Asset Discovery Job not finding assets via WMI

Summary

Asset Discovery may not discover assets via WMI.

Body

Issue

Asset Discovery Job not finding assets via WMI

WMI not finding assets

Not able to return assets via WMI

Troubleshooting

  • Verify that customer is using the most up-to-date version of the Scanner software
  • Confirm that WMI has been enabled for the IP address(es) the Discovery Job is targeting)
  • Confirm the Discovery Job is active in TDAdmin
  • Confirm that the WMI Data Provider is configured for the Discovery Job
  • Test user's credentials using the WMI Tester in the Asset Discovery Manager (Utilities > WMI Test)
  • Use HTTPS or add IP Addresses to the Trusted Hosts List in the WMI Tester window:

Escalation Steps

Capture the following information and escalate to Engineering:

  • Discovery Job ID
  • Scanner ID
  • IP Address(es) of machines that should be captured via WMI

Details

Details

Article ID: 111676
Created
Mon 7/13/20 3:40 PM
Modified
Thu 11/7/24 9:31 PM

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This how-to article will help admins to discover assets with the WMI data provider using the Asset Discovery Service.