Contents 5
Configuring CIM for Manageability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Configuring CIM in the Operating System
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Best Practices for Setting Up Discovery Targets
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Discovery in Jane’s Small-to-Medium Size Business
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Determining Requirements for a Mixed Server-Client System
. . . . . . . 38
Initial Tasks for Finding Systems on Jane’s Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Using IT Assistant to Find and Manage Jane’s Networked Systems
. . . 39
Configuring Discovery Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Configuring Inventory Settings
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Configuring Status Polling Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Configuring Discovery Ranges
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Changing Discovery, Inventory, and Status Polling Settings
After Original Setup
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Creating Alert Action Filters and Alert Actions for
Jane’s Small-to-Medium Size Business
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Creating an Alert Action Filter
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Creating an Alert Action
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Discovery in Tom’s Enterprise-Size Business
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Configuring the Discovery Cycle
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
IP Subnet Ranges for Servers
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Configuring SNMP on Each Managed System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Selecting An Appropriate Discovery Time-Out Value
for the Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Configuring Discovery Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Configuring Inventory Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Configuring Status Polling Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Configuring Discovery Ranges
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Changing Discovery, Inventory, and Status Polling Settings
After Original Setup
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Creating Alert Action Filters and Alert Actions for
Tom’s Large Enterprise
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Tom’s Administrators
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Creating Custom Groups
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Creating an Alert Action Filter
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Notification Alert Actions in the Enterprise Environment
. . . . . . . . . 56
Creating an Alert Action
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Summary
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