1. Log on to the computer with an account that is a member of the Operations Manager Administrators role for the Operations Manager 2007 management group.

2. In the Operations console, click the Administration button.

3. At the bottom of the navigation pane, click Discovery Wizard.

4. On the Introduction page, click Next. The Introduction page will be skipped if the Computer and Device Management Wizard has been run before and Do not show this page again was selected.

5. On the Auto or Advanced? page, do one of the following:

   1. Select either Automatic computer discovery or Advanced discovery. If you select Automatic computer discovery, click Next, and then go to step 6. If you select Advanced discovery, continue with the following steps.
      
      

      Note
      Automatic computer discovery scans the domain the root management server is in for Windows-based computers. Advanced discovery allows you to specify criteria for the computers the wizard will return, such as computer names starting with NY.

   2. In the Computer and Device Classes list, select Servers & Clients, Servers Only, or Clients Only.
      
      
   3. In the Management Server list, click the management server or gateway server to discover the computers.
      
      

      Note
      For more information about gateway servers, see Gateway Server.

   4. If you selected Servers & Clients, you can select the Verify discovered computers can be contacted check box. This is likely to increase the success rate of agent deployment, but discovery can take longer.
      
      
   5. Click Next.
      
      

   Note
   The wizard can return approximately 4000 computers if Verify discovered computers can be contacted is selected and 10,000 computers if it is not selected. Automatic computer discovery verifies that discovered computers can be contacted. A computer that is already managed by the management group is not returned.

6. On the Discovery Method page, you can locate the computers you want to manage by either scanning or browsing Active Directory or typing the computer names.

   If you want to scan, do the following:

   1. Select Scan Active Directory, if it is not already selected, and then click Configure.
      
      
   2. In the Find Computers dialog box, type the desired criteria for discovering computers, and then click OK.
      
      
   3. In the Domain list, click the domain of the computers you want to discover.
      
      

   If you want to browse Active Directory or type the computer names, do the following:

   • Select Browse for, or type-in computer names, click Browse, specify the names of the computers you want to manage, and then click OK.
     
     
   • In the Browse for, or type-in computer names box, type the computer names, separated by semi-colon, comma, or a new line [ENTER].
     
     

7. Click Next, and then on the Administrator Account page, do one of the following:

   • Select Use selected Management Server Action Account, if it is not already selected, and then click Discover.
     
     
   • Select Other user account, type the User name and Password, and then select the Domain from the list. If the user name is not a domain account, select This is a local computer account, not a domain account.
     
     

     Important
     The account must have administrative privileges on the targeted computers. If This is a local computer account, not a domain account is selected, the Management Server Action Account will be used to perform discovery. For more information about Operations Manager 2007 accounts, see Security Considerations in Operations Manager 2007.

8. Click Discover to display the Discovery Progress page. The time it takes discovery to complete depends on many factors, such as the criteria specified and the configuration of the IT environment.

9. On the Select Objects to Manage page, do the following:

   1. Select the computers you want to manage agentlessly.
      
      
   2. In the Management Mode list, click Agentless.
      
      
   3. Click Change, select the desired Proxy Agent, click OK, and then click Next.
      
      

      Important
      An agentless-managed computer places greater resource requirements on the Management Server than an agent-managed computer. Therefore, an agent-managed computer configured as a proxy is recommended for managing agentless-managed computers. For more information, see How to Configure an Operations Manager 2007 Agent-Managed Computer as a Proxy for Agentless Managed Computers.

10. On the Summary page, click Finish. The computers will display in the Agentless Managed node of the Operations console Administration pane and are ready to be managed.

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