Configuring Additional Discovery

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Last updated: Apr 23, 2024 by Mayuresh Balaji Kamble (Unlicensed)Version comment
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You can view the software installations per Tenant, the number of installations for which credentials are defined for the users, the number of installations for which credentials are not defined for the users, and the number of failed and successful logins. You can also define credentials for the databases for which credentials are not defined.

To define credentials for the databases:

  1. Select Asset > Configuration > Others > Additional Discovery.
  2. On the FILTERS pop-up page, select the Tenant, fill in the required details and click SUBMIT. For more information about the fields on the FILTERS pop-up page, see Filters. The ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY page is displayed.


    Figure: ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY page

  3. Select the software for which you want to define database credentials, and then click the hyperlink in the Not Defined column. The ORACLE DB CREDENTIALS or IBM DB CREDENTIALS page is displayed according to the database you select. For more information about the fields on the ORACLE DB CREDENTIALS or IBM DB CREDENTIALS page, see Field Description.


    Figure: ORACLE DB CREDENTIALS page


    Figure: IBM DB CREDENTIALS page

  4. Scroll the horizontal scroll bar to configure the fields under Tenant, User Name, Password, Port, Proxy, and Discovery columns. Click SAVE on the ACTIONS panel to save the configured credentials.


    Figure: ORACLE DB CREDENTIALS - Define Credentials


    Figure: ORACLE DB CREDENTIALS - Define Proxy and Discovery

    Note:

    The IBM Database Name column is displayed only when you define database credentials for the Assets that are having IBM software licenses.

Field Description

The following table describes the fields on the ORACLE DB CREDENTIALS and IBM DB CREDENTIALS pages.

Field

Description

Asset Code

Displays the Asset Code of the Asset for which you want to define the database credentials.

Asset ID

Displays the Asset ID of the Asset for which you want to define the database credentials.

Serial Number

Displays the Serial Number of the Asset for which you want to define the database credentials.

Host Name

Displays the Host Name of the Asset for which you want to define the database credentials.

Store Location

Displays the Store Location of the Asset for which you want to define the database credentials.

Asset Store

Displays the Store Name of the Asset for which you want to define the database credentials.

Floor Location

Displays the Floor Location of the Asset for which you want to define the database credentials.

Asset Floor

Displays the Floor Name of the Asset for which you want to define the database credentials.

Category Name

Displays the Category of the Asset for which you want to define the database credentials.

User Name

Displays the User Name of the user to whom the Asset is allocated.

Emp. ID

Displays the Employee ID of the user to whom the Asset is allocated.

E-mail ID

Displays the E-mail ID of the user to whom the Asset is allocated.

Customer Name

Displays the Customer Name of the User.

Connection Status

Displays the database connection status.

Software Name

Displays the name of the software

IBM Database Name

Specify the IBM database name to discover the IBM database parameters.

Oracle Instance/IBM Instance

Type in the Oracle/IBM Instance name for connecting to the database.

User Name

Type in a user name for the User to access the database.

Password

Type in the password for the user name that you specified in the User Name field.

Re-enter Password

Type in the password again.

Port

Type in the port number.

Proxy

Select the Proxy Server from the drop-down list. If you select Agent Based, the Discovery is done by the Agent that is installed on specific machines.

Discovery

Select Include to discover the IBM/Oracle database parameters in the selected Assets. If you select Exclude, no parameters are discovered in the selected Assets.


Click the icon to copy the content of a field to the next field in the same column.


Click the icon to copy the content of a field to all the fields in the same column.

ACTIONS

This section explains all the icons displayed on the ACTIONS panel of the ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY, ORACLE DB CREDENTIALS and IBM DB CREDENTIALS pages.

Filters

Click Filters to set the filter criteria to view the list of software on the ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY page.


Figure: FILTERS pop-up page

The following table describes the fields on the FILTERS pop-up page.

Fields

Description

Tenant

Select the Tenant from the drop-down list for which you want to view the list of Oracle software.

Location

Select the Location for which you want to view the list of software.

Filter By

Select the filter criteria according to which you want to view the software on the ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY page. You can select either Asset or Software. If you select Software, the Vendor and Software fields are displayed.


Figure: FILTERS pop-up page 

Vendor

Type in the software vendor's name. For a wildcard search, type in the vendor's name along with a % symbol each side of the vendor's name.

Software

Type in the software's name.

Search By

Select the search criteria according to which you want to search the software. You can select the criteria Asset ID, Serial Number, or Host Name.

Search Value

Type in the search value according to the search criteria that you select.

Database type

Select the database type. Based on the selection of database type, you can view the version list in the subsequent field. You can select the database types:

  • IBM
  • Oracle

IBM Version List/Oracle Version List

Select the IBM/Oracle versions from the drop-down list. You can select more than one version.

Include Store Asset

Select the check box to include the In Store Assets in the report.

PRINT

Click PRINT to print the displayed report records.

EXPORT TO EXCEL

Click EXPORT TO EXCEL to export the record displayed on the report to a Microsoft Excel sheet.

SHOW LIST

Click SHOW LIST to view the software on the ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY page.