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HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide

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Creating a New Discovery Template File

»Table of Contents
»Index
»Notices
»Introduction
»Product Overview
»Getting Started
»Discovery and Identification
»Configuring Automatic Discovery
»Configuring Discovery General Settings
»Managing Discovery Templates
Creating a New Discovery Template File
»Editing a Discovery Template
»Deleting a Discovery Template
»Adding a System Manually
»Managing Hosts Files
»Identification
»Manage System Types
»Users and Authorizations
»Networking and Security
»Monitoring Systems, Clusters, and Events
»Storage Integration
»Managing with Tasks
»Tools that Extend Management
»Partner Applications
»Reporting
»Administering Systems and Events
»Troubleshooting
»Reference Information
»Printable version
»Glossary
»Using Help
» Related Procedures
» Related Topics

You can create new discovery template files in lieu of typing the addresses directly in to the Ping inclusion ranges, templates and/or hosts files or Ping exclusion ranges, templates and/or hosts files fields.

To create a new discovery template file:

  1. Select OptionsDiscovery. The Discovery page appears with the Automatic tab selected.

  2. In the For all automatic discoveries section, select Manage templates. The Manage Templates section appears.

  3. Click [New]. The Create New Template section appears.

  4. In the Discovery template name field, enter a name for the new template. This field is required.

  5. Click [Browse] to select an existing discovery template file that is present on the local client (the system from which you are browsing) and click [Import].

    or

    Enter the discovery range information into the Contents area.

    Note: Template files cannot be nested, so only ranges are allowed.

  6. Click [OK] to save the discovery template file, or click [Cancel] to close without saving changes.

After creating a discovery template, you can reference it in automatic discovery by using @template_name in the Ping inclusion ranges, templates and/or hosts files or Ping exclusion ranges, templates and/or hosts files fields. Refer to Managing Hosts Files - IP Ranges for more information.

Related Procedures

» Managing Discovery Templates - Editing a Discovery Template
» Managing Discovery Templates - Deleting a Discovery Template

Related Topics

» HP Systems Insight Manager Technical Reference Guide - Discovery and Identification
» Discovery and Identification - Managing Discovery Templates