Transcript Running the Discovery
Getting Started with GroundWork Monitor
GroundWork Monitor Enterprise Edition 6.2
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Getting Started with GroundWork Monitor Course Objectives for this Module Auto Discovery • Architecture • Walkthrough of a Discovery Operation and Automation Schema © 2009 GroundWork Open Source, Inc.
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GroundWork Monitor Enterprise Edition 6.2
Module 4 : Auto Discovery © 2009 GroundWork Open Source, Inc.
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Auto Discovery Architecture (1 of 2) Two Major Subsystems • The Discovery Subsystem: This module probes devices and records what it discovers in a text file • The Automation Subsystem: The module reads that text file and configures monitoring per user defined rules Discovery and Automation are Independent • Automation can be used to configure devices from other external sources • In an Auto Discovery operation BOTH are needed © 2009 GroundWork Open Source, Inc.
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Configuring Hosts and Services Architecture (2 of 2) The Discovery Subsystem
Discovery Address Ranges Nmap Method Discovery Definitions SNMP Method WMI Method Script Method
The Automation Subsystem
Global Configuration Parameters Match Task Details Data Columns Match Task Details Match Task Details auto-discovery-Groundwork-Discovery-Pro.txt
Monarch Database
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Configuring Hosts and Services Discovery Workflow (2 of 7) Discovery Output File (auto-discovery-GroundWork-Discovery-Pro.txt) • Delimiter
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Auto Discovery
Walkthrough of a Discovery Operation
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Auto Discovery Discovery Lab (1 of 4)
Adding Ranges and Filters
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Auto Discovery Discovery Lab (2 of 4)
Edit Discovery Definition Page
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Auto Discovery Discovery Lab (3 of 4)
Edit Nmap TCP Method Page – Adding a Port
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Auto Discovery Discovery Lab (4 of 4)
Edit SNMP Method Page – Adding a Community String
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Auto Discovery © 2009 GroundWork Open Source, Inc.
Automation Schema
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Auto Discovery Discovery Lab (1 of 4)
Discovery Output File (auto-discovery-GroundWork-Discovery-Pro.txt) Delimiter ;; (double semicolon)
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Auto Discovery Discovery Lab (2 of 4)
Creating Match Tasks for the Output File Fields
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Auto Discovery Discovery Lab (3 of 4)
Running the Discovery
– Just click the Discovery tab and click “Go>>” © 2009 GroundWork Open Source, Inc.
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Auto Discovery Discovery Lab (4 of 4)
Running the Discovery – Progress Page
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Auto Discovery Post Discovery Tasks
Results Page
1. Mouse over the Service Profiles tab to make sure the assignments are right.
2. If everything looks good, click the New Host box for each acceptable host and then click the Process Records button.
3. Hosts that aren’t correct can be edited individually or in bulk using the Enable Overrides button.
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