Discovery Module/Jobs – Details Tab

Enables you to view and administer modules and jobs, to follow the progress of the DFM process, and to manage errors during discovery.

To access Select Universal Discovery > Discovery Modules/Jobs tab > Discovery Modules pane > a module/job > Details tab.
Important Information

Depending which level you select in the Discovery Modules pane on the left, different information is displayed in the Details tab.

If you select:

Relevant tasks
See also

Discovery Job Details Pane

User interface elements are described below:

UI Element (A–Z) Description

Opens the Help document related to the selected job's adapter.

To update or modify this document, see Adapter Definition Tab.

Click to go to the adapter in the Resources pane.
You can choose to view a map of the CIs and relationships that are discovered by the adapter, instead of a list. Click the button to open the Discovered CITs Map window. The selected adapter is shown together with its CIs and relationships. Hold the cursor over a CIT to read a description in a tooltip.

Click to view permissions that are defined for specific adapters. For details, see Discovery Permissions Window.

For details on editing these permissions, see Permission Editor Dialog Box.

Adapter The adapter used by the job to discover the CIs.
Discovered CIs The CIs that are discovered by this job.
Input CI Type The CIT that triggers the CIs for this job.
IPv6 Support Indicates whether the job's adapter supports IPv6.
Job Name

The name and description of the job and the package in which it is located.

Note Naming conventions for jobs:

  • Job names can contain the following characters: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, hyphen (-), underscore (_), space ( )
  • Job names must not start with a digit or an underscore (_)
Required Protocols The protocols needed by the activated job to access the system components.

Results Pane

Displays the discovery results from discovery job runs.For details, see Discovery Results Tab/Pane.

Progress Pane

Displays the discovery progress. For details, see Discovery Progress Dialog Box.

Selected Items Pane

User interface elements are described below (unlabeled elements are shown in angle brackets):

UI Element (A–Z) Description
<right-click menu> Edit Scheduling. Click to open the Discovery Scheduler to define a schedule for a specific job. For details, see Discovery Scheduler Pane.
Invoke immediately
  • A check mark signifies that the DFM job runs as soon as the triggered CI reaches the Probe. In this case, the Invoke on new triggered CIs immediately check box is selected in the Properties tab.

  • If this column does not contain a check mark, the job runs according to the schedule defined in the Schedule Manager.

Job name The name of the job.
Schedule info The scheduling information of the job as defined in the Discovery Scheduler.
Trigger Queries The name of the query that activated the job. For details, see Trigger Queries Pane.