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Run Change Detection

Use the Change Detection page to determine configuration changes for a server or service over time. Change detection can display All Differences or only Component Differences between the current configuration (Source Configuration) and its snapshots.

Note: A server or service must have a snapshot for change detection to run.

Follow these steps:

  1. In the Explore pane, select the server or service on which to perform change detection.
  2. In the right-click menu select Verification, Run Change Detection.

    The Change Detection dialog opens.

    The System Information section displays the server information and current activity. For a service, the Service Detail section lists all servers that are part of the service.

    The Change Detection section provides Source and Target Configurations for the change detection operation.

  3. Select one of the following, and click the Perform Change Detection button:
    All Differences

    Detects all differences between the source and target configurations.

    Component Inventory Differences Only

    Detects only differences in components between the source and target configurations.

    The comparison results are available on the Dashboard tab in the Jobs pane. Click the Actions button, and then the View Details option to display a table with columns for the source and target configurations based on the following criteria:

    Source Only

    Displays components in the source configuration (but not in the target configuration) in red.

    Target Only

    Displays components in the target configuration (but not in the source configuration) in green.

    Differences

    Displays components in the source and target configurations. Differences in configurations appear in blue.

  4. (Optional) When changes are detected and you want additional details about the system changes, click the + icon. The row in the table expands to display change detection details.

    Note: Additional details are not available for services.