HP Netsight manual Starting the Discover Wizard, Launching the Scheduler Application

Discovering Nodes

Starting the Discover Wizard

To use the Discover Wizard to create a new Discover script:

1.In the Discover Manager window, click Wizard. or

Click the right mouse button anywhere in the Discover Manager window, select Wizard from the resulting menu.

To use the Discover Wizard to modify an existing Discover script:

1.In the Discover Manager window, highlight the name of the script that you wish to modify, and click Wizard.

or

Click the right mouse button on the name of the script that you wish to modify, and choose Wizard from the resulting menu.

Follow the directions in the Wizard to create or modify a discover script.

Launching the Scheduler Application

Once you have created your Discover scripts, you can use the Scheduler application to automatically execute selected scripts at scheduled times and dates. To launch the Scheduler application from the Discover Manager window:

1.Click Scheduler. or

Click the right mouse button anywhere in the Discover Manager window, and choose Scheduler from the resulting menu.

For more information about using the Scheduler application, consult the Tools Guide, included with your documentation.

Using the IP or Host Locator Tool

The IP or Host Locator Tool serves as an adjunct to the Discover functionality. Its primary function is to resolve host names to IP addresses, and vice versa; it can also resolve host names to IP addresses for an entire subnet, locate the MAC address associated with a matched host name/IP pair, and locate both the host name and IP address for a given MAC address.

To launch the IP or Host Locator Tool:

1. Select Tools —>Host/IP Locator from the primary window menu bar.

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