Introduction
To discover your resources, your resources can be scanned in one of the following ways:
- Schedule a scan periodically.
- Scan your devices manually anytime.
Scheduling periodic scans
To auto-discover your devices, schedule the discovery at a specified interval on an hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly basis described in creating a Discovery profile.
Note
You can set a schedule while creating a discovery profile or you can add a schedule later by modifying an existing Discovery profile.To schedule a scan:
- Go to Setup > Resources and select Discovery and Deployment.
- Click the + icon to expand the page to display all available fields.
- Create a discovery profile or edit an existing discovery profile.
- Set up a schedule for discovering your resources by setting a recurrence pattern at a specified interval on an hourly, daily, weekly or monthly basis.
- Click Finish.
The Discovery and Deployment page is displayed and the discovery profile with details appears in the list of discovery profiles.
Defining discovery schedules
Define the recurrence pattern of the discovery schedule based on the following fields:
Schedule | Options |
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Hourly | After every: Set the time interval after how many hours you want your devices to be scanned. |
Daily |
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Weekly |
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Monthly |
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Scanning your resources manually
To scan your resources manually anytime:
- Go to Setup > Resources and select Discovery and Deployment.
- From the Discovery and Deployment page, select the name of the Discovery Profile from the list.
- From the discovery profile details page, click Scan now.
OpsRamp starts discovering the resources defined under the Discovery Profile. The page then expands to display all the discovered devices with details.
Viewing discovery resources
To view list of discovered resources:
- Go to Infrastructure > Resources.
- Click the Discovered folder.
All the resources with details are displayed irrespective of the type of resource.
Important
By default, the discovered resources are in unmanaged state. The resources are categorized once they are managed.What to do next
- Review Create a Discovery Profile.