Users Guide
that a satisfactory trade-off is made between discovery speed versus system resources available for
OpenManage Essentials. Lowering or increasing the throttle depends on the system it is running on and
the available resources. Note that the discovery service may take up to several minutes to adjust to a new
throttle setting.
NOTE: For minimal discovery times on medium to large size networks (several hundred to several
thousand devices), it is recommended that you install OpenManage Essentials services on a multi-
processor system.
Scheduling Inventory
NOTE: It is recommended not to schedule the inventory task at the same time as the Database
Maintenance Execution Schedule, as the console is less responsive during database maintenance.
To schedule inventory:
1. Click Manage → Discovery and Inventory → Common Tasks → Inventory Schedule.
2. In Inventory Polling Configuration Settings, perform the following:
• Select Enable Inventory.
• Select the desired schedule parameters.
• (Optional) You may adjust the Inventory Polling Speed slider for faster task execution; however,
more system resources are consumed.
Related References
Discovery and Inventory Portal
Last Discovery and Inventory
Discovered Versus Inventoried Devices
Task Status
Configuring Status Polling Frequency
NOTE: It is recommended not to schedule status polling at the same time as the Database
Maintenance Execution Schedule, as the console is less responsive during database maintenance.
You can configure OpenManage Essentials to check the health status of all discovered devices that have
a means of health instrumentation such as OpenManage Server Administrator. The status can be
scheduled at a given interval using Status Polling so that health status is always current.
To configure status polling:
1. Click Manage → Discovery and Inventory → Common Tasks → Status Schedule.
2. In Status Polling Schedule Settings, select Enable Status Polling and provide the polling parameters
including time and performance.
3. Click OK.
Related References
Discovery and Inventory Portal
Last Discovery and Inventory
Discovered Versus Inventoried Devices
Task Status
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