Zone-based Discovery View

This view enables you to manage Management Zones, run discovery activities in the Management Zones, and troubleshoot why expected CIs are missing after discovery.

To access Select Data Flow Management > Universal Discovery > Zone-based Discovery tab.
Relevant tasks How to Run Zone-based Discovery
See also

User interface elements are described below:

Management Zones Tree Pane

The Management Zone tree displays all of the Management Zones defined in Universal Discovery and all of the discovery activities that have been defined in each Management Zone.

UI Element Description
New Folder. Enables you to create a new Management Zone folder.
  • New Management Zone. Enables you to create a Management Zone. For more information on creating Management Zones, see New/Edit Management Zone Dialog Box.
  • New Discovery Activity. Enabled when you select a Management Zone. Enables you to create discovery activities in the selected Management Zone. For more information on defining discovery activities, see the Discovery Activities section of the Content Help.
Edit. Enables you to edit the selected Management Zone or discovery activity.

Delete. Deletes the selected Management Zone, discovery activity, or folder.

Note When you delete a Management Zone, all activities associated with it are also deleted.

When you delete a folder, all Management Zones and subfolders in the folder are also deleted.
Find Management Zone. Opens the Find Management Zone dialog box, enabling you to locate a Management Zone in the tree by name or by IP address. For details, see Find Management Zone Dialog Box.
Reload Data. Refreshes the data in the Management Zones tree.

Activate. Activates the selected Management Zone or discovery activity.

Note Activating a Management Zone activates all of its activities.

Deactivate. Deactivates the selected Management Zone or discovery activity.

Note Deactivating a Management Zone deactivates all of its activities.

Pause. Pauses the selected Management Zone or discovery activity.

Note  

  • Pausing a Management Zone also pauses all of the activated and running discovery activities in the Management Zone.
  • Pausing a Management Zone does not have any effect on discovery activities that are not activated.

Resume. Resumes the selected, paused Management Zone or discovery activity.

Note  

  • Resuming a Management Zone also resumes all of the paused discovery activities in the Management Zone.
  • Resuming a Management Zone does not have any effect on discovery activities that are not activated.

Rerun.

  • Management Zone root: Runs discovery again in all of the Management Zones.

  • Management Zone: Runs discovery again in the selected Management Zone.

  • Discovery activity: Runs the selected discovery activity again.

Troubleshoot Missing CIs. Opens the Discovery Troubleshooter wizard.

If a CI is missing from the results of a Data Flow Probe and you expected to see it, the Discovery Troubleshooter wizard tries to find the missing CI.

Note This feature is enabled in a Management Zone only after the Infrastructure and Basic Software Configuration discovery activities have run. For more information on Discovery Troubleshooter, see Discovery Troubleshooter.
/ Expand/Collapse All. Expands/Collapses the Management Zone tree. When expanded, all discovery activities that have run in the Management Zones are listed.
<Management Zones tree icons>

The Management Zones tree displays the following icons:

  • . Represents a Management Zone folder.

  • . Represents a Management Zone.

    • . Indicates that all of the activated activities in the Management Zone are running.

    • . Indicates that all of the activated activities in the Management Zone are paused.

    • . Indicates that some of the activated activities in the Management Zone are running and some are paused.

  • /. Represents a running/paused activity in a Management Zone.
<right-click menu>

In addition to some of the functionality described above, right-clicking a folder enables you to do the following:

  • Rename Folder. Allows you to rename the selected management zone folder's name.

Right-clicking a management zone enables you to do the following:

  • Rename. Opens the Rename Management Zone dialog, which allows you to rename the selected management zone's name. This option is enabled when the selected management zone and all activities in the management zone are deactivated.

    Note This operation might last longer for management zones with larger number of discovery activities/jobs.

Right-clicking a discovery activity enables you to do the following:

  • Clear Probe Results Cache. Clears the selected activity's results cache on the Probes.

    Note If an activity's results cache is cleared, all discovery results are sent again the next time the activity runs.

  • Rename. Opens the Rename Activity dialog, which allows you to rename the selected activity's name. This option is enabled when the selected activity is deactivated.

    Note This operation might last longer for activities with larger number of discovery jobs.

Management Zone Details Pane

The right pane of the Zone-based Discovery view displays varying information, depending on what you select in the Management Zones tree on the left.

Selected in the tree Displayed in right pane

Management Zones tree root

A Management Zone folder

 A list of all the Management Zones under the selected folder

A Management Zone

A discovery activity

Management Zone Actions Pane

Displayed when you select the Management Zones root in the tree.

This pane provides a portal to performing actions that affect all Management Zones.

UI Element Description
Create Management Zone. Opens the New Management Zone dialog box, enabling you to create a new Management Zone. For details, see New/Edit Management Zone Dialog Box.
View/Edit Management Zone Ranking. Opens the Management Zone Ranking dialog box, enabling you to manage the ranking levels of the Management Zones. For details, see Management Zone Ranking Dialog Box.

