Copying or Modifying a Discovery and Inventory Rule

FlexNet Manager Suite 2019 R1 (On-Premises Edition)

You can modify an existing rule. You can also copy an existing rule to create a new rule with same action, targets, and schedule.

To copy or modify a rule:

  1. Navigate to Discovery & Inventory > Discovery and Inventory Rules.
    The Discovery and Inventory Rules page lists the existing discovery and inventory rules.
  2. Click the edit icon for the rule that you wish to modify. You can click the copy icon to copy this rule with a new name.
    The Rule Builder appears on the top of your screen.
  3. Click the Targets link on the Rule Builder and select the required targets. Click Add to rule builder button for each target that you need to associate with this rule. You can associate multiple targets with a rule.
  4. Click the Actions link on the Rule Builder and click Add to rule builder button for the action that you need to associate with this rule.
    Important: You can associate only one action with a rule.
  5. Click Schedule and specify the scheduling information for this rule.
    Important: The discovery and inventory rule execution depends on the Adoption option selected in the underlying rule target and the Agent inventory schedule defined in Discovery and Inventory settings. Consider the following rule behavior:
    • If you select Not specified or Do not allow these targets to be adopted in the underlying target definition, the rule runs on its configured schedule and performs all actions as described in the action definition.
    • If you select Allow these targets to be adopted in the underlying target definition, the rule performs actions on Oracle Database, Oracle VM, and VMware according to the rule schedule, but it performs actions on MS SQL, Hyper-V, and hardware inventory according to the inventory agent schedule.
  6. Click Save As, specify the Rule name and status and click Save.
    The rule appears in the list of rules. You can edit, copy, or delete an existing rule by clicking the corresponding icon on the Rules list.