Best practices for setting up Discovery schedules

[SandeepKSingh]

Any Lead ??
Why I am asking this because 

We operate a fairly complex network environment centralized in a single main location. Within our IP Address Management system (InfoBlox), most of our networks are configured as /16 blocks. However, within each /16, we have over 20 smaller subnets, typically in the /24, /26, and /27 range.

I'm currently evaluating the best practices for managing IP ranges in such an environment—particularly in terms of discovery and ongoing management.

Would it be more efficient to create an IP Range Set and then manually break down each /16 into its respective subnets (i.e., creating 20+ individual IP ranges per /16)? Or is there a better, more scalable approach for organizing and managing these ranges in a way that supports automated discovery and clean administration?

[Ravi Gaurav · Accepted solution]

Hey @SandeepKSingh 

Below Article will help you :-

https://www.servicenow.com/community/itom-blog/best-practices-for-setting-up-discovery-schedules/ba-...
This is the old Article but certainly will help you 🙂

[SandeepKSingh]

This Helps !!

[Bhuvan]

@SandeepKSingh 

You can download PDF from below link and this would help to guide you,

https://www.servicenow.com/community/s/cgfwn76974/attachments/cgfwn76974/it-operations-management-ev...

You can also refer below articles,

https://www.servicenow.com/community/itom-blog/best-practices-for-setting-up-discovery-schedules/ba-...

https://www.servicenow.com/community/itom-blog/discovery-best-better-practices/ba-p/2272262

If this helped to answer your query, please mark it helpful & accept the solution.

Thanks,

Bhuvan

[Bhuvan]

@SandeepKSingh 

Did you get a chance to review this ?

If my response helped to answer your query, please mark it helpful & accept the solution. As per community guidelines, you can accept more than one answer as Accepted Solution.

Thanks,

Bhuvan