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title: "Scheduled Polling"
canonical: "https://docs.infoblox.com/space/netmri754/105942489/Scheduled%20Polling"
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Use scheduled polling in place of periodic polling. You define specific days and times for the polling schedule. Device groups also can support multiple polling schedules.

> ⚠️ Different data collection methods cannot collect polled information from a device at the same time.

You may exclude device groups from Switch Port Management. The switches within the chosen group will not appear on the **Devices** page, and their switch ports will not count against the SPM interface license count, or in the **Capacity** **Summary –** **Ports** pane. Switch Port Management will not poll excluded device groups.

Device polling combines with NetMRI's configuration management features (the ability, for example, to quickly pull up and edit a given LAN or distribution switch's configuration files) to provide a workflow to respond to issues in the switched network quickly.

Multiple polling schedules can be applied per device group. For example, a user can schedule polling to run every Sunday at 3 AM and 6 PM.