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Create Discovery Profiles

You can create discovery profiles to specify how inventory discovery operates in your environment.

Log in as a tenant administrator to perform this task. Discovery profiles are only accessible by users within the tenant space that the discovery profile was created in.

Note: For more information about tenants, see the CA Performance Center Administrator Guide.

Follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the list of available discovery profiles.
2. Click New.
3. Do the following steps:
   1. Type a descriptive name for the discovery profile in the Name field.

      Note: Single quotes, double quotes, backward slashes, forward slashes, and ampersands are not permitted.

   2. Select an IP domain from the list of pre-configured domains.
4. Select the IPs/Hosts tab and do one or more of the following actions:
   • (Optional) Navigate to and import a CSV file of IP addresses. The CSV file can contain a comma-separated list of IPv4 addresses, IPv6 addresses, IPv4 address ranges, and hostnames. Browse to select the file and click Open.

     Note: For Chinese characters to be applied to the alias name, save the CSV file in UTF-8 format.

   • Type IP address ranges for which you want to discover devices in the IP Address Range field. Comma-delimited values are accepted.

     Note: If an IP range includes multiple IP addresses from a device which has a hostname and the IP that maps to the hostname is also included in the IP range, inventory discovery will always use the hostname IP for the device's primary IP address.

   • Type individual IP addresses for which you want to discover devices in the IP Address List field. Comma-delimited values are accepted.
   • Type the host names for which you want to discover devices in the Host List field. Comma-delimited values are accepted.
   • Copy a list of individual IP addresses, IP address ranges, and hostnames to the clipboard, and then paste the list into the list view by pressing ctrl+v.
   • Remove an item from the IP list by selecting the IP address, range, or hostname, and clicking Delete.
   • Search for an item in the IP list by entering the IP address, range, or hostname in the Search field. To return to the full list of items in the IP list, click the X button. Alternatively, you can press the Esc button on your keyboard.

   Note: Edit an IP address, range, or hostname in the IP list by double-clicking it. Press Enter to save the changes. Press Esc to exit edit mode without saving the changes.

   Do not include duplicate IP addresses or hostnames. If duplicates are detected, a message displays, indicating that duplicates were found and ignored.

   Note: Single quotes, double quotes, backward slashes, forward slashes, and ampersands are not permitted.

5. (Optional) Select the Schedule tab. To create a schedule for when you want this discovery profile to run, do the following steps:
   • To create a daily schedule, select Daily from the Scheduling Interval drop-down box. Select the time when you want the discovery to begin each day.
   • To create a weekly schedule, select Weekly from the Scheduling interval drop-down box. Select each day that you want the discovery to run. Select a time when you want the discovery to begin.
6. Select the SNMP tab. If you want to use all SNMP profiles, you do not need to do anything. All SNMP profiles are selected by default. To use specific SNMP profiles, select the 'Use specific list of assigned SNMP profiles checkbox'. Select one or more SNMP profiles from list of available profiles and move them to the assigned list. Using a subset of SNMP profiles can help reduce network traffic.
7. Select the Advanced tab and do the following steps:
   1. (Optional) Change the priority in which you want the discovered device to be named. During discovery, any device item that the discovery profile creates is named with the highest available naming convention. If a naming convention is not set in the MIB for the device, it is not available and the next highest priority naming convention is tried.
   2. (Optional) Select the 'Save as Default' option if you want to save the naming order for new discovery profiles. The next time that you create a discovery profile, the naming order automatically appears in the order you saved.

      The out-of-the-box default naming order is System Name, Host Name, IP Address.

   3. Select 'Use ICMP' if you want Data Aggregator to determine if a device can respond to ICMP during the discovery process. Select 'Create Pingables' to create pingable devices during discovery. Deselect 'Use ICMP' to prevent the creation of pingable devices. Data Aggregator does not determine if a device can respond to ICMP when these options are deselected.

      Select the 'Save as Default' option if you want to save the ICMP discovery options you chose. The next time that you create a discovery profile, the ICMP discovery options are automatically selected.

8. Click Save.

   The discovery profile is created and is displayed in the Discovery Profiles list.

More information:

Discovery Profile IP Ranges