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Network Sonar Discovery

Hey All,

I'm looking for a way to schedule a Discovery that scans an Active Directory OU for new servers and automatically adds the node. Anyone know if this is possible?

Thanks!

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christopher.t.jones123

yes this is possible.

When creating the discovery you just define the OU you would like to scan by selecting the last option on the first screen of the Network Sonar Discovery. It will prompt you for the DC and credentials, and then a selection of the OU's

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then under the "Monitoring Settings" screen you would tell it to "Automatically monitor based on my defined monitoring settings" and define a ruleset

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Then on the Discovery scheduling page you would define a schedule

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jdefilippis

Wow! thanks for the quick response and was struggling for a solution. I'm going to move forward with the steps provided.