How to Run Zone-based Discovery

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

To run Zone-based discovery:

  1. Prerequisites

  2. 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 Help.

      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 Help.

  3. 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:

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