This method executes a host search and compares the MAC addresses of the found hosts with the MAC addresses registered in the managing server to detect hosts on which JP1/Software Distribution is not installed.

You use this method when a new JP1/Software Distribution system has been created or after hosts have been added in the network.

To execute a host search to detect hosts on which JP1/Software Distribution is not installed:

1. Display the Detection of Hosts Not Containing Software Distribution dialog box.
   For details about how to display the Detection of Hosts Not Containing Software Distribution dialog box, see 9.7.3 Manipulating the Detection of Hosts Not Containing Software Distribution dialog box.
   
2. From the Detection of Hosts Not Containing Software Distribution dialog box, display the Host Search dialog box.
3. Execute the host search.
   When the host search is completed, any hosts on which JP1/Software Distribution is not installed will have been detected automatically.
   
4. Display the detection results in the Detection of Hosts Not Containing Software Distribution dialog box.
   Click the Latest information button in the Detection of Hosts Not Containing Software Distribution dialog box to display the results of detecting hosts on which JP1/Software Distribution is not installed.
   

For details about how to detect hosts on which JP1/Software Distribution is not installed by executing a host search, see 9.7.4 Detecting hosts on which JP1/Software Distribution is not installed.

Instead of executing a host search, you can detect hosts on which JP1/Software Distribution is not installed by reading a network configuration information file.

You use this method to detect hosts on which JP1/Software Distribution is not installed in the case of an environment in which the host configuration in the network is fixed, or when the network workload must be minimized.

To read a network configuration information file in order to detect hosts on which JP1/Software Distribution is not installed:

1. Create a network configuration information file.
   For details about how to create a network configuration information file, see 9.7.8 Creating a network configuration information file.
   
2. Display the Detection of Hosts Not Containing Software Distribution dialog box.
   For details about how to display the Detection of Hosts Not Containing Software Distribution dialog box, see 9.7.3 Manipulating the Detection of Hosts Not Containing Software Distribution dialog box.
   
3. Click the CSV input button and read the network configuration information file.
   The hosts on which JP1/Software Distribution is not installed are detected and the detection results are displayed in the Detection of Hosts Not Containing Software Distribution dialog box.
   

You can also use the dcmhstwo command, which is provided by JP1/Software Distribution, to detect from the network configuration information file those hosts on which JP1/Software Distribution is not installed. For details about how to use the dcmhstwo command to detect hosts on which JP1/Software Distribution is not installed, see 4.9 dcmhstwo.exe (detecting a host on which JP1/Software Distribution is not installed) in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 2.