Network Inventory - Video Tutorials
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With our video tutorials, you can learn about every aspect of JDisc Discovery - starting from basic topics such as Installation and Getting Started to highly specialized topics such as Active Directory Integration.
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All our trainings |
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Help to get you up-to-speed quickly
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Offer concise explanations for different aspects of JDisc Discovery |
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Are no longer than 10 minutes each |
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Are annotated and easy to understand |
Table of Contents
Track 1: Getting Started
The Getting Started track explains how to install the software, how to run your first discovery and how to use the JDisc reporting system.
Track 2: Discovery Scenarios
This track explains how to discover different types of devices (such as Microsoft Windows computers, SNMP devices, or Unix computers).
Track 3: Reporting
This track explains how to use the JDisc reporting system, how to create your own custom reports, and how to export reports to Microsoft Excel or CSV (comma separated values) files.
Track 4: Device Grouping
This track explains how to use the JDisc Discovery grouping system in order to to depict your company's geographical or organizational structure.
Track 5: Custom Attributes
This track explains how to define your own attributes and use them within custom reports.
Track 6: Document Management
This track explains how to import documents such as support contracts, user manuals, or license agreements into the JDisc database and how to assign them to individual devices.
Track 7: The Device History Add-On
The Device History Add-On lets you take snapshots of your devices at any time and review historic snapshot information!
Track 8: The Networking Add-On
The Networking Add-On track explains how to configure network topology resolution and how to collect configuration files from Cisco and HP ProCurve devices!
Track 1: Getting Started
This tracks explains the first steps with using JDisc Discovery starting with the installation, a first discovery, and reviewing the discovered data.
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Installation
This video explains how to install JDisc Discovery on your computer.
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First Discovery
Start your first discovery within minutes!
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Review First Results
Review your first discovery results and learn why access credentials are important for a good discovery result.
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Track 2: Discovery Scenarios
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In a secure environment, devices do not expose their software and hardware details without valid access credentials. This set of videos explains how to configure JDisc Discovery in order to get the best results from your devices.
JDisc Discovery requires administrative access to Windows computers in order to obtain the full device details. There are three ways to configure access credentials:
- Define access credentials for Active Directory organizational units
- Define access credentials for Windows domains or workgroups
- Define access credentials for a single device
The following three videos explain how to configure access credentials.Our last video within this section explains how to properly scan Unix computers.
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Configure Microsoft Active Directory Access
This video explains how to setup Microsoft Active Directory access and how to configure administrative access credentials for devices within organizational units.
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Configure Windows Domain and Workgroup Accounts
This video explains how to setup administrative accounts for Windows domains and workgroups.
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Discover Windows Computers
This video explains how to discover Windows computers correctly and how to define access credentials in order to identify Windows computers within the network.
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Discover Unix Computers
This video explains how to discover Unix computers correctly and how to define access credentials and protocol settings in order to identify Unix computers.
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Track 3: Reporting
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Device Details
This video explains the device details dialog. The device details dialog displays all information that has been collected for a particular device.
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Custom Reports
This video demonstrates how to define your own custom reports and how to define restrictions on selected attributes. |
Track 4: Device Grouping
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Group Definition
This video explains how to define groups, how devices are assigned to groups and how groups are used within JDisc Discovery reports.
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User Accounts and Groups
This video explains how to define access credentials at a finer granularity with the help of JDisc Discovery groups.
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Track 5: Custom Attributes
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Custom Attributes
This video explains how to define your own custom attributes, how to edit custom attributes, and how to use them in custom reports.
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File and Command Output Collection
This video explains how to collect the content of ASCII files (e.g. configuration files) and the output of system commands.
This is extremely useful in order to collect additional information which is not yet gathered by JDisc Discovery by default.
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Collecting Values from the Windows Registry
This video explains how to populate custom attribute values by reading a device's registry information.
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Collecting Values by executing binaries or system commands
This video explains how you can easily execute binaries, scripts or system commands on devices in order to to collect additional information.
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Track 6: Document Management
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Manage Documents
This video explains how to import documents such as support contracts, user manuals, or license agreements into JDisc's database. Furthermore it explains how to assign them to individual devices and how to integrate documents into JDisc reports.
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Track 7: Device History Add-On
Track 8: Networking Add-On
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