How to import a Stand-Alone Scan file

This lesson will explain how to import a Stand-Alone Scan file to the Asset Vision instance.

Asset Vision® uses an agentless method of scanning.  Agentless scanning has the profound benefit of being non-disruptive to the configuration of your target systems.  The method we use to perform discovery is based on the creation of scanning jobs that run according to a particular schedule.  The scan jobs implement the various discovery techniques built into Asset Vision®.

Create a New Stand-Alone Scan Import Job

Create a New Stand-Alone Scan Import Job

Navigate to: Setup > Discovery > Scan Jobs > Manage. This data view displays all of the currently existing scan jobs.

  1. Click New at bottom of page to launch the Scan Job Setup Wizard.
  2. In the Selection dialog, select the Network Devices job category.
  3. In the job type: drop-down, select Devices from Stand Alone Scan files.
  4. Click OK.

1. Configure the Stand-Alone Scan Settings

1. Configure the Stand-Alone Scan Settings

In the Stand Alone Scan Settings section, enter:

  1. Import dir:  This is the variable for directory where the Stand Alone scan import file is located.
  2. Log dir: - This is the variable for the Log directory.
  3. Results per minute: - The number of results to be imported per minute.

2. Select PAD

Select PAD

Select a PAD from a list of existing PADs from the drop down list. Click Next to continue.

3. Configure the Schedule for the Job

Schedule
  1. Select the desired Scan Window, or leave as Default if you would like for the scans to run at any time. For more information see Setting up a Scan Window.
  2. Pick the desired Schedule Type for the scan job.
  3. Check Enabled if you want to enable the scan job to run as scheduled once you save and finish the wizard.
  4. Select the Time Zone and Time. Note that the time zone will be saved in GMT/UTC time.
  5. Configure remaining options (Day of week:, Run on:, Repeat every:, etc.)
  6. Click Next.

4. Review and Implement

Review and Implement
  1. Provide a Name for the Scan Job.
  2. Review the Scan Job configuration summary. Click Back to modify any of the specified configurations.
  3. Click Save and Run to save the scan job and initiated it immediately, or Save and Finish to save the scan job and let it run at the scheduled time.