HP SIM V5.1 User Guide (356920-009, January 2007)

NOTE: Saved discovery template files go into the <install
directory>\config\discovery\templates directory.
From the Managing Templates section, you can:
• Create new discovery template files Click New, and the Create New Template section appears.
See “Creating a new discovery template file” for more information.
• Edit existing discovery template files Select the discovery template file that you want to edit, and
click Edit. The Edit Template section appears. See “Editing a discovery template” for more information.
• Delete existing discovery template files Select the discovery template file that you want to delete,
and click Delete. A confirmation box appears. See “Deleting a discovery template” for more information.
Related procedures
• Creating a new discovery template file
• Editing a discovery template
• Deleting a discovery template
Related topic
▲ Discovery and identification
Creating a new discovery template file
You can create new discovery template files instead of entering the addresses directly in to the Ping inclusion
ranges, templates and/or hosts files or Ping exclusion ranges, templates and/or hosts files fields.
To create a new discovery template file:
1. Select Options→Discovery. The Discovery page appears with the Automatic tab selected.
2. In the For all automatic discoveries section, select Manage templates. The Manage Templates
section appears.
3. Click New. The Create New Template section appears.
4. In the Discovery template name field, enter a name for the new template. This field is required.
5. To import a file, complete one of the following:
• Click Browse to select an existing discovery template file that is present on the local client (the
system from which you are browsing) and click Import
or
• Enter the discovery range information into the Contents area.
Note: Template files cannot be nested, so only ranges are allowed.
6. Click OK to save the discovery template file, or click Cancel to close without saving changes.
After creating a discovery template, you can reference it in automatic discovery by using @template_name
in the Ping inclusion ranges, templates and/or hosts files or Ping exclusion ranges, templates and/or
hosts files fields. See “IP ranges” for more information.
Related procedures
• Editing a discovery template
• Deleting a discovery template
Related topics
• Discovery and identification
• Managing discovery templates
Editing a discovery template
You can edit an existing discovery template file. All fields are optional except for the Discovery template
name field. Edit only the fields that you want to change.
100 Discovery and identification