1. IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager 7.1 Initial Discovery and Inventory
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IBM Tivoli Provisioning Manager 7.1 Initial Discovery and Inventory
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2. Topics TPM 7.1 Discovery and Inventory Design Objectives
TPM 7.1 Discovery and Inventory Interface Enhancements
TPM 7.1 Discovery Scenario

3. TPM 7.1 Discovery and Inventory Design Objectives
Leverage Maximo based Tivoli Process Automation Platform (TPAP) capabilities to provide faster access to discovery and inventory functions
Provide integrated discovery capability to allow for more flexible initial discovery of the environment
Maintain general layout of Discovery and Inventory applications from TPM 5.1 to allow existing users to more easily navigate the TPM 7.1 UI.

4. Topics TPM 7.1 Discovery and Inventory Design Objectives
TPM 7.1 Discovery and Inventory Interface Enhancements
TPM 7.1 Discovery Scenario

5. TPM 7.1 Interface Enhancements – Improve Searching Capabilities
Discovery Configurations searchable by description.
Discovery Configuration Category and Method attributes can be filtered by known values.

6. TPM 7.1 Interface Enhancements – Improve Searching Capabilities
Computers searchable by name, operating system as well as customized searches via the Advance Searches option.

7. TPM 7.1 Interface Enhancements – Integrated Action Menu
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TPM 7.1 Interface Enhancements – Integrated Action Menu
Context sensitive to the current object selection.
Provide a single menu for all Computer related operations.
Note: In TPM 5.1 computer related operations can be initiated from several different areas. This sometimes causes confusion as users do not remember which view/tab the operation they want to initiate is located.
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8. Topics TPM 7.1 Discovery and Inventory Design Objectives
TPM 7.1 Discovery and Inventory Interface Enhancements
TPM 7.1 Discovery Scenario

9. TPM 7.1 Discovery Scenario
Integrates several initial discovery operations to provide for a more flexible initial discovery
Allow users to quickly customize different initial discoveries into reusable scenarios.

10. TPM 7.1 Discovery Scenario – Finding TPM Applications
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TPM 7.1 Discovery Scenario – Finding TPM Applications
Users can find and navigate to the discovery scenario application two ways. The first is directly via the Start Center of a user that has that application configured. The alternative way is shown above. If a user has access to the Discovery applications then he/she can navigate to the Go To menu,
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11. TPM 7.1 Discovery Scenario – Creating New Scenario
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TPM 7.1 Discovery Scenario – Creating New Scenario
Click on the new object icon from the Discovery Scenario application
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12. TPM 7.1 Discovery Scenario – Integrated Discovery
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TPM 7.1 Discovery Scenario – Integrated Discovery
Target discovery technology
Additional Operations on discovered targets: Install TCA, Inventory Discovery, Windows Discovery.
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13. TPM 7.1 Discovery Scenario – Creating New Scenario
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TPM 7.1 Discovery Scenario – Creating New Scenario
Wizard helps walk through the configuration of the selected discoveries.
Parameters for the current discovery, this content changes as the user navigate through the scenario steps above.
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