Managing discovered devices

After successful scan, the Discovered Devices node provides the list of all devices without BMC Client Management agent.

You can perform the following operations on the discovered devices:

This list shows all discovered devices independent of their function, such as servers, workstations, printers or game consoles.

A discovered device is an unmanaged device scanned by the Asset Discovery Scanner for its assets. It displays the information found as usual in the form of tabs and subnodes.

The following information can be collected for unmanaged devices:

• General information displayed on the device's General tab.
• Inventory information which can be found under the respective nodes:
  • Connectivity inventory displayed in the device's Connectivity node.
  • Custom inventory displayed in the device's Custom node.
  • Hardware inventory displayed in the device's Hardware Inventory node.
  • Software inventory displayed in the device's Software Inventory node.

Rolling out agent to a discovered device

You can select in this list of scanned devices a number of them that do not yet have the BMC Client Management agent installed and create a new agent rollout to directly install the agent on them. Be aware, that this shortcut only works for devices on which no agent is yet installed, you cannot upgrade the agent this way.

1. Select the target device(s) in the table in the right window pane.
2. Click Edit> Agent Rollout .
   The Agent Rollout Wizard appears.
3. Follow the instructions in the wizard and provide the required information. For more details on the wizard and its parameters refer to the Automatically Rolling out the CM agent via the Wizard section.
4. Click Finish to confirm all choices in the wizard and launch the rollout as scheduled.

Viewing inventory of a discovered device

The inventory for a device is accessed through the device's Inventory subnode. It provides access to all different types of inventory that can be collected for a device.

Its information displays via its tabs:

• Asset Summary: For more information, see Viewing inventory details.
• Hardware Inventory: For more information, see Hardware Inventory of a discovered device.
• Software Inventory: For more information, see Software Inventory of a discovered device.
• Inventory Status: For more information, see Inventory Status for a device.

The specific inventory information can be accessed via the respective subnodes:

• Connectivity Inventory: The Connectivity for a discovered asset is only available if the asset is a hardware that can be contacted via SNMP and is able to connect other hardware devices, for example, if it is a router, a switch, and so on. This inventory then displays the hardware connections of this asset.
• Custom Inventory: The Custom Inventory for an unconnected or a discovered device provides the same data and information as for any other device in the network. Contrary to other inventory types, however, it is not collected remotely by an agent, it must be directly created in the device's console view. For more information about how to create the custom inventory of a device and its possibilities refer to the Custom Inventory topic.
• Hardware Inventory: The Hardware Inventory for an unconnected or discovered device provides the same data and information as for any other device in the network. For more information about the hardware inventory of a device refer to the Hardware Inventory topic.
• Software Inventory: The Software Inventory for an unconnected or discovered device provides the same data and information as for any other device in the network. For more information about the software inventory of a device refer to the Software Inventory topic.

Viewing inventory status

The Inventory node displays the following information about the different types of inventory available for the currently selected device. This tab is not available if no inventories can be generated due to license restrictions.

Purging inventory

All other inventory types can be purged. All inventory data will be deleted in this case. This operation is also taken into account by the Inventory license which will then be incremented again. If the device for which the inventory is purged does not have a CM agent installed, that is, it is of topology type Scanned Device , not only the inventory will be purged but the device itself will be deleted from the CM database. To purge a device and all its connected data from the database, proceed as follows:

1. Select the inventory to purge from the list in the left window pane.
2. Select the Edit > Purge .
   A confirmation window appears.
3. Click Yes to confirm and delete all hardware inventory data.