How to Run Inventory Discovery Manually

This task describes how to run inventory discovery manually.

1. Prerequisites

   • Ensure that a Data Flow Probe server is running.
   • Ensure that UCMDB is running.
2. Configure the scanners

   Generate a scanner using the Scanner Generator Wizard. For more information, see Scanner Generator Wizard.

   Note Ensure you select Manual Mode in the Scanner Generator Wizard.

3. Distribute the scanners

   Connect to discovery nodes using any remote access technology to copy the scanner executable file to the discovery node.

4. Run the scanners

   Methods to run scanners are as follows:

   • Attended

     Click the executable file. To see a list of default file names, see Scanners tab.

   • Unattended

     Connect to the discovery nodes using any remote access technology, third party solution, or scripting solution and then run the scanner executable file. To see a list of default file names, see Scanners tab. You can pass command line parameters to the discovery node shell to override any configurations that were used in the Scanner Generator. For more information about scanner command line options, see Scanner Command Line Parameters Overview.

5. Save the scan files to the Data Flow Probe

   Methods to save the scan file to the Data Flow Probe are as follows:

   • Use an integrated solution that schedules scan times and automatically routes scan files. For example, Store and Forward together with Scanner Scheduler. For more information, see Store and Forward Overview and Scanner Scheduler Overview.

   • Manually copy the scan file from a discovery node to the Data Flow Probe using any remote file transfer technology. For more information, see XML Enricher Directory Structure and Scanner Options Page.
6. Run inventory discovery job

   Run the Inventory Discovery by Manual Scanner Deployment job. For more information, see How to Manually Activate Modules/Jobs/CIs.

7. Results

   To verify the discovery ran successfully, select the Management Zone in the Management Zones tree. In the Discovery Status pane, click the Results tab.

   Note If you are not using Management Zones, click the Inventory Discovery job.

   For user interface details, see Discovery Results Tab/Pane.

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