Setting up discovery credentials

Set up discovery credentials to provide access control for the discovery process.

About this task

To set up discovery credentials, follow these steps:

Procedure

  1. In the navigation pane, click Discovery Credentials. The Discovery Credentials page is displayed.
  2. To create a credential, click Add New Credentials. The New Discovery Credentials page is displayed.
    1. In the Name field, type an identifying name for the credential.
    2. In the Credential Type drop-down list, select the type of credential that you want to create.
    3. In the Enter Access Information pane, specify the information for the credential type you selected:

      The information that is required depends on the credential type. For information about the access information that is required for each type of credential, see Credential and software requirements for the discovery environment.

      Important: The access information that you specify must match the access information for the discovery target resource. If you change access information about the target resource, be sure to also change the associated Technical Support Appliance access information.
      Tip: The Discovery Credentials page displays the last time that the password was changed. If you regularly change the password on the target resource, you can use this information to make sure that you also change the password on the Technical Support Appliance to match the new password for the target resource. For information about displaying the discovery credentials, see Displaying credentials.
    4. In the Select Scope Set Restriction pane, specify whether to use the access information across all components of the entire discovery scope or to limit the access information to a selected scope.
      Tip: Creating discovery credentials that are restricted to a specific scope set can improve performance by reducing the number of credentials that are attempted for resources that are being discovered. For information about creating discovery scope sets, see Setting up discovery scopes.
    5. If you choose to limit the access to a scope set that you specify, select the scope set from the Scope set name drop-down list in the Restrict To Selected Scope Set pane. The credential is used only when discovering with the selected scope. When discovering with a different scope, the credential is not used. This method prevents invalid login attempts that can result in the user being locked out of the account.
    6. Click Save. The new credential is displayed in the Discovery Credentials page.
  3. To change the order in which a credential is used by the Technical Support Appliance to access a resource, click either the Up arrow icon Move up or the Down arrow icon Move down beside the credential to move it up or down in the list. For information about how the order is used, see Discovery credentials. The Discovery Credentials page list is displayed again with the new order.