All elements are initially placed in the Default discovery group. You can then move elements from the Default discovery group to other discovery groups. You can use discovery groups to break up Discovery Data Collection for Discovery from HP SIM or Get Details and getting the topology for Discovery from HP SE. For example, you could specify that the management server gets Get Details/Discovery Data Collection for only the elements in Discovery Group 1, thus, saving you time. This feature is sometimes referred to as segmented replication because you can specify gettingGet Details/Discovery Data Collection for a segment of the discovered elements.
Keep in mind the following:
•Discovery groups cannot be renamed or created. You must use the existing discovery groups.
•You can also use move an element to another discovery group when you modify its discovery properties. See ”Modifying the Properties of a Discovered Address” on page 76 for more information.
To move an element to another discovery group:
1.Select the check boxes for the elements you want to move in the Discovery Data Collection page for Discovery from HP SIM or Get Details page for Discovery from HP SE.
2.Click the Move to Discovery Group button.
3.In the Select Discovery Group window, select the new discovery group for the selected elements.
4.Click OK.
The elements are moved to the new discovery group.
Placing an Element in QuarantineWhen you click the Get Details button on the Get Details/Discovery Data Collections page, the management server automatically obtains details for the elements in the selected discovery group. Let us assume you want to discover all the elements in a discovery group, except for one. Perhaps the element you want to quarantine is being taken off the network for maintenance. You can use the quarantine feature to exclude one or more elements from discovery.
NOTE: After you perform Get Details/Discovery Data Collection for the discovery group containing the quarantined elements, the quarantined elements appear as missing throughout the product. The management server marks the quarantined elements as missing because it cannot obtain details from the quarantined element.
To quarantine an element:
1.Select the check boxes for the elements you want to quarantine on the Get Details/Discovery Data Collection page.
2.Click the Set Quarantine button.
3.When you are asked if you want to quarantine the selected elements, click OK.
The elements you quarantine appear with a flag (
) in the Quarantined column on the Get Details/Discovery Data Collection page.
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