17.4 Retrying Platform Discovery

You might want to retry discovery for a platform if the initial discovery fails or if you modify the platform resources.

To retry discovery for one or more hosts:

  1. In the Web Interface, select Resources in the toolbar, then select the Platforms tab.

  2. Use the Advanced Search to select one or more platforms where the initial discovery failed. In the Sub Status list, select Target platform discovery failed.

  3. Click in the Platforms list to exit the Advanced Search.

  4. For each platform, pause over the Target platform discovery failed status to view details about the reason the discovery failed.

  5. Select one or multiple platforms in the refined list.

  6. In the actions above the list, click Retry to initiate discovery for each of the selected platforms.

To retry discovery for a single platform:

  1. In the Web Interface, select Resources in the toolbar, then select the Platforms tab.

  2. Use the Filter and Advanced Search to locate and select the platform, then click Edit.

  3. Pause over Retry in the header area for information about why the initial discovery failed.

  4. Click Retry to initiate discovery.