20.6 Retrying Workload Discovery

You might want to retry discovery for a workload if the initial discovery fails. For information about possible causes of discovery failure, see Troubleshooting Discovery Failures.

NOTE:Retry is not available for manual migration.

To retry discovery for one or more workloads:

  1. In the Web Interface, select Planning in the toolbar, then select the Workloads tab.

  2. Use the Advanced Search to select one or more workloads where the initial discovery failed. In the Sub Status list, select Initial workload discovery failed.

  3. Click in the Workloads list to exit the Advanced Search.

  4. For each workload, mouse over the Initial workload discovery failed status to view details about the reason the discovery failed.

  5. Select one or multiple workloads in the refined list.

  6. In the actions above the list, click Retry to initiate discovery for each of the selected workloads.

To retry discovery for a single workload:

  1. In the Web Interface, select Planning in the toolbar, then select the Workloads tab.

  2. Use the Filter and Advanced Search to locate and select the workload, then click Edit.

  3. Mouse over Retry in the header area for information about why the initial discovery failed.

  4. Click Retry to initiate discovery.