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

1. Select Options→Discovery. The Discovery page appears with the Automatic tab selected.
2. Select the task to be edited, and click Edit. The Edit Discovery section appears.
3. In the Name field, enter a name for the task. This field is required.
4. In the Schedule section, select Automatically execute discovery every and enter how often the task
should run. The default is one a day. If you clear the Automatically execute discovery every option,
the task is disabled after it is created.
5. In the Ping inclusion ranges, templates and/or hosts files field, specify the IP addresses to include
for pinging. If you want to use this task to discover SMI-S storage systems , include the IP address of
each SMI CIMOM . See “IP ranges” for more information on entering IP ranges.
6. Click OK to save the task or Cancel to close the New Discovery section and not save any settings.
Note: If you have selected a large number of systems, a message appears, stating The automatic
discovery task is configured with a large number of addresses: [NUM]. Click
OK to continue anyway, or click Cancel to change the IP address range.
Related procedures
• Configuring automatic discovery general settings
• Creating a new discovery task
• Disabling or enabling a discovery task
• Deleting a discovery task
• Running a discovery task
Related procedures
• Discovery and identification
• IP ranges
Disabling or enabling a discovery task
You can disable or enable an existing discovery task.
If you disable a task, the Schedule column displays a message stating that the task is disabled. You might
want to disable a task if you know your network is not going to change, or if you want to limit network
traffic.
If a task is enabled, the Schedule column displays the schedule for the task.
NOTE: Manually running a disabled task by selecting the task and clicking Run Now does not enable the
task for future discoveries.
To disable or enable a discovery task:
1. Select Options→Discovery. The Discovery page appears with the Automatic tab selected.
2. Select the task to disable or enable.
3. Click Disable to disable a task, or if the task is already disabled, click Enable to resume the automatic
execution of a task.
Related procedures
• Configuring automatic discovery general settings
• Creating a new discovery task
• Editing a discovery task
• Deleting a discovery task
• Running a discovery task
94 Discovery and identification