Launch the discovery and monitor discovery progress

Use the Discovery Status GUI to launch the discovery and to monitor discovery progress.

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Understanding discovery phases
A discovery runs through distinct phases. Use this information to understand each of the phases and to help you to monitor the discovery.
Launching discovery
Now 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 progress
As 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 status
During 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 status
As 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 issues
Discovery 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: Summary
While working through this information, you launched and monitored key elements of a discovery, including discovery phases, agents, and the Ping finder.

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