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Quick Discovery for One Device

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In this lesson, you will learn:

  • What Quick Discovery is
  • When to use it
  • How to read its result

🔁 Quick look back: Last time: Choosing the Schedule Type. You learned the schedule types and when to use each.

1 The Problem: Waiting for Tonight’s Scan Is Too Slow

Priya rebuilt snwr-mail-02 this morning. Hana wants the CMDB updated today. Tonight’s schedule is hours away, and:

  • The Service Desk needs the new details now.

🎯 The problem: Waiting for tonight’s scan is too slow.

👉 The fix: Run Quick Discovery on the server’s IP address.

Flow of Quick Discovery.
Figure 1. Quick Discovery of snwr-mail-02.

2 Quick Discovery

Key term: Quick Discovery

Runs Discovery on one IP address straight away, without a schedule. Sometimes called Discover Now.

It uses the same MID Servers, credentials and patterns as a schedule.

3 When to use it

  • A server was just built or changed.
  • You’re testing a fix.
  • You’re checking one device during troubleshooting.

⚠️ Heads up: Quick Discovery still touches a live device. Follow the same approvals as scheduled scans.

4 Project Clear View: How We Implemented It

📍 Situation: snwr-mail-02 was rebuilt and Hana wanted it updated today.

🧭 Decision: Run Quick Discovery on 10.10.10.22.

🛠️ Steps we took:

  1. Opened Discovery Admin Workspace on snwrtest.
  2. Entered 10.10.10.22 and ran Quick Discovery.
  3. Waited for the status to complete.
  4. Checked the CI’s OS version and last discovered date.

✅ What we verified:

  • The CI shows the new OS version.
  • The last discovered date is today.

📁 Evidence: The Quick Discovery status record, linked to Priya’s change.

5 Quick recap

  • Quick Discovery scans one address right away.
  • It uses the same MID Servers, credentials and patterns.
  • Use it for new builds, fixes and troubleshooting.
  • It still needs the usual approvals.

6 Check yourself

Think of your answer first. Then tap to check.

1 When is Quick Discovery useful? Show answer

After a server is built or changed, when testing a fix, or when troubleshooting one device.

2 Does Quick Discovery use different credentials? Show answer

No. It uses the same ones as schedules.

3 Which IP did you scan for snwr-mail-02? Show answer

10.10.10.22.

Nice work! You can discover one device on demand. 🎉
Next up: Timing, Run Limits and Scan Windows

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