How to Scan for Oracle Database Services

This lesson will explain how to discover Oracle Databases within an organization.  The lesson assumes that you have already installed your PAD and configured sufficient Oracle database credentials. See the previous lessons in this chapter if you have not done so.

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 Oracle Database Scan

Create a New Oracle Database Scan

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 Databases and Services job category.
  3. In the job type: drop-down, select Oracle Databases.
  4. Click OK.

1. Configure the Oracle Database Scan Settings

1. Configure the Oracle Database Scan Settings

In the Configuration section, select the Discovery Settings option desired, and enter the following:

If LDAP Discovery Probe option was selected: configure the following additional options:

  1. Server:  This is the address of the LDAP server, as defined using the syntax "ldap://<servername>.
  2. Search Base:  This is the location in the directory from which the LDAP search begins.
  3. Target Domain:  The DNS name of the domain that will be scanned by the LDAP probe.
  4. Accept Self-Singed Certificate: Check this option if the LDAP scan will be using a Self-Signed Certificate.

2. Location

2. Location
  1. Select an Existing IP Range from the list that you have already defined, or you can also define a New IP Range here in the Include Ranges: and Exclude Ranges: boxes.
  2. Click Next.

2. Schedule

2. 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.

3. Review and Implement

3. Review and Implement
  1. Give the Scan Job a meaningful name.
  2. Select a PAD Server. Scan jobs run on a particular PAD, so you need to assign this to a particular PAD. The type of scan has a bearing on which PAD Asset Vision loads the job onto. For example, there would be no point setting up a Windows scan on a PAD that has no Windows machines that it can access.
  3. Save and Run the scan immediately or Save and Finish configuring the scan job and let it run at the scheduled time.