Script-based discovery

In a script-based discovery, you can use a discovery script in a typical discovery, where credentials are required. In this kind of discovery, the same sensor scripts are used as in the asynchronous discovery.

In script-based discovery, a sensor does not run individual commands. Rather, the sensor script is run on the target system. Application-specific credentials might not be needed.

For example, to discover the IBM® WebSphere® application in a typical discovery, you must create an access list entry with credentials for the WebSphere application if security is enabled. However, using script-based discovery, the WebSphere access list entry is not needed. Script-based discovery also eliminates the use of application-specific protocols like Java™ Management Extensions (JMX), which can extend application discovery through IBM Tivoli® Monitoring.

For information about configuring sensors to run script-based discovery, see Configuring for script-based discovery.