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Release: Australia · Updated: 2026-03-12 · Official documentation · View source

Operating systems discovery

Discovery identifies the following computers, clusters, and virtual machines.

  • AIX server discovery
    Discovery identifies and classifies information about AIX servers.
  • Apache HBase instance discovery
    Discovery creates or updates a CMDB record when it detects a running instance of HBase on a UNIX server.
  • HP-UX discovery
    Discovery identifies and classifies information about HP-UX computers.
  • Hyper-V discovery
    The ServiceNow Discovery application finds Microsoft Hyper-V hypervisors in your environment.
  • Red Hat JBoss server discovery
    Discovery can detect JBoss application servers running on Linux and Windows systems.
  • Linux discovery
    Discovery and Service Mapping applications use probes and patterns to discover and map information about Linux computers and servers. The information is populated in the CMDB. Discovering some of these resources may require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.
  • Netware discovery
    Discovery identifies and classifies information about Netware.
  • Mac (OS/X) discovery
    Discovery identifies and classifies information about Mac (OS/X) computers.
  • Solaris discovery
    Discovery identifies and classifies information about Solaris computers.
  • Discovery for VMware vCenter
    Discovery can explore the VMware vCenter process running on a Windows or Linux host. IPv6 is supported for discovery in VMware vCenter.
  • Discovery for VMware virtual machines
    Discovery gathers information about virtual machines managed by VMware vCenter.
  • Windows discovery
    Discovery identifies and classifies information about Windows computers that use IPv4 addresses, IPv6 addresses, or both.
  • z/OS discovery
    Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns finds computers running the z/OS operating system using the IBM zOS Server pattern. Discovering some of these resources may require updating to the latest version of the Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns application from the ServiceNow Store.

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