Asset Discovery job workflow
You can configure, schedule, test, and run Asset Discovery jobs. After the job has run, you can select whether to manage the asset. You can also view information about the Asset Discovery jobs that have run.
Asset Discovery job workflow
- Create an Asset Discovery job. For more information, see Adding an Asset Discovery job.
- After you save the Asset Discovery job, you can test it by selecting
Run Now. For more information, see Asset Discovery.
- After the Asset Discovery job runs, select the asset discovery job and click
View Details. For more information, see Asset Discovery Results.
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To control management of an asset, navigate to Asset Management > Assets, select the asset, and choose one of these context menu options.
- On Asset Management > Assets, you can show or hide assets marked as disabled, use the following buttons. For more information, see Assets.
 Show Disabled |
Display the disabled assets. |
 Hide Disabled |
Hide assets marked as disabled. |
- Search the Activity Center for information about discovery jobs that have run. Safeguard for Privileged Passwords lists the Asset Discovery events in the Asset Discovery Activity category.
Adding an Asset Discovery job
You can add a new Asset Discovery job.
To add an asset discovery job
- Navigate to Asset Management > Discovery.
- Open the Assets tab.
- Click
New Asset Discovery Job to create a new Asset Discovery job.
- In the New Asset Discovery Job dialog, provide information for the discovery job on the following tabs:
After you save the discovery job, you can modify or run it using the Asset Discovery toolbar. For more information, see Asset Discovery.
General tab (asset discovery)
Navigate to:
web client: Asset Management > Discovery > Assets > (add or edit a Asset Discovery job).
On the General tab, supply general information about the Asset Discovery job and identify the partition where you want Safeguard for Privileged Passwords to add the assets it discovers.
Table 126: Discovery: General properties
| Name |
Enter a name for the Asset Discovery job.
Limit: 50 characters |
| Description |
Enter information about this Asset Discovery job.
Limit: 255 characters |
| Partition |
Use Browse to select the partition in which to manage the discovered assets. You can also add a new partition from the Partitions dialog (accessed via the Browse button) by clicking  Create New.
IMPORTANT: You cannot change the partition after you save this discovery job. |
Information tab (asset discovery)
Navigate to:
- web client: Asset Management > Discovery > Assets > (add or edit a Asset Discovery job).
On the Information tab, define the directory or network information for the discovery job.
Table 127: Discovery Type
| Discovery Type |
Choose a type of discovery:
If you select Directory, directory assets that are shared can be discovered into any partition. Directories include Active Directory or LDAP. See Directories that can be searched in Supported platforms.
To share a directory asset, select Available for discovery across all partitions for the asset; see Management tab (add asset). If the check box is not selected, the asset is not shared and the asset will only be discovered into the partitions to which the directory asset is assigned. |
Table 128: Discovery: Information properties for Directory scans
| Directory |
Select the Directory on which to run the Asset Discovery job. |
Table 129: Discovery: Information properties for Network scans
| Enable OS Detection |
This check box is selected by default, indicating that OS fingerprinting is to be used to detect the operation system being used. Clear this check box if you do not want to use the OS fingerprinting process. |
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Starting IP Address |
Enter a starting IPv4 address. All IPv4 addresses between this IPv4 address and the IPv4 address entered in the Ending IP Address field will be included in the discovery.
NOTE: IPv6 scans are not supported. |
| Ending IP Address |
Enter an ending IPv4 address. All IPv4 addresses between this IPv4 address and the IPv4 address entered in the Starting IP Address field will be included in the discovery.
NOTE: IPv6 scans are not supported. |
| Exclude IP |
Safeguard for Privileged Passwords allows you to exclude an IP address within a specified IPv4 range from the scan.
Click Add to exclude an IP address from the scan.
Click  Delete to remove the corresponding excluded IPv4 address and include that IP address in the scan. |
Enable
Enable to have Safeguard for Privileged Passwords manage a disabled asset. This option is only available for assets that have been disabled.
Disable
Disable to prevent Safeguard for Privileged Passwords from managing the selected asset. When you disable an asset, Safeguard for Privileged Passwords disables it and removes all associated accounts. If you choose to manage the asset later, Safeguard for Privileged Passwords re-enables all the associated accounts.