Users Guide

Stop a device discovery job
You can stop the job only if running. Discovery jobs that are completed or failed cannot be stopped. To stop a job:
1. In the list of existing discovery jobs, select the check box corresponding to the job you want to stop.
NOTE: Multiple jobs cannot be stopped at a time.
2. Click Stop.
The job is stopped and a message is displayed in the lower-right corner.
Related information
Discovering devices for monitoring or management on page 39
Specify multiple devices by importing data from
the .csv file
1. In the Create Discovery Job dialog box, by default, a discovery job name is populated in Discovery Job Name. To change
it, type a discovery job name.
2. Click Import.
NOTE: Download the sample .CSV file, if necessary.
3. In the Import dialog box, click Import, browse through to the .CSV file which contains a list of valid ranges, and then click
OK.
NOTE:
An error message is displayed if the .CSV file contains invalid ranges, and duplicate ranges are excluded during
the import operation.
Global exclusion of ranges
Using the Global Exclusion of Ranges wizard, you can enter the address(es) or range of the devices that must be excluded from
OpenManage Enterprise monitoring and management activities. The following steps describe how you can exclude the range of
devices:
NOTE:
To perform any tasks on OpenManage Enterprise, you must have necessary role-based user privileges and scope-
based operational access to the devices. See Role and scope based access control in OpenManage Enterprise on page 15.
NOTE: Currently, you cannot exclude a device by using its hostname, but exclude only by using its IP address or FQDN.
1. To activate the Global Exclusion of Ranges wizard, you can do one of the following:
● From the All Devices page (OpenManage Enteprise > Devices), Discovery drop-down menu, click Edit Exclude
Ranges.
● From the Monitor > Discovery , click the Global Exclusion List on the top right corner.
2. In the Global Exclusion of Ranges dialog box:
a. In the Description of Exclude Range box, enter the information about the range that is being excluded.
b. In the Enter Ranges to Exclude box, enter address(es) or range of devices to be excluded. The box can take up to
1000 address entries at a time, but separated by a line break. Meaning, every exclusion range must be entered in different
lines inside the box.
The range that can be excluded is same as the supported ranges that are applicable while discovering a device. See
Create a device discovery job on page 42.
NOTE:
● The range size is limited to 16,385 (0x4001).
● The IPv6 and IPv6 CIDR formats too are supported.
3. Click Add.
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