HP Netsight manual Setting a Discover Interval

Discovering Nodes

Setting a Discover Interval

Defining a Discover Interval for your Discover script allows you to automatically start your script and determine how often (in minutes) your script will be automatically executed. The Discover Interval is defined using the Schedule page of the Discover Properties window (Figure 3-10), accessed by clicking on the Schedule tab.

Once you have defined an interval and saved the script, NetSight Element Manager will automatically execute the script, and continually re-execute it according to the defined time interval. The script will continue to run at the defined interval until its Discover Interval is changed to 0 (zero), the script is deleted, or the NetSight Element Manager application is closed.

NOTE

If you define a script with a Discover Interval, and then exit NetSight Element Manager, the script will be automatically executed the next time you start NetSight Element Manager.

To set an interval for your Discover script:

1.In the Discover Interval field, enter the desired number of minutes between automatic executions of your Discover script. This interval will define the amount of time between the beginning of one discover session and the beginning of the next one (so be sure you define an interval that allows enough time for each session to complete). The default value of 0 (zero) indicates that manual execution of the script is required.

2.Define any remaining Discover script parameters, or click OK to save your interval and return to the Discover Manager window.

Note that scheduled discovers behave a little differently than manually-executed discovers; see The Discover Process, page 3-16, for more information.

Creating and Modifying Discover Scripts 3-13