets that it finds and begins to manage them according to the settings in the asset profile you set on the Rules tab.
Discovery details
- Once SPP creates an asset, it will not attempt to re-create it or modify the asset if the asset is rediscovered by a different job.
- Any SSH host keys encountered in discovery will be automatically accepted.
- You can configure multiple rules for an Asset Discovery job. When SPP runs the Asset Discovery job, if it finds an asset with more than one rule, it applies the connection and profile settings of the first rule that discovers the asset.
Navigate to:
- web client: Asset Management > Discovery > Assets > (add or edit Asset Discovery job) > New Asset Discovery Job dialog > Asset Discovery Rules tab > (add asset discovery rule) > New Asset Discovery Rule dialog > Management tab
To edit the asset profile information
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On the Management tab of the New Asset Discovery Rule dialog, next to Password Profile, click Browse.
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Select a profile to govern the discovered assets.
- Click Select Password Profile to save your selection.
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On the New Asset Discovery Rule dialog, next to SSH Key Profile, click Browse.
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Select an SSH key profile to govern the discovered assets.
- Click Select SSH Key Profile to save your selection.
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On the New Asset Discovery Rule dialog, next to Account Discovery Job, click Browse.
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Select account discovery job(s) for the discovered assets. Your selection(s) will automatically be saved.
- Once your selections have been made, exit the Select the Account Discovery Job dialog.
- On the New Asset Discovery Rule dialog, use the Managed Network drop-down to select which network to use.
Navigate to:
- web client: Asset Management > Discovery > Assets > (add or edit a Asset Discovery job).
On the Schedule tab, configure when you want to run the Asset Discovery job.
Select Run Every to run the job along per the run details you enter. (If you clear Run Every, the schedule details are lost.)
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Select a time frame:
- Never: The job will not run according to a set schedule. You can still manually run the job.
- Minutes: The job runs per the frequency of minutes you specify. For example, Run Every 30/Minutes runs the job every half hour over a 24-hour period. It is recommended you do not use the frequency of minutes except in unusual situations, such as testing.
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Hours: The job runs per the minute setting you specify. For example, if it is 9 a.m. and you want to run the job every two hours at 15 minutes past the hour starting at 9:15 a.m., select Run Every 2/Hours/@ minutes after the hour 15.
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Days: The job runs on the frequency of days and the time you enter.
For example, Run Every 2/Days/Starting @ 11:59:00 PM runs the job every other evening just before midnight.
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Weeks The job runs per the frequency of weeks at the time and on the days you specify.
For example, Run Every 2/Weeks/Starting @ 5:00:00 AM and Repeat on these days with MON, WED, FRI selected runs the job every other week at 5 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
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Months: The job runs on the frequency of months at the time and on the day you specify.
For example, If you select Run Every 2/Months/Starting @ 1:00:00 AM along with Day of Week of Month/First/Saturday, the job will run at 1 a.m. on the first Saturday of every other month.
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Select Use Time Windows if you want to enter the Start and End time. You can click Add or Remove to control multiple time restrictions. Each time window must be at least one minute apart and not overlap.
For example, for a job to run every ten minutes every day from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m., enter these values:
Enter Run Every 10/Minutes and set Use Time Windows:
If you have selected Days, Weeks, or Months, you will be able to select the number of times for the job to Repeat in the time window you enter.
For a job to run two times every other day at 10:30 am between the hours of 4 a.m. and 8 p.m., enter these values:
For days, enter Run Every 2/Days and set Use Time Windows as Start 4:00:00 AM and End 8:00:00 PM and Repeat 2.
If the scheduler is unable to complete a task within the scheduled interval, when it finishes execution of the task, it is rescheduled for the next immediate interval.
You can delete an Asset Discovery job.
To delete an asset discovery job
- Navigate to Asset Management > Discovery.
- On the Assets tab, select the Asset Discovery job to delete.
- Click Delete.
- Click OK.
You can view the results of running one or more Asset Discovery jobs.
To view asset discovery results
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Navigate to Asset Management > Discovery > Assets > (add or edit a Asset Discovery job).
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On the Asset Discovery Results tab:
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Select the time frame of the completed jobs you want to display which ranges from the last 24 hours to the last 7, 30, 60, or 90 days. Or, click Custom to create a custom time frame.
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Click Refresh to refresh the results.
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Click Search and enter the character string to be used to search for a match. For more information, see Search box.
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Click a column to sort the column information displayed for each job:
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Date/Time: The most recent date and time the Asset Discovery job successfully ran.
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User: The user who ran the job or Automated System, if the job is run on an automated schedule.
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Event: The outcome of running the Asset Discovery job event, which may be Asset Discovery Succeeded, Asset Discovery Failed, or Asset Discovery Started.
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Partition: The partition in which the discovered assets will be managed.
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Appliance: The name of the SPP Appliance.
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Directory: If applicable, the name of the directory on which the Asset Discovery job ran.
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# Assets: The number of asset found during the discovery job; click to view details.