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Refreshing resources automatically
Flash Accel performs a daily refresh of vCenter resources at the time you specify in the Console Settings > Discovery Settings tab. The discovery preferences you set in this tab control the resources Flash Accel discovers in the refresh. Resources on which Flash Accel is already installed are refreshed regardless of your settings in the tab.
Before you begin 
Hosts and VMs must have DNS mappings. Flash Accel cannot discover hosts or VMs that do not have DNS mappings.
About this task 
Depending on the size of the vCenter, the refresh can be time-consuming. Try to schedule the refresh during off-hours, when running it will not prevent you from working in the FMC.
Steps 
1.
From the Navigation area of the FMC home page, click Console Settings > Discovery Settings.
The Discovery Settings tab opens.
2.
In the Hour to execute drop-down, select the hour (in 24-hour format) you want Flash Accel to refresh resources. The time is for the ESXi server hosting the FMC. You can view the time on the server in the lower right corner of the FMC.
3.
In the vCenter Inventory Details area, select the resources you want Flash Accel to discover:
Click Select All.
Click Select All Hosts.
Click Select All VMs.
Click Unselect All.
Note: The vCenter Inventory Details area lists every resource in your vCenter, not only resources you have already discovered.
Selecting a single VM, or selecting all VMs using Select All VMs, also selects the host on which the VM resides.
4.
Click Save Configuration.
Result 
Flash Accel refreshes the selected resources at the specified time.
After you finish 
Wait until all resources have been updated before attempting to configure hosts and VMs. If a host or virtual machine does not have a DNS mapping, you will receive an error message for the device. You need to configure a DNS mapping for the device before Flash Accel can be used to manage the resource.
Parent Topic: Refreshing resources


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