HP Systems Insight Manager 5.2 Update 2 Technical Reference Guide

NOTE: Two discovery tasks cannot be running at the same time. The second task displays 0%
completion until the first task is completed.
• Stop a discovery task from running Select the running task and click Stop. See “Running a discovery
task” for more information.
• View HP Storage Essentials discovery status When HP Storage Essentials is installed, its discovery
status is displayed with a link to the HP Storage Essentials discovery log.
• Configure HP Storage Essentials global application settings When HP Storage Essentials is installed,
the Automatic tab includes a link to the HP Storage Essentials global application settings configuration
page.
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
• Running a discovery task
• Creating a new discovery template file
• Editing a discovery template
• Deleting a discovery template
• Setting global protocols
Related topics
• Discovery and identification
• Managing discovery templates
• IP ranges
Creating a new discovery task
HP Systems Insight Manager (HP SIM) ships includes one default discovery task (System Automatic Discovery).
However, you can create a new discovery task to discover specific systems. For example, if you want to
discover systems in a specific IP address range. You can set the task to run at scheduled times using specific
ping inclusion ranges, templates, or hosts files.
To create a discovery task:
1. Select Options→Discovery. The Discovery page appears with the Automatic tab selected.
2. To create a new discovery task, click New. The New Discovery section appears.
98 Discovery and identification