This page contains the various categories for the SCCM 2012 Discovery Design & Planning FAQs.
General
DDRs – Discovery Data Records
- What is a Discovery Data Record?
- Which Site processes the DDR and how is it Replicated?
- Why does the CAS process DDRs for Unknown Resources instead of the Primary Site that discovered it?
Discovery Methods
- What are the ConfigMgr 2012 Discovery Methods?
- Which Discovery Methods are enabled by default?
- Can I combine Discovery Methods?
- Can I control when each Discovery Method runs?
- Can I control where in my environment each Discovery Method looks for resources?
- Should I enable all Discovery Methods?
- Should I enable all Discovery Methods on all Sites?
- What accounts do Discovery Methods use in order to run?
Active Directory Forest Discovery
- What is Active Directory Forest Discovery?
- Does Active Directory Forest Discovery discover the resources on the Sites/ Subnets it discovers?
- What happens when Active Directory Forest Discovery discovers a Supernet assigned to an Active Directory Site?
- Is Active Directory Forest Discovery enabled by default?
- What account does Active Directory Forest Discovery run under?
- Can I change the account used to run Active Directory Forest Discovery?
- What Active Directory requirements does Active Directory Forest Discovery need to meet in order to Publish?
Active Directory Group Discovery
- What is Active Directory Group Discovery?
- Is Active Directory Group Discovery enabled by default?
- What account does Active Directory Group Discovery run under?
- Can I change the account used to run Active Directory Group Discovery?
Active Directory System Discovery
- What is Active Directory System Discovery?
- Is Active Directory System Discovery enabled by default?
- What account does Active Directory System Discovery run under?
- Can I change the account used to run Active Directory System Discovery?
Active Directory User Discovery
- What is Active Directory User Discovery?
- Is Active Directory User Discovery enabled by default?
- What account does Active Directory User Discovery run under?
- Can I change the account used to run Active Directory User Discovery?
Heartbeat Discovery
- What is Heartbeat Discovery?
- What information does a Heartbeat DDR contain?
- How big is a Heartbeat DDR?
- Where are Heartbeat Discovery DDRs created?
- Is Heartbeat Discovery enabled by default?
- How often does Heartbeat Discovery run?
- What account does Heartbeat Discovery run under?
- Can I change the account used to run Heartbeat Discovery?
- Can Heartbeat Discovery force the Discovery of a Computer as a New Resource Record?
- Can Heartbeat Discovery repopulate the Site Database record of a Computer mistakenly deleted from the Site Database?
Network Discovery
- What is Network Discovery?
- When should I use Network Discovery?
- What do I need to specify in order for Network Discovery to run?
- What are the different “levels” of Network Discovery?
- What options can Network Discovery use to find IP-addressable devices?
- What options can I configure for Network Discovery to discovery devices in a Domain?
- How does Network Discovery determine the IP address for devices in a Domains?
- What are the requirements for Network Discovery to be able to discover devices in a Domain?
- What options can I configure for Network Discovery to discovery SNMP Devices?
- How does Network Discovery determine the IP address for SNMP devices?
- What are the requirements for Network Discovery to be able to discover SNMP Devices?
- What options can I configure for Network Discovery to discovery DHCP?
- Can Network Discovery query both 32-bit and 64-bit DHCP Servers?
- Can Network Discovery query non-Microsoft DHCP Servers?
- How does Network Discovery query DHCP Servers?
- Will Network Discovery discover Static IP addresses when it queries a DHCP Server?
- Will Network Discovery discover IP addresses that are part of an excluded range when it queries a DHCP Server?
- Will Network Discovery discover IP addresses that are reserved for a Manual Assignment?
- Can I use Network Discovery to discover a DHCP Server in a pure IPv6 Environment?
- What are the requirements for Network Discovery to be able to discover a DHCP Server?
- What methods does Network Discovery use to identify the subnet mask of an object?
- What happens when Network Discovery discovers a resource?
- Does Network Discovery only need to be able to determine a Resource’s IP Address in order to Discover it?
- Is Network Discovery enabled by default?
- What account does Network Discovery run under?
- Can I change the account used to run Network?
- Does Network Discovery create a Log when it runs?
Server Discovery
- What is Server Discovery?
- Is Server Discovery enabled by default?
- How often does Server Discovery run?
- Can I configure Server Discovery?
Delta Discovery
- What is “Delta Discovery”?
- Which Changes can Delta Discovery detect?
- Can Delta Discovery detect when a Resource is deleted from AD?
- Which Discovery Methods support Delta Discovery?
- Do I have to run Delta Discovery?
- How often does Delta Discovery run?
- Should I reduce how often a Full Discovery Cycle runs if I’m using Delta Discovery?
- Are Delta DDRs processed differently?
- Are Delta DDRs smaller than normal DDRs?