HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

Editing a discovery task
When editing an existing discovery task, because all fields are prepopulated with existing information, you
can edit only the fields that you want to edit.
To edit an existing discovery task:
1. Select Options→Discovery. The Discovery page appears with the Automatic tab selected.
2. Select the task to be edited and then 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 then enter how often
the task should run. The default frequency, is once per day. If you clear the Automatically execute
discovery every option, the task is disabled after it is created.
5. In the Ping inclusion ranges, system (hosts) names, 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 . You can also enter Simple or Fully Qualified Domain
Names (FQDN) host names. However, you cannot enter a range of host names. See “IP ranges” for
more information about entering IP ranges. To use an existing hosts file, enter the hosts file name in the
following format: $HostsFileName .
If a hosts file is used, only the systems that are accessible and match the discovery filter criteria are
added to the database.
6. To save the task, click OK, or to close the New Discovery section and not save any settings, click
Cancel.
Note: If you have selected a large number of 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.
Note: The OKbutton is disabled until you enter text in the Ping inclusion ranges, system (hosts)
names, templates, and/or hosts files box.
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 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 then 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.
100 Discovery and identification