Initiating a discovery

The
and the
describe the various discovery methods for an
IP Manager
. Because the
is a specially configured instance of an
IP Manager
, all of the discovery methods are available to the
.
You can use any of the following methods to initiate a discovery in the
. Be aware that if the NumberOfDomains configuration parameter is set, any of these discovery methods will trigger a topology split in the
.
  • From a Domain Manager Administration Console that is attached to the
    :
    • Select
      Topology >Import from seed file
      , or click the
      Import from seed
      file toolbar button ( ), to import a seed file that lists the seed devices that are to be added to the
      ’s topology.
      This method is used to add a large number of devices. It is typically used to perform a full discovery, but can also be used to perform an incremental discovery if a large number of new devices have been added to the managed IP network.
    • Select
      Topology >Ad
      d A
      gent
      , or click the
      Add Agent
      toolbar button ( ), to add seed devices to the
      ’s topology one at a time.
      This method is used to add a small number of devices. It is typically used to perform an incremental discovery.
    • Select
      Topology >Discover All
      to rediscover all managed devices in the
      ’s repository, and to discover the devices on the
      ’s Pending Devices list.
    • Select
      Topology >Discover Pending
      to discover just the devices on the
      ’s Pending Devices list.
    • Right-click a device on the
      ’s Pending Devices list and then select
      Rediscover
      from the pop-up menu to rediscover that device.
    • Click a device in the
      ’s topology tree and then select
      Topology
      >Rediscover
      to rediscover that device. You can also rediscover a device by right-clicking it and selecting
      Rediscover
      from the pop-up menu.
  • From the command line:
    • Go to the TSM_BASEDIR/smarts/bin directory and enter the following command to start the
      , import a seed file that lists the seed devices that are to be added to the topology, and initiate a discovery:
      sm_server --name=
      <
      TSM name
      >
      --config=icf
         --bootstrap=bootstrap-tsm.conf --seedfile=
      <
      seed file name
      >
            --ignore-restore-errors --noreconfigure --output --daemon
      dmctl -s
      <
      TSM name
      >
      invoke
          ICF_TopologyManager::ICF-TopologyManager importFromFile
            
      <
      seed file name
      >
      sm_tpmgr -s
      <
      TSM name
      >
      --seed=
      <
      seed file name
      >
    • Go to the TSM_BASEDIR/smarts/bin directory and enter the following command to rediscover all managed devices in the
      ’s repository, and to discover the devices on the
      ’s Pending Devices list:
      dmctl -s
      <
      TSM name
      >
      invoke
         ICF_TopologyManager::ICF-TopologyManager discoverAll
    • Go to the TSM_BASEDIR/smarts/bin directory and enter the following command to discover just the devices on the
      ’s Pending Devices list:
      dmctl -s
      <
      TSM name
      >
      invoke
         ICF_TopologyManager::ICF-TopologyManager discoverPending