14.1 Viewing the Discovery Results

You can view the results of the discovery activities performed on your device when it acts as a Windows Proxy for the ZENworks Primary Server. Your device can act as a Windows Proxy for:

  • Linux Primary Servers that cannot perform discovery tasks by using Windows-specific technologies such as WMI, WinAPI, and SNMP

  • Windows Primary Servers if the devices to be discovered are in a different subnet than the Primary Server

To view the discovery results:

  1. Right-click the ZENworks icon ZENworks icon in the notification area.

  2. Click Technician Application.

  3. In the left navigation pane, click Discovery.

    The Discovery Results panel displays the following details:

    Field

    Description

    Discovery Task

    Displays the discovery task name created by the ZENworks Administrator.

    Discovery Target

    Displays the target device’s hostname or IP address.

    Discovery Technologies

    Displays the name and status of each discovery technology (WMI, WinAPI, SNMP) used for the discovery process.

    For more information on each discovery technology, see the ZENworks Discovery, Deployment, and Retirement Reference on ZENworks Documentation website.

    Last Time Stamp

    Displays the date and time when the discovery task was run.

  4. (Optional) To remove all the discovery results from the Discovery Results panel, click Clear Discovery Results, then refresh the page.