HP Systems Insight Manager 7.3 User Guide

• Enable or disable a discovery task
Select a task and click Disable to disable the schedule of an enabled task. If a task is disabled,
the button changes to Enable. To resume automatic execution of the task, click Enable.
• Delete an existing discovery task
Select a task from the table and click Delete.
• View Task Results
This button displays the task results for the current discovery task.
• Run a discovery task
Select the task you want to run and click Run Now. When a task is running, the Run Now
button changes to a Stop button.
• Stop a discovery task from running
Select the running task and click Stop.
See the Systems Insight Manager online help for more information on each of these options.
Discovery credentials
One of the best ways to configure credentials for your managed systems is to do so as part of a
discovery task. You can enter one or more sets of credentials. As each system is discovered, the
credentials listed in the discovery task will be tried on it, in order, until one set is found to work.
This set will be saved as the working credentials for that system. You can configure more than one
set of credentials for each discovery task, but it is suggested that you keep it to a small number
(less than 5) for best performance. If possible, group systems with similar credentials into the same
discovery task.
Configuring Configure or Repair Agents through a discovery task
You can choose to have additional configuration done on the managed systems, as they are
discovered, by configuring the settings using the Configure or Repair Agents button. For additional
information, see the HP SIM online help.
Viewing discovery task results
To display the task results for discovery task, select the task on the Discovery page, and then click
View Task Results. You can also view discovery task results, by selecting Tasks & Logs→View Task
Results.
Discovery filters
Discovery filters prevent or enable certain system types from being added to the database through
automatic discovery. When you want to discover systems of a certain type, using filters is much
easier than specifying the IP addresses of each individual system. Discovery filters do not apply to
individually added systems.
You can access discovery filters from the Discovery page by selecting Enable discovery filters in
the Configure general settings, section.
To disable filters, clear the Enable discovery filters checkbox. To enable filters, select the Enable
discovery filters checkbox, and then select the system types that you want to discover.
To access and modify discovery filters, you must have administrative rights. If discovery filters are
enabled, only systems of the selected types are added to the database through automatic discovery.
Because all tasks operate on systems that exist in the database, tasks do not run on any system
until the filter criteria has been met and that system has been added to the database. Filters do
not affect any systems already discovered, even if the systems change to a type that no longer
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