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Manually creating and modifying Network Discovery
tasks
You can manually create and modify tasks from the Task Management Portal.
This option lets you configure advanced options and schedules. When you
manually create tasks, you can discover a network or an individual device.
This task is a step in the process for discovering network devices.
See Discovering network devices
To manually create a task to discover a network
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In the Symantec Management Console, do one of the following:
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On the Home menu, click Discovery and Inventory > Network
Discovery and then in the Network Discovery Task Management Web
part, on the Available Tasks tab, click New.
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On the Manage menu, click Jobs and Tasks. In the left pane, expand
System Jobs and Tasks, right-click Discovery and Inverntory, and
then click New > Task. In the Create New Task dialog box, in the left
pane, under Discovery and Inventory, click Discover Network.
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Give the task a unique and a descriptive name.
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Select a connection profile.
Connection profiles specify the protocols that you want to use for discovery.
You can use an existing profile or create a new profile .
See Creating connection profiles with Network Discovery
See Creating or cloning a connection profile
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Select a discovery method.
See Methods for discovering network devices
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Specify the portions of the network to discover.
See About selecting network ranges to discover
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(Optional) To configure the maximum number of devices to discover
concurrently, click Advanced.
http://help.symantec.com/cs/ITMS8.0/SMPLAT/v14651866_v113932717/Manually-creating-and-modifying-Network-Discovery-tasks?locale=EN_US
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Manually creating and modifying Network Discovery tasks
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Click OK.
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In the task window that opens, schedule the task.
See Adding a schedule to a policy, task, or job
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To view the task, in the left pane, click Jobs and Tasks > System Jobs and
Tasks > Discovery and Inventory. You may need to click the refresh icon
to view newly created tasks.
To manually create a task to discover a single device
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In the Symantec Management Console, on the Manage menu, click Jobs
and Tasks. In the left pane, expand System Jobs and Tasks, right-click
Discovery and Inventory, and then click New > Task.
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In the Create New Task dialog box, in the left pane, under Discovery and
Inventory, click Discover Device.
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Give the task a unique and a descriptive name.
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Select a connection profile.
Connection profiles specify the protocols that you want to use for discovery.
You can use an existing profile or create a new profile.
See Creating connection profiles with Network Discovery
See Creating or cloning a connection profile
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Click OK to save the task.
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In the task window that opens, click New Schedule.
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In the New Schedule dialog box, schedule the task, specify the device that
you want to discover by entering the IP address or name, and then click
Schedule.
See Adding a schedule to a policy, task, or job
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To view the task, in the left pane, click Jobs and Tasks > System Jobs and
Tasks > Discovery and Inventory. You may need to click the refresh icon
to view newly created tasks.
http://help.symantec.com/cs/ITMS8.0/SMPLAT/v14651866_v113932717/Manually-creating-and-modifying-Network-Discovery-tasks?locale=EN_US
© 2017 Symantec Corporation
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