How to Check the Status of Application Discovery (Rediscover a View)

As an application owner or administrator, you need to be kept informed of any problems with your application. So, for example, it is important to know that discovery is working properly and that its current configuration can connect to the application database. This section explains how to run the rediscovery procedure that enables you to check the current status of the discovery of an application.

1. Prerequisites

   Note This step is performed by the UCMDB administrator.

   1. In DFM, create a module that contains the jobs that must discover the application. For details, see How to Run Module/Job-based Discovery.

   2. Activate the module and all the jobs. The jobs must remain activated.

   3. Verify that the module has run without errors. For details, see Error Messages Overview and Discovery Module/Jobs – Details Tab.

   4. Correct any errors in the application and confirm that DFM finds no errors during the next run.

      Caution The application owner cannot rediscover a view if DFM is reporting errors. You must set an error-free baseline.

   5. In the Modeling Studio, define a view that includes the application CI or CIs to be rediscovered. These are the CIs that are created when you activate the jobs that discover the application. For details, see How to Create a Pattern View.

   6. Notify the application owner of the name of the view.

2. Access the View

   Note This step is performed by the application owner/administrator.

   In IT Universe Manager, access the view that includes the application CIs to be rediscovered. For details, see How to Search for CIs in Search Mode.

3. View Results in the View

   1. Check the complete application. Click the Show Discovery and Changes Summary button on the CI Selector toolbar. The Show Discovery Status and Changes of View dialog box is displayed. The dialog box displays information about which jobs and trigger CI discovered the CIs in the view, on the last occasion that DFM ran the discovery for the jobs. For details, see Show Discovery Status and Changes Dialog Box.

   To run the discovery, click the Rerun Discovery button. To view information about the jobs and trigger CIs, use the links to drill down. For details, see Error Messages Overview.

   2. Check specific components of your application. Select the component's CI in the Topology Map pane and display the Discovery tab in the Advanced pane. For details, see Show Discovery Status and Changes Dialog Box.

   To rediscover several CIs, press CTRL, select the CIs and display the Discovery tab.

   To run the discovery, click the Rerun Discovery button.

4. Schedule the Rediscovery

   You can schedule how often the rediscovery procedure should run. In the Job Definition window, choose the Rerun Discovery on View action. For details, see Job Definition Dialog Box.

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