Using Saved Discovery Profiles

Saved Scan Settings Library (DISCOVER > Saved Scan Settings) enables you to manage and run saved discovery profiles.

• Immediate Scan. Select a saved scan checkbox from the grid and click on Scan Now.
• New/Copy. Create a new or copy an existing profile and edit to suit the task.
• Edit. Modify the settings, credentials, and schedule options for the profile.
• Delete. Remove a saved discovery profile from WhatsUp Gold.
• Set as Default. Populate the discovery wizard with the selected profile's settings when initiating a discovery scan.

Understand column data

The default view of the saved discovery profile table includes:

• Name. Discovery scan identifier or profile name.
• Started. Date and time group when scan was initiated.
• Status. Network discovery status indicator. For example, Completed.
• Devices Found. Devices WhatsUp Gold discovery connected to and opened an initial network connection with.
• Devices Complete. Devices specified either in IP address list or seeded this that yielded discovery results.
• Devices with Valid Credentials. Number of devices where one or more credential instances in the credential list configured for discovery was successful.

See Also Running Discovery Getting the Most from Your Scan Initiating a Discovery Scan Promoting Discovered Devices Handling Shared Addresses (Merge Devices) Managing Detection Categories (Device Roles)