Operating system

The operating system of the machine to discover. If a client is selected, the value for that client appears.

Shared resource tree

The shared resource tree to use for the discovery operation. If a client is selected, the list includes the SRTs that match that client's operating system and level.

You may discover a client that is the target of a dissimilar disk restore and on which VxVM manages the protected client's disks. For that client, specify an SRT with Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) installed.

Architecture

The architecture for the system. If a client is selected, the value for that client appears.

NetBackup master server IP address

The IP address of the NetBackup master server.

Gateway to the NetBackup master server

The gateway to reach the NetBackup master server during the discovery operation.

Console device name

(AIX systems only.) The name of the device to write messages to. If you do not enter a device, the LEDs on the machine to discover are used to display operational status.

(Linux systems only.) The name of the device to use as system console. To use the system default, leave this field blank. For a virtual console, specify a device name such as tty1. For a Serial Console , specify a device name and speed such as ttyS0,5760. For information about console naming conventions, see the serial-console.txt Linux kernel documentation file.

If a client configuration was selected for the discovery operation, the field is populated with the values from the configuration.

Preload values from interface

This item is active if Prepare to Discover is selected from the Clients view. Select an interface to populate the network properties with the values from the interface.

IP address

The IP address of the machine to discover. If an interface is selected in the Preload Values from Interface field, the value from that interface appears.

Network mask

The network mask of the machine to discover. If an interface is selected in the Preload Values from Interface field, the value from that interface appears.

Default gateway

The gateway for the network routes during the discovery operation. If an interface is selected in the Preload Values from Interface field, the value from that interface appears.

Hardware MAC address

The Media Access Control (MAC) address of the interface that is used to boot the client at discovery time. If an interface is selected in the Preload Values from Interface field, the value from that interface appears.

New configuration name

The name for the configuration that the discovery operation creates.

Run external procedure

Run external procedures during the discovery operation. You must create the external procedures and add them to the BMR database.

Enable logging

Log events on the master server. Enable logging if you have adequate space in the file system on which the NetBackup log directory resides on the master server. Discovery can increase a restore log file up to 15 MBs.