Launch the discovery and monitor discovery progressEdit online Use the Discovery Status GUI to launch the discovery and to monitor discovery progress. About this task Understanding discovery phasesA discovery runs through distinct phases. Use this information to understand each of the phases and to help you to monitor the discovery.Launching discoveryNow that you have configured your discovery settings, the next step is to manually start your initial discoveries using the Discovery Status GUI.Monitoring overall discovery progressAs discovery progresses, use the Discovery Status GUI to monitor discovery, to provide detailed information on the progress of discovery agents, and to view details of the last discovery.Monitoring Ping finder statusDuring the Interrogating Devices phase, the Ping finder pings each device within the configured scope zones. You can use the Discovery Status GUI to track the progress of the Ping finder through the subnets of each scope zone.Monitoring discovery agent statusAs the discovery progresses, different discovery agents are called to retrieve device and connectivity data from discovered devices. This data will later be used to build the network topology. You can use the Discovery Status GUI to track overall and detailed status of the discovery agents.Troubleshooting discovery issuesDiscovery issues might arise for a number of reasons often due to malformed or inconsistent data in the network causing discovery agents to hang or crash. Before calling IBM® Support, you can run a series of checks to try to narrow down the problem.Launch the discovery and monitor discovery progress: SummaryWhile working through this information, you launched and monitored key elements of a discovery, including discovery phases, agents, and the Ping finder.Parent topic: Getting started with discoveryPrevious topic: Configuring initial discovery settingsNext topic: Verifying the topology