Incremental and targeted auto-discovery of network devices

A system comprising:

• a processor that is configured to communicate with devices on a network to identify discovered devices and undiscovered devices, and
• a memory that is configured to store an identification of each undiscovered device and a corresponding at least one cause associated with a lack of discovery of the undiscovered device on the network,
• wherein the processor is further configured to:
• retrieve the identification of at least one undiscovered device and the corresponding at least one cause from the memory,
• modify a first set of discovery parameters associated with the lack of discovery of the undiscovered device on the network based on the corresponding at least one cause, to provide a second set of discovery parameters, and
• communicate with one or more of the devices on the network to discover whether the at least one undiscovered device is on the network, based on the second set of discovery parameters.

A non-transitory computer readable medium that is configured to store a program that is configured to cause a processor to:

• retrieve an identification of at least one undiscovered device and corresponding at least one cause associated with not discovering the at least one undiscovered device from a memory,
• retrieve a first set of discovery parameters used by a discovery process that failed to discover the at least one undiscovered device,
• modify the first set of discovery parameters based on the at least one cause, to provide a second set of discovery parameters,
• execute the discovery process using the second set of discovery parameters to discover the at least one undiscovered device, and
• provide one or more reports based on the at least one undiscovered device.