Discovery Policies for Symantec NetBackup > Task Overview: Configuring and Monitoring Discovery Policies
   
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Task Overview: Configuring and Monitoring Discovery Policies
To configure Discovery, perform the following sequence of steps:
 
Task
For Instructions
1.  
Learn about how Discovery policies can help you protect your data.
2.  
Purchase and activate your Discovery license.
Two of the three Discovery processes require a license:
3.  
Enable SNMP, if you are enabling these Discovery types:
4.  
Determine the master server that requires the policy that you are about to create, and identify the Discovery type(s) that you want to enable on this master server.
5.  
Create Discovery policies via Discovery Administration.
Admin > Reports > Discovery Policies
6.  
If necessary, exclude specific network devices from your policies.
7.  
Turn on Discovery probes in the NetBackup Data Collector policy.
8.  
Regularly monitor the status of Discovery processes.
9.  
View the Client Protection Summary report to see how well your data is being protected.
10.  
If significant changes in your environment warrant a fresh view, rebuild the Discovery database.
11.  
Tune Discovery by modifying timeout settings for probes.
See the APTARE StorageConsole System Administrator’s Guide for details.