Adding devices to discovery groups
Discovery groups simplify the process of working with a large number of devices and their corresponding IP addresses/hostnames and discovery credentials. For example, if you have set of four user/password credentials used among twenty devices, using a discovery group allows you to enter each set of credentials and all of the IP addresses/hostnames, and the discovery group will match the correct credentials to each device.
- FromCentralized Management, click .
- Select the Backend server.
- ClickRegister.
- Select the collector you want to use for discovering your SolutionPack objects.
- If you are collecting VMware vCenter events, select the primary backend you want to use for discovering the events.
- ClickRegister.
- Click .
- Click<Device Name>.
- Click theDiscovery Groupstab.
- ClickAdd new Discovery group.
- Provide a name for the group and clickOk.
- Click the newly created group.
- UnderCredentials, clickAdd new entry.
- Type the username.
- If required, select the authentication type.
- If you are using password authentication, provide the password and clickOk.
- If you are using key-based authentication, provide the absolute location of the private key and clickOk.
- Repeat the previous five steps to add as many username/password (or key) combinations as you would like.
- UnderHostname or IP address, clickAdd new entry.
- Provide the Hostname/IP Address of the device. If required, provide the Network Port. ClickOk.
- Repeat the previous two steps to add as many devices as you would like.
- ClickSave.
- Click theCollected Devicestab.
- ClickDiscover.
- Select theDiscovery groupandDiscovery Modeand clickOk.The progress bar is displayed above the Collected Devices tab.
- When the progress bar is gone, click theDiscovery Resultstab.
- Click the group name that you added.
- Under the group name, you can see the status of all the devices that you added.
- ClickImport to Collected Devices.
- Merge the devices if you want to retain older devices that were added previously.
- ClickOk.
- Select the action and clickContinue.
- ClickSave.
Review your devices and credentials to avoid lockout of devices due to multiple attempts
of incorrect credentials. You can create groups in such a way that devices have a
minimal set of credentials to be tried against. You can use common public-private key
pairs for multiple devices.