https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/dynamic-automatic-discovery/m-p/3783317#M20040 Hi,<BR />Is anybody aware of a method to automatically update the host file used by SIM other than clicking "Add Systems Now" ?<BR />The host file that I originally specified is updated with new systems daily and it is a bit laborious to have to click add systems manually using this method<BR />Thanks Fri, 05 May 2006 06:27:19 GMT Gary Brandon 2006-05-05T06:27:19Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/dynamic-automatic-discovery/m-p/3783317#M20040 Hi,<BR />Is anybody aware of a method to automatically update the host file used by SIM other than clicking "Add Systems Now" ?<BR />The host file that I originally specified is updated with new systems daily and it is a bit laborious to have to click add systems manually using this method<BR />Thanks Fri, 05 May 2006 06:27:19 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/dynamic-automatic-discovery/m-p/3783317#M20040 Gary Brandon 2006-05-05T06:27:19Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/dynamic-automatic-discovery/m-p/3783318#M20041 You can schedule Automatic Discovery to complete based on an IP subnet.<BR /><BR />You can enable discovery of a system when an unknown system sends an SNMP trap to HP SIM (best practice: build into the deployment process a final step that sends a trap)<BR /><BR />You can use the mxnode command to add systems to HP SIM from the command line or from within a script. Fri, 05 May 2006 10:33:21 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/server-management-systems/dynamic-automatic-discovery/m-p/3783318#M20041 David Claypool 2006-05-05T10:33:21Z