Device Discovery - Novell ZENWORKS 10 CONFIGURATION MANAGEMENT SP3 - SYSTEM PLANNING-DEPLOYMENT-BEST PRACTICES GUIDE 10.3 30-03-2010 System Planning Manual

We recommend using a combination of inventory reporting and the advanced device search function
to compare last scan dates with last contact dates, so you can ensure that devices are being scanned
according to their schedules.
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System Administration

4.2.5 Device Discovery

When it comes to device discovery, you need to perform your discoveries and deployments in
stages. Use the recommendations in this section for discovery and deployment in order to avoid
massive amounts of discovery traffic on the LAN/WAN.
Some ideas to consider when performing device discovery include:
Discover assets subnet by subnet.
Discover assets building by building.
Discover assets site by site.
Import devices from Active Directory or eDirectory by using LDAP discovery tasks
Import devices from a spreadsheet (CSV) if they are well documented and the list is available
for you to use.
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Scan Schedule in ZENworks Control Center
"Inventory
Reference.
Settings" in the ZENworks 10 Configuration Management