Discovery Percent Variables

You can customize discovery, device role, and scheduled discovery information with the variables in the following tables. For more information about where you can use the discovery percent variables, see the Roles/Sub roles New/Edit Wizard.

Device Discovery variables

Description

%Discovery.Device.DeviceID

Returns the device ID.

%Discovery.Device.Description

Returns the device description information.

%Discovery.Device.Contact

Returns the device contact information.

%Discovery.Device.Location

Returns the device location information.

%Discovery.Device.Name

Returns the device name information.

%Discovery.Device.OID

Returns the device OID information.

%Discovery.Device.PrimaryRole

Returns the device's primary role setting.

%Discovery.Device.Model

Returns the device product model information.

%Discovery.Device.Brand

Returns the device product brand information.

%Discovery.Device.OS

Returns the device operating system information.

%Discovery.Device.OSVersion

Returns the device operating system version.

%Discovery.Device.PhysicalAddress

Returns the device MAC address.

%Discovery.Device.PhysicalAddressVendor

Returns the device vendor name information.

%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.Name

Returns the VMware host name.

%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.FullName

Returns the full name of the VMware host.

%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.OSType

Returns the VMware host operating system information.

%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.VIMVersion

Returns the VMware virtual server version.

%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.APIVersion

Returns the VMware virtual server API version.

%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.APIType

Returns the VMware virtual server API type.

%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.Build

Returns the VMware virtual server build number.

%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.BootTime

Returns the VMware virtual server boot time.

%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.HardwareVendor

Returns the hardware vendor name of the VMware host server.

%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.HardwareModel

Returns the hardware model of the VMware host server.

%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.NumberCPUCores

Returns the number of CPU cores on the VMware host server.

%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.NumberCPUPkgs

Returns the number of CPU packages on the VMware host server.

%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.NumberCPUThreads

Returns the number of CPU threads on the VMware host server.

%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.CPUFrequency

Returns the CPU clock frequency of the VMware host server in Hz.

%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.CPUModel

Returns the CPU model used by the VMware host server.

%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.MemorySize

Returns the amount of memory in the VMware host server.

%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.NumberVMsTotal

Returns the total number of virtual machines hosted by the VMware server.

%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.NumberVMsPoweredOn

Returns the number of virtual machines hosted by the VMware server that are in the powered on state.

%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.NumberVMsSuspended

Returns the number of virtual machines hosted by the VMware server that are in the suspended state.

%Discovery.Device.VMware.Host.NumberVMsPoweredOff

Returns the number of virtual machines hosted by the VMware server that are in the powered off state.

Device Session variables

Description

%Discovery.Session.ExistingDevices

Returns the total number of devices that reside in the WhatsUp Gold database.

%Discovery.Session.NewDevices

Returns the number of new devices identified in the discovery session.

%Discovery.Session.ModifiedDevices

Returns the number of device roles identified in the discovery session.

%Discovery.Session.LicensedDevices

Returns the number of devices WhatsUp Gold is licensed to manage.

%Discovery.Session.DiscoveredDevices

Returns the total number of devices that needed to be refreshed do to pending and potential monitor assignments.

%Discovery.Session.StartDate

Returns the discovery session starting date and time.

%Discovery.Session.EndDate

Returns the discovery session ending date and time.

%Discovery.Session.ElapsedTime

Returns the total discovery session scan time.