Discovery Methods & DDR available in SCCM

Discovery Methods & DDR available in SCCM 2007 & 2012?

Discovery Data Records

When Discovery runs, it creates discovery data records (DDRs). The information contained in a DDR varies depending upon the discovered resource. For example, it can include the NetBIOS name of a computer, the IP address and IP subnet of a computer or device, and the computer operating system name. The approximate size of an individual DDR is 1 KB.

Discovery Methods

• Active Directory System Discovery – Discovers computers from the specified locations in Active Directory Domain Services.

• Active Directory User Discovery - Discovers user accounts from the specified locations in Active Directory Domain Services.

• Active Directory Security Group Discovery - Discovers security groups, including local, global, and universal groups from the specified locations in Active Directory Domain Services.

• Active Directory System Group Discovery – Discovers additional information about previously discovered computers from the specified locations in Active Directory Domain Services. This information includes the OU and group membership of the computer. Active Directory System Group Discovery does not discover information about new resources that did not previously exist in the Configuration Manager site database.

• Heartbeat Discovery – Used by active Configuration Manager clients to update their discovery records in the database. Because it is initiated by an active client, Heartbeat Discovery does not discover new resources.

• Network Discovery – Searches your network infrastructure for network devices that have an IP address. This allows you to discover devices that might not be found by other discovery methods, including printers, routers, and bridges.

• Forest Discovery – SCCM 2012 has a new discovery method which discovers other forest in the network

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