About the Policies page - BlueCat Integrity - 26.1.0

Address Manager Administration Guide
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en-US
Product name
BlueCat Integrity
Version
26.1.0

To access this page, select the Policies tab in the Network Discovery & Visibility GUI.

Use the Discovery policies page to create discovery policies; these policies will be stored in Network Discovery. You can also manage all the created policies from this page.

By default, each policy entry in the Discovery policies table has the following attributes:
Column Description
Name The unique name provided for the policy.
Seed Addresses The IP addresses of the first (seed) device or host that Network Discovery must use to collect network data. Discovery starts from these IP addresses.
Type The type of discovery associated with the policy.

The possible values are SNMP, SSH, and VMware.
Creation time The date and time when the policy was created.

The date is displayed in the format MM DD, YYYY and time is displayed in the format hh:mm:ss AM/PM.
Actions (vertical ellipsis icon)

Actions you can perform on the selected policy: view additional information about the policy, edit configured settings, and delete the policy.

Actions you can perform

You can perform the following actions from this page:
  • Similar to other tables in Integrity, you can search for specific policies in the Discovery policies table by name, sort and customize the table, as well as filter, refresh, and download table data.
  • Create discovery policies—select New policy > SNMP/VMware/SSH. Refer to Create SNMP discovery policies, Create VMware discovery policies, and Create SSH discovery policies for details.
  • View additional information about discovery policies—to view additional information about the created discovery policies:
    Select an entry in the Discovery policies table, or select the vertical ellipsis icon for a policy in the table, then select View details. The expanded details section displays additional information about the settings (such as credentials, hops, ping, and discovery) and advanced options (such as DNS lookup) configured for the policy.
  • Edit settings configured for a discovery policy—to edit the configured settings for a policy:
  1. Do one of the following:
    • Select the vertical ellipsis icon for a policy in the Discovery policies table, then select Edit.
    • Select a policy entry in the Discovery policies table, then select Edit in the expanded details section that appears.

  2. Modify the parameters as required, then select Update. For more details on the parameters, refer to Create SNMP discovery policies, Create VMware discovery policies, or Create SSH discovery policies.

    The policy is updated and you're taken back to the Discovery policies page.

  • Delete discovery policies—you can delete any discovery policy that is not being used in a discovery task.
To delete one or more discovery policies:
  1. Do one of the following:
    • Select the checkbox for one or more policies in the Discovery policies table, then select Actions > Delete selected.
    • Select the vertical ellipsis icon for a policy in the Discovery policies table, then select Delete.
    • Select a policy entry in the Discovery policies table, then select Delete in the expanded details section that appears.

    A confirmation window appears, asking you to confirm the deletion.

  2. Select Delete again.

    If the selected policies are not being used in a discovery task, the policies are successfully deleted. You're taken back to the Discovery policies page.

    If any selected policies are currently being used in a discovery task, such policies cannot be deleted and an error message is displayed. Select Cancel to go back to the Discovery policies page.