How to Discover and Prepare Objects for Management
Use the Essentials 2007 Computer and Device Management Wizard to discover computers and network devices and then install agents on the computers that you want to manage.
After initially configuring Essentials 2007, you might want to start managing new computers as they are added to the network, or you might want to manage computers that were previously discovered but not selected for management at that time. You can run the Computer and Device Management Wizard whenever you want to discover new computers on the network.
Important
If Computer and Device Discovery is not working correctly, or if you notice that an agent’s status is displayed as Unknown and inventory values are not displayed, you might have computers in your environment that were deployed with an image that contains a duplicate SusClientID value in the registry. For more information about this issue and for instructions that might help you resolve the issue, see article 903262 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (https://support.microsoft.com/kb/903262).
Note
It can take 90 minutes or more for the information about discovered objects to be added to the database.
To discover objects to manage and to install agents
In the Essentials 2007 console, click Computers.
In the Computers pane, click Add new computers and devices.
Follow the prompts to complete the wizard.
See Also
Tasks
How to View Computers, Devices, and Computer Groups
Concepts
About System Center Essentials Deployment
Computer and Device Management Wizard
Other Resources
Computers, Computer Groups, and Discovery in System Center Essentials