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Test Discover Component Blueprints

Discovery enables you to inspect servers for the presence of software or software components. The success of Discovery, however, depends on certain key elements being specified properly within the Blueprint.

Test Discovery lets you verify that you have set up many of the Component Blueprint elements correctly while you are developing a new or editing an existing Component Blueprint. You can use Test Discovery to verify such things as indicators, registry elements, and managed and configuration files.

Note: Test Discovery cannot test for software components if the specified servers are not available or none of the components are found.

To test Blueprint Discovery success on a server

Click the Management link, then click the Blueprints tab.
The Blueprints tab page appears.
Click the name of the Blueprint on which you want to test Discovery.
The Blueprint Details page for the selected Blueprint appears.
Click Test Discovery.
The Test Discovery page appears in a new browser window.
Select a managed server from the Server drop-down list.
By default, the drop-down list initially displays the first managed server in the list.
Do one of the following:
- In the File Search Directory field, enter the full path to the file or directory you want to test discover, then click Discover. If you leave the field blank, the search uses the default root path (/ or \).
  Test Discovery searches for either files or directories down to the level in the file system that matches the path text string you specify in the Search Root and displays the results in a tree view.
- Click Browse to display the file system structure found on the specified server starting with the default root path (/ or \). Then select the directory and file elements in the tree view down to the location you want to test discover.
  The File Search Directory field displays the directory and file elements as you select them in the in the tree view. When you are satisfied with the contents of the File Search Directory field, click Discover.
The discovery runs and one of the following appears:
- An error message appears if the CA Configuration Automation Agent on the selected server is not communicating with the CA Configuration Automation Server.
- The following message appears if Test Discovery cannot find components using the specified indicators:
```
No components found with Test Discovery
```
- The results appear under a unique, system-generated name that identifies the discovery as a test. The name includes a time stamped Blueprint name and version and the word Test as shown in the following example:
```
Apache HTTP Server (UNIX) v1.0.0 (Test)
```
- If the following error message appears you must run the Reconcile Servers operation as described in Reconcile Server IPs:
```
IP address of host host_name conflicts with another host in the DB - Run Reconcile Servers to correct it
```