The Auto-Discovery wizard runs automatically the first time you launch Uptime Infrastructure Monitor or can be launched at any time by clicking the Config tab, and then clicking Discovery Wizard from the left menu. This wizard uses the same process of discovery as the existing Auto Discovery functionality but provides it through a wizard interface. Auto Discovery is still available in the Infrastructure tab. Note that buttons that include white text are active while buttons that include black text are inactive.
The Global Credentials Settings page of the Auto-Discovery Wizard allows users to set global configurations and credentials including :
The Auto-Discovery Wizard Select Devices to Discover page lets users set options to filter the types of devices discovered when the wizard runs. All of the following device types can be discovered and added in a single pass of the Auto-Discovery Wizard:
Note that when you choose an option, additional configuration options appear.
With Auto Discovery, Uptime Infrastructure Monitor can detect systems on your network that have an IP address within a specified range, as well as other search criteria:
ping utility is used to determine whether systems are available on the networkSystems that are repeatedly discovered with different checks (e.g., both an Uptime Infrastructure Monitor Agent and WMI implementation are detected on the same system) are by default assigned a type based on the first check that resulted in its discovery. The auto-discovery order is as follows: agent check, WMI check, network device discovery, Net-SNMP probe.
Once a list of systems in the range of IP addresses that you specified is generated, you can selectively add them to Uptime Infrastructure Monitor.
Provide Uptime Infrastructure Monitor Agent connection information to allow the Monitoring Station to detect systems that have the Agent installed on them. Select the Use Uptime Agent Global Configuration check box if this information is configured (see Configuring Global Data Collection Methods for more information); otherwise complete the following options:
Provide login information for an administrative Windows account if you would like Auto Discovery to scan for systems that are using WMI to collect metrics. Select the Use WMI Global Configuration check box if this information is configured (see Configuring Global Data Collection Methods); otherwise complete the following options:
This option is only available on Monitoring Stations running on the Windows platform. |
Provide connection information to allow Auto Discovery to scan for network devices. To comment to SNMP-based devices, select the Use SNMP Global Configuration check box, and then choose which version of SNMP is in use (see Global SNMP Configuration Settings); otherwise complete the configuration options as described in the next subject, "Devices using Net-SNMP."
Provide SNMP connection information to allow Auto Discovery to scan for servers with Net-SNMP. Select the Use Global SNMP Configuration check box if this information is configured (see Global SNMP Configuration Settings for more information); otherwise select the SNMP Version that your servers are using, then complete the appropriate options:
You can set both the authentication method and password types, only one of them, or neither. |
A VMware vCenter server acts as a central control point for a VMware vSphere datacenter. It includes ESX hosts, VMs, as well as groupings such as clusters, datacenters, vApps, and resource pools. A VMware vCenter server's inventory, system configurations, storage profiles, and performance data can be represented in Uptime Infrastructure Monitor alongside physical systems and network devices. When a VMware vCenter is added, all of its resources are detected and can be automatically imported.
Provide VMware vCenter connection information to allow Auto Discovery to import its resources by completing the appropriate options:
You can also use the Auto-Discovery Wizard to add pSeries systems that are managed by the Hardware Management Console (HMC). The HMC is an interface for managing and configuring pSeries servers that are hosting multiple logical partitions (LPARs). When an HMC is attached to one or more pSeries servers with LPARs, the servers are considered managed servers.
In this configuration, the HMC manages all I/O requests from the LPARs. Use the Auto Discovery feature to detect the managed servers and add them to Uptime Infrastructure Monitor. Through the HMC, Uptime Infrastructure Monitor polls the agents installed on the VIO and the LPARs on a pSeries server for workload and other data, as illustrated below:
In order to monitor the managed servers and their LPARs, Uptime Infrastructure Monitor must communicate with the HMC.
Provide HMC-Managed pSeries server connection information to allow Auto Discovery to find devices by completing the appropriate options:
Restrict the range the Auto-Discovery Wizard searches using the Discover Systems/Network Devices page. Indicate which subnets or IP address ranges to scan, using one of the following formats:
You may provide ranges only for address, but not subnets. Subnet ranges should be entered as a comma-separated series, as described above. |
Once discovered, select devices to:
Depending on the type of devices added, Uptime Infrastructure Monitor automatically creates the following device groups:
The Auto-Discovery Wizard also automatically creates the following groups, which can be viewed in the Infrastructure tab:
Easily add service monitors to devices found and added in discovery. Default values allow users to simply review, and then click Next on the parameter steps to add the monitors. In addition to the monitors created by default, users can easily add: