Configuring and scheduling Discovery Tasks

Discovery Tasks are tasks that have been created to run discovery scans on a schedule. The discovery scans are created using the Discovery Settings dialog or the Getting Started with WhatsConnected Wizard, and the schedule is created during the creation of the discovery task. You can schedule a task to run daily, weekly, monthly, yearly or on some other defined time interval.

To add a new discovery task:

Click Configure > Discovery Tasks. The Discovery Task dialog appears.
Click Add to add a new discovery tasks to the list. The New Discovery Task dialog appears.
Enter the name and description for the task in the Name and Description boxes.
In the Discovery Settings box, select the discovery settings you want to use for the discovery task. These settings define the discovery method, starting point in the network, protocols to be used, and credentials needed for the discovery scan. To add new discovery settings, click Settings. The Discovery Settings dialog appears.
In the Discovery Filename box, select or create the filename you want to use to save the details of the discovery task. This file will be used to save the results of the scheduled discovery task.
Select Update Exported WhatsUp Gold Devices to update devices that have already been exported to WhatsUp Gold with any changes that are found during the discovery scan.
In the Run This Task area, select the Repeat interval, Start Time, and other schedule details to create the schedule on which you want the discovery scan to run.
Click OK. The New Discovery Task dialog closes and the new task appears in the Discovery Tasks list.

To edit an existing discovery task:

Select an existing discovery task, then click Edit. The Edit Discovery Task dialog appears.
Edit the name and description for the task in the Name and Description boxes.
In the Discovery Settings box, select or edit the discovery settings you want to use for the discovery task. These settings define the discovery method, starting point in the network, protocols to be used, and credentials needed for the discovery scan. To add new discovery settings, click Settings. The Discovery Settings dialog appears.
In the Discovery Filename box, edit the filename you want to use to save the details of the discovery task. This file will be used to save the reslults of the scheduled discovery task.
Select Update Exported WhatsUp Gold Devices to update devices that have already been exported to WhatsUp Gold with any changes that are found during the discovery scan. Select a WhatsUp Gold Server endpoint from which to import credentials or click browse (...) to open the WhatsUp Gold Remote Server dialog to Add, Edit, Copy, or Delete WhatsUp Gold remote servers from which to import credentials.
In the Run This Task area, edit the Repeat interval, Start Time, and other schedule details to create the schedule on which you want the discovery scan to run.
Click OK. The New Discovery Task dialog closes and the new task appears in the Discovery Tasks list.

To copy an exisiting discovery task:

Select an existing discovery task, then click Copy. The New Discovery Task dialog appears with information from the copied task in the fields and Copy of and the name of the copied task in the Name box.

To check the current status of a discovery task:

Select a discovery task, then click Status. The Discovery Task Status dialog will appear.

To start a discovery task:

Select a discovery task, then click Run Now. The status of the selected task will change to Running. If the task completes successfully, the status will change to Succeeded.

To stop a running discovery task:

Select a running discovery task, then click Stop. The status changes from Running to Canceled.

To close the dialog:

Click Close to close the dialog. The Discovery Tasks dialog closes.