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As to how NetMRI assigns the management collector for a device, see Algorithm for Assigning Management Collector.
The management collector is assigned to a device using the algorithm only once. However, you can change the management collector manually in the Device Viewer. To open the Device Viewer, click the device IP address. The Management Status page of the Device Viewer opens, showing the current device status on the management collector. To learn how to change the management collector, see Manually Changing Management Collector.
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| If in discovery settings, you delete a range containing a device that has a "duplicate" on another collector, the device becomes licensed again on the other collector. |
For devices that did not undergo deduplication, load balancing is performed automatically between collectors. NetMRI determines the less loaded collector in terms of devices and "moves" extra devices from other collectors to this collector. For information, see Deduplication and Load Balancing Settings.
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Despite the device deduplication functionality, Infoblox recommends defining your discovery settings in a way that collectors scan networks by discovery ranges that do not overlap nor are duplicates. |
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