Configuring Scheduled Discovery

After you have optimized discovery settings for your network, you can schedule discovery to run periodically using those settings. Each time discovery runs, it detects new devices on your network and suggests adding monitors on devices that have changed since the last discovery.

Note: Scheduled discovery replaces the active discovery feature from versions released before WhatsUp Gold v14.

To create a scheduled discovery:

1. From the WhatsUp Gold console, select File > Discover Devices. The Discovery console appears.
2. In Discovery console, configure the settings for the discovery you want to schedule. For more information, see Configure discovery settings.
3. Select Advanced > Create a Scheduled Discovery. The Scheduled Discovery Settings dialog appears.
4. Configure the discovery settings, schedule information, and schedule recurrence settings.
5. To have this discovery detect both new devices and new services on existing devices, click Test for new monitors on existing devices. If this option is not selected, WhatsUp Gold does not scan for new services on existing devices.
6. To receive an email notification of the discovery's results, click Send email notification upon completion.
   1. Click Email to configure the email notification. The Email Settings dialog appears.
   2. Enter the information for the email. In Body, you can use HTML and discovery percent variables.
   3. After you have configured the email, click OK. The Email Settings dialog closes.
7. Verify that Schedule enabled is checked.
8. Click OK to save the scheduled discovery. The Scheduled Discovery Settings dialog closes.

To view and edit scheduled discoveries:

1. From the WhatsUp Gold console, select File > Discover Devices. The Discovery console appears.
2. In the tabbed section at the bottom of the Discovery Console, click Scheduled Discoveries. The Scheduled Discoveries tab appears.
3. Select a scheduled discovery in the list that you want to view or edit, then click Edit.
4. Change the discovery schedule as required.

To delete a scheduled discovery:

1. From the WhatsUp Gold console, select File > Discover Devices. The Discovery console appears.
2. In the tabbed section at the bottom of the Discovery Console, click Scheduled Discoveries. The Scheduled Discoveries tab appears.
3. Select a scheduled discovery you want to delete, then click Delete.

See Also Discovering network devices Preparing devices for discovery Preparing WhatsUp Gold for discovery Configuring and running discovery Adding a single device manually