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title: Enable Nutanix event discovery
description: Activate the Nutanix events scheduled job to trigger rediscovery of Nutanix components when a state change is detected.
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# Enable Nutanix event discovery

Activate the Nutanix events scheduled job to trigger rediscovery of Nutanix components when a state change is detected.

## Before you begin

-   Verify that Nutanix Components discovery has run and that the Nutanix Prism Central \[cmdb\_ci\_nutanix\_prism\_central\] table is populated.
-   Verify that the MID Servers for Nutanix event discovery have **All** or **Nutanix** capability.
-   For Nutanix v4 event discovery, verify that you have at least version 1.31.0 of Discovery and Service Mapping Patterns.

Role required: discovery\_admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **System Definition** > **Scheduled Jobs**.

2.  In the **Name** column, search for the scheduled job.

    -   For API v1–3, search for `Nutanix-Events-job`.
    -   For API v4, search for `Nutanix-Events-job-V4`.
3.  Select the scheduled job.

4.  Select the **Active** check box.

    The job runs every five minutes by default. You can change the run frequency using the **Run** field.

5.  Select an option to run the job:

    -   Select **Update** to enable the job to run on its configured schedule.
    -   Select **Execute Now** to run the job immediately.

**Parent Topic:**[Nutanix Acropolis discovery](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/discovery-and-service-mapping-patterns/nutanix-pattern.md)

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[Nutanix Acropolis discovery](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/discovery-and-service-mapping-patterns/nutanix-pattern.md)