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)`

Universal CMDB11.0

Use > Data Flow Management > Universal Discovery > Zone-based Discovery > How to Run Zone-based Discovery

How to Run Zone-based Discovery

This task describes a recommended workflow for running discovery in a Management Zone.

To run Zone-based discovery:

Prerequisites
- Verify that the Data Flow Probe is installed.
- (UNIX only) If you want to specify the locations of data or temporary folders when installing Universal Discovery Agent, see How to Specify Data and Temp Folder Locations when Installing or Updating the Universal Discovery Agent for UNIX.
- Ensure that you have a Management Zone defined in UCMDB. For details about creating Management Zones, see How to Create Management Zones.
Set up and activate discovery activities
In the Management Zone:
1. Set up and activate the Infrastructure Discovery Activity.
  
  For agent-based discovery, you must ensure that the Universal Discovery (UD) Agent is installed on the node being discovered. You can configure the Infrastructure Discovery activity to install the UD Agent automatically. For more information, see the section describing the Infrastructure Discovery activity in the Universal CMDB Discovery and Integrations Content Guide.
  
  Alternatively, if you want to install the UD Agent manually, follow the instructions described in How to Install the Universal Discovery Agent Manually.
2. Set up and activate other activities required for discovering the Management Zone. For more information, see the Universal CMDB Discovery and Integrations Content Guide.
Results
- To verify the discovery ran successfully, select the Management Zone in the Management Zones tree and, in the Discovery Status pane, click the Results tab.
  
  For user interface details, see Discovery Results Tab/Pane.
  
  If you do not find a particular CI in the discovery results, you can run the Discovery Troubleshooter to search for the missing CI. For more information about running the Discovery Troubleshooter, see Discovery Troubleshooter Wizard.
  
  Note The Discovery Troubleshooter can be run in a Management Zone only after the Infrastructure and Basic Software Configuration discovery activities have run in that Management Zone.
- The following events occur as a result of installing the Universal Discovery Agent:
  - The UD Agent generates a Unique ID, which is stored locally on the discovery node and in UCMDB as follows:
    
    Windows and UNIX. For more information on where the Unique ID is stored, see Universal Discovery Agent File Locations.
    
    UCMDB. Stored in the ud_unique_id attribute of Node CI.
    
    For more information on Unique ID, see (Suite Only) Universal Discovery Agent Overview.
  - Software Identification Tag files are created and stored on the discovery node. For more information about Software Identification Tags, see Hardware and Software Recognition.
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