Getting Started with GroundWork Monitor

1. Getting Started with GroundWork Monitor GroundWork Monitor Enterprise Edition 6.2

2. Getting Started with GroundWork Monitor Course Objectives for this Module Auto Discovery • Architecture • Walkthrough of a Discovery Operation and Automation Schema

3. GroundWork Monitor Enterprise Edition 6.2Module 4 : Auto Discovery

4. 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

5. Configuring Hosts and Services Architecture (2 of 2) The Discovery Subsystem Discovery Address Ranges Discovery Definitions SNMP Method Script Method Nmap Method WMI Method auto-discovery-Groundwork-Discovery-Pro.txt The Automation Subsystem Global Configuration Parameters Data Columns Match Task Match Task Match Task Details Details Details Monarch Database

6. Configuring Hosts and Services Discovery Workflow (2 of 7) • Discovery Output File (auto-discovery-GroundWork-Discovery-Pro.txt) • Delimiter ;; (double semicolon)

7. Auto Discovery Walkthrough of a Discovery Operation

8. Auto Discovery Discovery Lab (1 of 4) • Adding Ranges and Filters

9. Auto Discovery Discovery Lab (2 of 4) • Edit Discovery Definition Page

10. Auto Discovery Discovery Lab (3 of 4) • Edit Nmap TCP Method Page – Adding a Port

11. Auto Discovery Discovery Lab (4 of 4) • Edit SNMP Method Page – Adding a Community String

12. Auto Discovery Automation Schema

13. Auto Discovery Discovery Lab (1 of 4) • Discovery Output File (auto-discovery-GroundWork-Discovery-Pro.txt) • Delimiter ;; (double semicolon)

14. Auto Discovery Discovery Lab (2 of 4) • Creating Match Tasks for the Output File Fields

15. Auto Discovery Discovery Lab (3 of 4) • Running the Discovery • Just click the Discovery tab and click “Go>>”

16. Auto Discovery Discovery Lab (4 of 4) • Running the Discovery – Progress Page

17. Auto Discovery Post Discovery Tasks • Results Page • Mouse over the Service Profiles tab to make sure the assignments are right. • If everything looks good, click the New Host box for each acceptable host and then click the Process Records button. • Hosts that aren’t correct can be edited individually or in bulk using the Enable Overrides button.

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