HP Systems Insight Manager 5.3 Technical Reference Guide

a. (Required) In the Name field, enter a name for the task.
b. In the Schedule section, select Automatically execute discovery every, and then enter
how often the task runs. The default frequency is once per day. If you clear the Automatically
execute discovery every option, the task is disabled after you create it.
c. Enter the system name or IP address in the Enter the system's name or IP address.
d. Enter comments in the Comments field. Comments entered here are displayed in the discovery
table on the Discovery page.
4. To set system credentials, click Credentials. See “Configuring credentials for discovery tasks” for more
information.
5. To create an associated Configure or Repair Agents task, click Configure/Repair. See “Configuring
Configure or Repair Agents for discovery tasks” for more information.
6. To configure system types, click System Types. See “Configuring system types for discovery tasks” for
more information.
NOTE: System Types is only available when you discover a single system.
7. To save the task, click Save, to run the task immediately, click Run Now, or to close the New Discovery
section and not save any settings, click Cancel.
Note: If you have selected many systems, the following message appears, stating The automatic
discovery task is configured with a large number of addresses: [NUM]. Click
OK to continue, or click Cancel to change the IP address range.
Creating an automatic discovery task using the command line interface
Users with administrative rights can use the mxtask command to create an automatic discovery task from
the CLI.
See the HP SIM 5.3 Command Line Interface Reference Guide at http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/
servers/management/hpsim/infolibrary.html for information about accessing the manpage.
Related procedures
• Configuring automatic discovery general settings
• Editing a discovery task
• Disabling or enabling an existing discovery task
• Deleting a discovery task
• Running a discovery task
Related topics
• Discovery and identification
• IP ranges
Configuring credentials for discovery tasks
All system credentials that have been used successfully by identification to access managed systems appear
when you select System Credentials. The Source column displays where the credential originated from.
For credentials that were created from the Discovery page, Discovery group: subnet specified appears.
For credentials that were created from the Global Credentials page, Global appears. For credentials that
were created from System Credentials page, System appears. As certificates are generated on the CMS,
the Credential column for a certificate displays Certificate and the Source column displays HP Systems
Insight Manager. If more than one user name is the same in Global Credentials, a number is appended to
the display user name in the Credentials column, that shows which it is in the series. This number is used
to distinguish the credentials for display purposes only.
This procedure enables you to set credentials when creating or editing a discovery task. Perform these steps
from the New Discovery Task or the Edit Discovery Task sections of the Discovery page.
96 Discovery and identification