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# 3 Additional operations

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#### Overview

In this section you may find some details of [additional
operations](/manual/config/notifications/action/operation) for
discovery/autoregistration events.

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##### Adding host

Hosts are added during the discovery process, as soon as a host is
discovered, rather than at the end of the discovery process.

::: notetip
As network discovery can take some time, due to many
unavailable hosts/services, having patience and using reasonable IP
ranges is recommended.
:::

When adding a host, its name is decided by the standard
**gethostbyname** function. If the host can be resolved, resolved name
is used. If not, the IP address is used. Besides, if IPv6 address must
be used for a host name, then all ":" (colons) are replaced by "\_"
(underscores), since colons are not allowed in host names.

::: noteimportant
If performing discovery by a proxy, currently
hostname lookup still takes place on Zabbix server.
:::

::: noteimportant
If a host already exists in Zabbix configuration with the same name as 
a newly discovered one, Zabbix will add **\_N** to the hostname, 
where **N** is increasing number, starting with 2.
:::

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