View/Edit Discovery Activity Template. Opens the Discovery Activity Template dialog box, where you can create or delete discovery activity templates. Discovery activity templates can be used to as a basis for custom discovery activities.

  • Create Discovery Activity Template. Open the Discovery Activity Template wizard, enabling you to define a template on which to base custom discovery activities. For more details, see How to Create Discovery Activity Templates.

  • Remove Discovery Activity Template. Enables you to remove a selected discovery activity template.

    Note You cannot remove a template if there are custom discovery activities that use the template.

View/Edit Global Settings. Opens the Global Settings dialog box where you can view and edit global Management Zone settings. For details, see Global Settings Dialog Box.

Note An individual Management Zone's settings override the settings defined in the global settings. For details on configuring an individual Management Zone, see New/Edit Management Zone Dialog Box (Settings tab).

Management Zone Details Pane

Displayed when you select a Management Zone in the Management Zone tree.

Important information

To edit the details of the selected Management Zone, click the Edit button in the Management Zones pane.

User interface elements are described below:

UI Element Description
Description The description of the Management Zone, defined when the Management Zone was created.
Ranges Method

The method for defining ranges for the Management Zone, as defined when creating the Management Zone:

  • Based on full Data Flow Probe ranges

  • Based on partial Data Flow Probe ranges

For more details, see New/Edit Management Zone Dialog Box.
Ranges

Displays the defined ranges for the selected Management Zone on the selected Data Flow Probe.

Note  

  • You cannot edit ranges in this pane. To edit ranges, see New/Edit Range Dialog Box.

  • If the ranges method is Based on partial Data Flow Probe ranges, the range can be displayed here either according to the IP range format or CIDR format, as explained in New/Edit Range Dialog Box.

Discovery Status Pane

Displays the progress and results of discovery in Management Zones. Displayed when you select the Management Zones root, a Management Zone, or a discovery activity in the Management Zones tree.

UI Element Description
Progress Tab

  • Displays the last status known by the UCMDB server for each job Trigger CI within the context selected for discovery.

    The information displayed varies depending on the selected area of focus.

    • Management Zone root Displays the aggregated progress of the new trigger CIs across all of the activities in all of the Management Zones.
    • Management Zone: Displays the aggregated progress of the new trigger CIs across all of the activities in the selected Management Zones.
    • Discovery Activity: Displays the progress of the new trigger CIs across the discovery activity.

    For more details, see Discovery Progress Dialog Box.

  • The information is automatically refreshed every 30 seconds.

  • Use the information displayed in this pane to drill down to problematic trigger CIs, to uncover specific problems that Universal Discovery encountered during the discovery—for example, incorrect credentials. You can also add newly discovered CIs to the trigger CI list.

  • Hold the SHIFT and CTRL keys to select adjacent and non-adjacent CIs in a list.
Results Tab

Displays the results from discovery activities that ran in the Management Zones, over filterable time periods. The results displayed depend on the area of focus.

For more details, see Discovery Results Tab/Pane.

Activity Details Pane

Displayed when you select a discovery activity in the Management Zones tree.

UI Element Description
Overview Tab

Displays the type and status of the discovery activity, and a summary of the activity as it was defined when it was created. To edit an activity, select the activity in the Management Zones tree, and click the Edit Activity button.
Activity Jobs Tab

Displays the activity jobs available for the discovery activity.

  • Activity Jobs Toolbar

    • Go to Adapter. Redirects you to the adapter for the selected activity job.

    • View Permission Details. Opens the Discovery Permissions dialog box, enabling you to view the permissions data for the selected activity job.

    • View Discovered CITs in Map. Displays the selected adapter, together with its CIs and relationships, in the Discovered CITs Map window. Hold the cursor over a CIT to read a description in a tooltip.

    • View Parameters. Opens the Activity Job Parameters dialog box, enabling you to view the parameters for the selected activity job.

    • Edit Script. Displays a list of scripts related to the selected activity job. Select a script and edit it in the Script Editor.

    • Edit Trigger Query. Displays the trigger query related to the selected activity job, enabling you to open and edit it in the Trigger Query Editor.

    • Hide/Show Legend. Hides/displays the legend at the bottom of the pane.

  • Activity Jobs Grid. Displays the information about jobs available for the discovery activity.

    • Activity Job Name. The name of the activity job.

    • Discovered CITs. The CITs discovered by the activity job.
    • Protocols. The protocols used by the activity job.

    • IPv6 Support. Indicates whether the activity job's adapter supports IPv6.

    • Scheduling.

      • Activity Schedule indicates that the activity job runs according to the activity's discovery schedule.

      • For an activity job that does not run according to the activity's discovery schedule, but rather according to its own discovery schedule, displays the job's schedule.

  • Indicator Icons

    The following icons indicate the status of the jobs:

    • Enabled job. The job is enabled with permissions.

    • Enabled job has no credentials. The job is enabled but it is missing credential information.

    • Job not enabled. The job is not enabled.

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