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  3. Section IV. End user
  4. Work with Capacity Manager host data collection
  5. Host discovery and collection maintenance overview

Host discovery and collection maintenance overview

Once hosts have been discovered and they are listed in the Host Inventory, several options are provided to filter the list and also to manage the probes.

  1. Hide/Unhide Hosts- Host Discovery may find devices that are not hosts that you want to manage; for example, printers.

    See Filter the host discovery and collection window - Hide/Unhide, remove.

  2. Remove Hosts- Some IP addresses may be associated with devices that simply should be removed from the inventory, although if you execute a host discovery policy, the devices will return. For details,

    See Filter the host discovery and collection window - Hide/Unhide, remove.

  3. Show Errors - Use this feature to troubleshoot connectivity and validation issues.

    See Show errors.

  4. Validate - Use this feature in combination with the Show Errors feature to troubleshoot host data collection issues.

    See Validate host connectivity.

  5. Show Validations -See Validation history.

  6. Edit Probes -

    See Configure and edit host probes.

  7. Copy Probes -

    See Propagate probe settings: Copy probes, paste probes.

  8. Paste Probes -

    See Propagate probe settings: Copy probes, paste probes.

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