Configuring discovery of target systems

BMC Discovery enables you to discover predetermined target systems and their configuration. The target systems range from hosts and load balancers to mainframe computers. To discover a target system, you need to follow the instructions for their configuration.

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The following table provides information about discovery targets and their configuration:

Target system	Related information	Troubleshooting
Application servers	Discovering-Tomcat Discovering-WebLogic Discovering-WebSphere
Containers	Discovering-containers
Content from data sources	Discovering-content-from-data-sources
Clusters	Discovering-clusters	Troubleshooting-clusters Troubleshooting-cluster-creation-failures
Hosts	Discovering-EC2-hosts-by-using-AWS-Systems-Manager Discovering-ESX-and-ESXi-hosts Discovering-hosts-in-GCP-by-using-IAP UNIX-and-Linux-hosts Windows-Hosts	Diagnosing-Hostname-Problems Troubleshooting-duplication-of-hosts-due-to-changed-identity Troubleshooting-Linux-scan-failures Troubleshooting-relationship-issues-between-an-ESX-server-and-its-hosted-VMs Troubleshooting-scan-failures-for-hosts-in-DMZ Troubleshooting-unscanned-hosts-that-are-not-being-deleted Troubleshooting-Windows-scan-failures
IBM Power Systems	Discovering-IBM-Power-Systems
Load balancers	Discovering-Load-Balancers
Mainframe computers	Discovering-mainframe-computers
Management controllers	Discovering-Management-Controllers
SNMP devices	Discovering-IBMi Discovering-SNMP-devices	Troubleshooting-device-capture-issues Troubleshooting-SNMP-scan-issues Troubleshooting-network-device-scan-failures
Stacked devices	Discovering-stacked-devices
Storage devices	Discovering-EMC-VPLEX-devices Discovering-storage	Troubleshooting-storage-scan-failures
Switches	Discovering-Cisco-Nexus-switches

Configuring discovery of target systems

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