Schedule Discovery Page

Enables you to define a schedule for the Basic Software Configuration Discovery activity.

User interface elements are described below (unlabeled elements are shown in angle brackets):

Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

UI Element (A–Z)	Description
	(Appears when you select Cron.) Click to validate the Cron expression you entered.
	Click the Time Templates icon to open the Time Templates dialog box. Enables you to define a custom schedule to run the discovery activity. For more information, see "Time Templates Dialog Box" in the HPE Universal CMDB Data Flow Management Guide.
Allow Discovery to run at	Select the time template that you want to use to schedule the discovery activity.
<Days of month>	(Appears when you select Monthly.) Click the button to choose the days of the month on which the discovery activity must run. The Select Days dialog box opens. Choose the required days by selecting the check boxes. You can select multiple days. Select All. Select all the days. Clear Selection. Clear all the selected days. Invert Selection. Switch the selection.
<Days of the week> (Sunday - Saturday)	(Appears when you select Weekly.) Select the day or days on which the discovery activity should run.
<Schedule options>	Once. Define the task to run only once. Interval. Defines the interval between successive runs. Daily. Run a task on a daily basis. Weekly. Run a task on a weekly basis. Monthly. Run a task on a monthly basis. Cron. Enter a Cron expression in the correct format. For descriptions and examples of Cron expressions, see "Cron Expressions" in the HPE Universal CMDB Modeling Guide.
Cron Expression	(Appears when you select Cron.) Enter a Cron expression in the proper format. For descriptions and examples of Cron expressions, see "Cron Expressions" in the HPE Universal CMDB Modeling Guide
<Months of the year> (January - December)	(Appears when you select Monthly.) Select the month or months in which the discovery activity must run.
End by	(Does not appear when you select Once). Select the date and time when the discovery activity must finish running by selecting the End by check box, opening the calendar, selecting the date and time, and clicking OK. Note This step is optional. If you do not need to specify an ending date, leave the End by check box cleared.
Invocation hour	(Appears when you select Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.) Select the time to activate the discovery activity. Click the button to open the Select Hours dialog box. Choose the required time by selecting the check boxes. You can select multiple times. Select All. Select all the times. Clear Selection. Clear all the selected times. Invert Selection. Switch the selection. Note You can also enter the time manually in the Invocation hour box. Separate times by a comma and enter AM or PM after the hour. The manually entered action times are not restricted to the hour and half hour only: you can assign any hour and minute combination. Use the following format: HH:MM AM, for example, 8:15 AM, 11:59 PM.
Invocation Time	(Displayed when you select Once.) Choose the date and time the action should begin running by opening the calendar and choosing a date and time, or accept the default.
Repeat every	(Displayed when you select Interval.) Select how often the discovery activity runs. Type a value for the interval between successive runs and choose the required unit of time (minutes, hours, or days). Note After each change, the next time that the discovery activity runs is the current time plus the interval, that is, the discovery activity does not start immediately.
Start at	(Does not appear when you select Once). Choose the date and time when the discovery activity must begin running by selecting the Start at check box, opening the calendar, selecting the date and time, and clicking OK. Note When selecting the start time, the time zone in the start time is set according to the client machine’s location, although it may not match the value selected in Time Zone. This step is optional. If you do not want to specify a beginning time, leave the Start at check box unselected.
Time zone	Select the time zone according to which the Probe must schedule jobs. The default is <<Data Flow Probe Time Zone>>: the Probe uses its own system-defined time zone. This enables scheduling to take place at different times in different geographical locations. For all Probes to start working at the same time, select a specific time zone. (This assumes that the Probes' system date/time and time zone are correctly configured.)

UI Element (A–Z)

Description

(Appears when you select Cron.) Click to validate the Cron expression you entered.

Click the Time Templates icon to open the Time Templates dialog box. Enables you to define a custom schedule to run the discovery activity. For more information, see "Time Templates Dialog Box" in the HPE Universal CMDB Data Flow Management Guide.

Allow Discovery to run at

Select the time template that you want to use to schedule the discovery activity.

<Days of month>

(Appears when you select Monthly.) Click the button to choose the days of the month on which the discovery activity must run. The Select Days dialog box opens. Choose the required days by selecting the check boxes. You can select multiple days.

Select All. Select all the days.
Clear Selection. Clear all the selected days.
Invert Selection. Switch the selection.

<Days of the week> (Sunday - Saturday)

(Appears when you select Weekly.) Select the day or days on which the discovery activity should run.

<Schedule options>

Once. Define the task to run only once.
Interval. Defines the interval between successive runs.
Daily. Run a task on a daily basis.
Weekly. Run a task on a weekly basis.
Monthly. Run a task on a monthly basis.
Cron. Enter a Cron expression in the correct format. For descriptions and examples of Cron expressions, see "Cron Expressions" in the HPE Universal CMDB Modeling Guide.

Cron Expression

(Appears when you select Cron.) Enter a Cron expression in the proper format. For descriptions and examples of Cron expressions, see "Cron Expressions" in the HPE Universal CMDB Modeling Guide

<Months of the year> (January - December)

(Appears when you select Monthly.) Select the month or months in which the discovery activity must run.

End by

(Does not appear when you select Once). Select the date and time when the discovery activity must finish running by selecting the End by check box, opening the calendar, selecting the date and time, and clicking OK.

Note This step is optional. If you do not need to specify an ending date, leave the End by check box cleared.

Invocation hour

(Appears when you select Daily, Weekly, or Monthly.) Select the time to activate the discovery activity. Click the button to open the Select Hours dialog box. Choose the required time by selecting the check boxes. You can select multiple times.

Select All. Select all the times.
Clear Selection. Clear all the selected times.
Invert Selection. Switch the selection.

Note You can also enter the time manually in the Invocation hour box. Separate times by a comma and enter AM or PM after the hour. The manually entered action times are not restricted to the hour and half hour only: you can assign any hour and minute combination. Use the following format: HH:MM AM, for example, 8:15 AM, 11:59 PM.

Invocation Time

(Displayed when you select Once.) Choose the date and time the action should begin running by opening the calendar and choosing a date and time, or accept the default.

Repeat every

(Displayed when you select Interval.) Select how often the discovery activity runs.

Type a value for the interval between successive runs and choose the required unit of time (minutes, hours, or days).

Note After each change, the next time that the discovery activity runs is the current time plus the interval, that is, the discovery activity does not start immediately.

Start at

(Does not appear when you select Once). Choose the date and time when the discovery activity must begin running by selecting the Start at check box, opening the calendar, selecting the date and time, and clicking OK.

Note

When selecting the start time, the time zone in the start time is set according to the client machine’s location, although it may not match the value selected in Time Zone.
This step is optional. If you do not want to specify a beginning time, leave the Start at check box unselected.

Time zone

Select the time zone according to which the Probe must schedule jobs.

The default is <<Data Flow Probe Time Zone>>: the Probe uses its own system-defined time zone. This enables scheduling to take place at different times in different geographical locations.

For all Probes to start working at the same time, select a specific time zone. (This assumes that the Probes' system date/time and time zone are correctly configured.)