HP Storage Essentials V5.1 User Guide First Edition (T4283-96026, August 2006)

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• (Discovery from HP SE Only)Obtain topology information about the application (”Step B -
(Discovery from HP SE Only) Obtain the Topology” on page 131)
• Perform Get Details/Discovery Data Collection (”Step C - Obtain Discovery Data Collection or
Get Details” on page 131)
Keep in mind the following:
• This section assumes you have already set up the discovery configurations for your applications
as described in ”Step 2 - Setting Up Discovery for Applications” on page 114.
• If DNS records for your Microsoft Exchange servers are outdated or missing, the discovery of
Microsoft Exchange may fail because Microsoft Exchange is dependant on Active Directory,
which is dependant on DNS. Since Active Directory is dependant on DNS, Active Directory
replication and Active Directory lookups may fail or contain errors if DNS records are not
accurate.
Step A - Detect Your Applications
Discovery from HP SIM
If you have not already done so, use HP Systems Insight Manager to discover the hosts running the
applications you want to discover. Refer to the HP Systems Insight Manager documentation.
Discovery from HP SE
To make the software aware of the applications on the network:
1. Click the Tools > Storage Essentials > Home > Discovery > Setup.
2. To start discovering elements on the network, click the Start Discovery button on the IP
Addresses tab.
The software discovers the IP addresses selected.
During discovery, the following occurs:
• The software changes the status light from green to orange.
• You are shown the Log Messages page. To view the status of discovery, click Discovery >
View Logs.
Discovery is complete when the software displays the DISCOVERY COMPLETED message in the
Log Messages field.
Keep in mind the following:
• If DNS records for your Microsoft Exchange Servers are outdated or missing, the discovery
of Microsoft Exchange may fail because Microsoft Exchange is dependant on Active
Directory, which is dependant on DNS. Since Active Directory is dependant on DNS, Active
Directory replication and Active Directory lookups may fail or contain errors if DNS records
are not accurate.
• If you are having problems discovering an element, see ”Troubleshooting Discovery and
Discovery Data Collection/Get Details” on page 659.