Performing database discovery

To perform discovery on a database:

  1. Create a discovery policy (see Creating a discovery policy section).
  2. In the Data Security module of the Security Manager, go to the Main > Policy Management > Discovery Policies page.
  3. Under Network Discovery Tasks, select Add network task > Database Discovery > Database Task from the drop-down list.
  4. Complete the fields on the screen and click Next to proceed through a wizard. See Database Discovery Task Wizard - General section.
  5. After completing all of the steps in the wizard, to deploy the changes, click Yes when prompted.

Discovery will take place at the scheduled time and day. To start discovery immediately, click Start. A message indicates when the scan finishes.

To view and respond to discovery results, go to the Main > Reporting > Discovery page. See Viewing the incident list section.