4.5.3 Searching for devices registered in Active Directory
This approach is one way of searching for devices used in your organization. Using the Getting Started wizard, you can search for devices registered in Active Directory.
The Getting Started wizard allows you to set the domain information and search schedule for the Active Directory you want to search. When the wizard is complete, the search begins according to the set schedule.
To search for devices registered in Active Directory:
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In the top of the view, select the Go menu, and then Getting Started Wizard.
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In the What is this Wizard? view, check the settings for managing devices, and then click the Next button.
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Select Discover Nodes, and then click the Next button.
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Select Discovery from Active Directory, and then click the Next button.
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Set the domain information of the Active Directory you want to access, and then click the Next button.
To make sure that you can access the set Active Directory, click the Test button.
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Set the search schedule, and then click the Next button.
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Set whether to automatically include the discovered devices as management targets and whether to automatically deploy agents to them, and then click the Next button.
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If you want to inform yourself (administrator) of completion of the search by email, specify the notification destination and the mail server information, and then click the Next button.
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In the Confirm Content and Finish Settings view, check the settings, and then click the Complete button.
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In the displayed Discovery Settings Configured view, click the Close button.
The search is performed according to the set search schedule.
To view the search results, in the Settings module, select Discovery, Last Discovery Log, and then Active Directory to display the Active Directory view.
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The settings specified in the wizard are applied to the Active Directory view. To display the Active Directory view, in the Settings module, select Discovery, Configurations, and then Active Directory. You can also start a search by specifying search conditions in this view.
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