Computers

Discovery > Domains > Domain Watch > Policies > Computers tab

The Computers tab sets the machine group of a domain machine by individual computer. The policy overrides the policy set for the computer using the OU/Containers tab.

For more information see:

• Configuring Computer Policies
• Setting Discovery Policies for Computers

Included and Excluded

Once a probe is installed, Discovery is configured by setting selected domain folders and items to included or excluded. Discovery policies provide IT automation—such as installing agents or creating users—only for included folders and items. Discovery only harvests detailed information for included folders and items, minimizing the amount of data required to maintain synchronization with the domain.

Header Fields

• Policy Status

  - Original - Discovery policies have not yet been configured.

  - Modified - Discovery policies have been configured but not yet applied. After clicking the Apply Changes button, this icon remains unchanged until the harvest has been completed.

  - Applied - Discovery policies have been applied.

• Last Full Sync - Date/time of last full synchronization for this domain.
• Last Incremental Sync - Date/time of last incremental synchronization of all outstanding changes for this domain. Clicking Apply Changes after modifying policies on any Policies tab performs an "on demand" incremental synchronization. Activation performs a recurring incremental synchronization.

Actions

• Configure Computer Policy - Sets the Discovery computer policy for included computers in an OU/container.
  • Computer Policy - Include or Do Not Include
  • Computer Machine Group Override - Administrators can automatically map the VSA machine groups used to organize domain computers inside the VSA using the OU hierarchy that already exists in Active Directory. This occurs when a OU policy or a computer policy selects the Use Directory Default value. When this occurs, the domain machine is assigned to the machine group that matches its current OU location. If an Active Directory administrator renames the OU or moves the computer to a different OU location, the machine group is changed in the VSA to match it. Tracking moves fully requires policies be set in both the source and target OUs. Parent machine groups are created as necessary, to match the OU hierarchy. Alternatively, a computer can be assigned a policy that assigns it to a fixed machine group. This policy has precedence over OU/Containers policy.
• Apply Changes - Applies Discovery policy changes pending on all Policies tabs.

Column Headings

• Type

  - Domain

  - Container

  - Organizational Unit

• Container/Org Unit - The canonical name of a container or organizational unit in the Active Directory domain. A A canonical name provides the complete hierarchy of OUs/containers used to locate folders and items—such as computers, contacts or groups—in a domain, similar in format to the full path name of a file in a disk directory.
• Computer Name - The canonical name of the computer in an Active Directory domain.
• Included - If checked, this machine can be installed with an agent using Discovery.
• Machine Group Override - Specifies the machine group to assign when an agent is installed. Use Default specifies the default machine group for the organization associated with the domain using the Probe Deployment tab.