HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

Related procedures
• Configuring automatic discovery general settings
• Creating a new discovery task
• Editing a discovery task
• Deleting a discovery task
• Running a discovery task
Related topics
▲ Discovery and identification
Deleting a discovery task
You can delete discovery tasks that are no longer necessary. You cannot delete the Default Discovery task.
If you select the Default Discovery task, the Delete button is disabled.
To delete a discovery task:
1. Select Options→Discovery. The Discovery page appears with the Automatic tab selected.
2. Select the tasks to delete, and then click Delete. A confirmation box appears.
3. To delete this task, click OK , to cancel the deletion process, click Cancel.
Related procedures
• Configuring automatic discovery general settings
• Creating a new discovery task
• Editing a discovery task
• Disabling or enabling a discovery task
• Running a discovery task
Related topics
• Discovery and identification
• IP ranges
Running a discovery task
You can manually select and run any existing discovery task at any time. For example, if you add a new
system that has not been discovered, you can manually run a discovery task to discover and begin managing
the system. You can also stop a task that is running.
To run or stop a discovery task:
1. Select Options→Discovery. The Discovery page appears with the Automatic tab selected.
2. Select the discovery task that you want to run, and then click Run Now. The task runs immediately.
The Run Now button changes to Stop when a task is running. To stop a task, select the task and click Stop.
Related procedures
• Configuring automatic discovery general settings
• Creating a new discovery task
• Editing a discovery task
• Disabling or enabling a discovery task
• Deleting a discovery task
• Creating STM rules
Related topics
• Discovery and identification
• IP ranges
Configuring automatic discovery 101