Update Lists By Scan

The Update Lists by Scan page scans one or more machine IDs and returns lists of counter objects, counters, instances and services to select from when creating or editing a monitor set. A consolidated list of all scanned objects displays on the Monitor > Monitor Lists page. Typically only a handful of machines of each operating system type needs to be scanned to provide a set of comprehensive lists on the Monitor Lists page. Update Lists by Scan also updates the list of event types available for monitoring using Monitoring > Event Log Alerts. You can see the list of event types available by displaying the Agent > Event Log Settings page. For newer Windows machines Update Lists by Scan need not be run more than once.

For Windows Machines Later than Windows 2000 - The discovery of new counter instances is managed entirely by the agent. For example, removable disks may be added to a machine. A new counter instance for a new removable disk will be discovered by the agent within a few hours. If a monitor set specifies the monitoring of that disk—either by specifying the letter of that drive or by using the *ALL counter instance—then data will start to be returned for that newly added disk. Any counters being monitored that stop are automatically restarted within the same discovery time period. All of this occurs independently of Update Lists by Scan.
For Windows 2000 and Earlier Windows Machines - Users may elect to run Update Lists by Scan to discover new counter objects on those machines. This and Enable Matching are the only reasons to run Update Lists by Scan.

Run Now

Runs a scan immediately.

Cancel

Click Cancel to cancel execution of this task on selected managed machines.

Select All/Unselect All

Click the Select All link to check all rows on the page. Click the Unselect All link to uncheck all rows on the page.

Check-in status

These icons indicate the agent check-in status of each managed machine. Hovering the cursor over a check-in icon displays the agent Quick View window.

Online but waiting for first audit to complete

Agent online

Agent online and user currently logged on.

Agent online and user currently logged on, but user not active for 10 minutes

Agent is currently offline

Agent has never checked in

Agent is online but remote control has been disabled

The agent has been suspended

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Machine.Group ID

The list of Machine.Group IDs displayed is based on the Machine ID / Group ID filter and the machine groups the user is authorized to see using System > User Security > Scopes.

Last Scan

This timestamp shows when the last scan occurred. When this date changes, new scan data is available to view.

Next Scan

This timestamp shows the next scheduled scan. Overdue date/time stamps display as red text with yellow highlight. A green checkmark indicates the scan is recurring.