Importing a general scope set

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You can import a list of IP addresses or host names to define a new scope set.

About this task

A new scope set is created with the specified name and the list of IP addresses or host names from the input file. TSA performs the following validations when you import a scope set:
  • Checks if the scope set name already exists.
  • Validates each line of the file to check whether it is a valid IP address / host name or not.
  • Ignores trailing and leading blank spaces when validating the IP address or host name.
  • Ignores duplicate IP addresses or host names.

Procedure

To import the IP addresses or host names, follow these steps:
  1. In the navigation pane, click Discovery Scopes > Import General Scope Set.
    The Import General Scope Set page is displayed.
  2. Enter the New scope set name.
    Note: Enter a unique name that is not used by any existing scope sets. An error message is displayed if an existing scope set name is entered - Scope set name already exists.
  3. You can drag and drop the scope set list file or you can click in the text area to upload the scope set list file.
    Figure 1. Import Scope Set
    Import Scope Set
    Note: The text file must be formatted as a single column where each row contains a single IP address or host name and no other data.
  4. Click Import Scope set file to import the scope set. A status message is displayed when the import completes successfully - Successfully imported Scope Set "Sample" with "x" scope(s).
    Note: If the scope set file has more than 400 IP addresses, a warning message is displayed - This Scope Set resolves to over 400 IP addresses. To avoid potential performance issues keep the cumulative number of IP addresses in a Scope Set below this threshold.

    Click Accept to continue to import the scope set file.

  5. After you import the scope set, you can edit the scope set in the General Discovery Scopes section of the user interface and associate credentials in the Discovery Credentials section.