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8. Create the filter. For more specific filtering of machines for discovery and other advanced features,
refer to the online Help. Click Next. The Important page appears.
9. Select Yes so that you can run the Discovery Rule immediately. Because you are discovering machines
for the first time, you want to run the discovery now. Leave License and Install Agent on Discovered
Machines unselected. If the box is checked, VCM will proceed with licensing and installing the Agent
on each machine discovered, potentially exceeding your license count. For future scheduled
discoveries, VMware suggests checking the box, but not for your initial discovery.
10. Click the Jobs button at the top of the Portal to verify that your discovery job has completed before
proceeding to the next step. The Jobs Running window appears, listing your job name and summary
information. If the job has completed, it will not appear here.
NOTE You can also verify jobs for the past 24 hours if you think that you may have missed your
running discovery job by going to Administration | Job Manager | History | Other Jobs| Past 24
Hours. Refer to the online Help for additional information regarding VCM Jobs.
Licensing Windows Machines
You are now ready to license the Windows machines you have discovered. In the following sections, you
will license, install VCM Agents on, and collect data from your Windows machines. Later, we will guide
you through these actions on your UNIX/Linux machines.
Getting Started with VCM
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