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NOTE - You will need the ports for WMI on the Windows firewall opened on each target Windows computer. For Windows Core servers, ensure you allow the firewall connections as per - http://blogs.technet.com/b/brad_rutkowski/archive/2007/10/22/unable-to-remotely-manage-a-server-core-machine-mmc-wmi-device-manager.aspx (note, page removed by Microsoft. Contents are below)the TechNet blog post below.

How To

To use Discovery we require access credentials on the target devices. Go to Discover -> Credentials -> Create Credentials and create credentials for all the types of devices you have. They may be for Windows, SSH (Linux / OSX / etc), SNMP, etc.

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Once the initial list of target devices has been obtained you should see details of each target as it is scanned and input into Open-AudIT.

TechNet Blog

Originally at http://blogs.technet.com/b/brad_rutkowski/archive/2007/10/22/unable-to-remotely-manage-a-server-core-machine-mmc-wmi-device-manager.aspx

Unable to remotely manage a Server Core machine (MMC, WMI, Device Manager)

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