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title: Use the OT Discovery Collector
description: When your OT Discovery Collector stops or loses power use the next task specific to your OS to restart it.
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# Use the OT Discovery Collector

When your OT Discovery Collector stops or loses power use the next task specific to your OS to restart it.

## Helpful Tasks

Use the links in the Related Topics section to do the tasks needed when your OT Discovery Collector stops or loses power.

-   [Restart OT Discovery Collector on a Windows system](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/operational-technology/restart-discovery-collector-on-windows.md)
-   [Restart OT Discovery Collector on a Linux system](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/operational-technology/restart-collector-on-linux.md)

-   **[Restart OT Discovery Collector on a Windows system](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/operational-technology/restart-discovery-collector-on-windows.md)**  
Perform manual restart of the OT Discovery Collector when its configuration file has been refreshed, or if it is unstable. You can perform manual restart only on Collectors installed in a Windows environment and for Linux-based agents that use `systemd`.
-   **[Restart OT Discovery Collector on a Linux system](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/operational-technology/restart-collector-on-linux.md)**  
Perform manual restart of Collector when its configuration file has been refreshed, or if the OT Discovery Collector is unstable. You can perform manual restart only on the Collectors installed in a Windows environment and for Linux-based agents that use `systemd`.

**Parent Topic:**[Operational Technology Discovery Collector](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/operational-technology/ot-discovery-collectors-landing.md)