How to Discover Processes

This task describes how to discover processes.

This task includes the following steps:

1. Prerequisite - Set up protocol credentials

   To discover network connections, define the following protocols:

   • SNMP Protocol
   • NTCMD Protocol
   • PowerCmd Protocol
   • SSH Protocol
   • Telnet Protocol
   • Universal Discovery Protocol
   • WMI Protocol

   For credential information, see Supported Protocols.

   Note None of these protocols is mandatory, but WMI alone does not retrieve network data.

2. Run the discovery

   Run the following jobs in the following order:

   • Run the TCP Data by Shell or TCP Data by SNMP job, Host Resources/Applications jobs, or Inventory Discovery by Scanner job to populate the Probe's PostgreSQL database with TCP information gathered from the remote machine. For details, see TCP Traffic Jobs.

     Note The Inventory Discovery by Scanner job collects the TCP connectivity information when the following parameters are set to true: discoverPorts, discoverProcesses, and discoverRunningSW.

     When these parameters are in use, the node CIs discovered by the job would consume an Advanced unit.

   • Run the Network Connectivity Data Analyzer job. For job details, see Network Connectivity Data Analyzer Job.