Windows Server 2012 Operating System (Discovery)

Microsoft.Windows.Server.2012.Discovery :: 6.0.7297.0 (Management Pack)

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Operating System Management Pack: This management pack discovers Windows Server 2012.

Summary

The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Base OS Management Pack monitors the availability and performance of Windows Server 2012 operating systems. By detecting, alerting, and automatically responding to critical events and performance indicators, this Management Pack helps identify, correct, and prevent possible Windows Server 2012 related outages. As a result this Management Pack can play an important role in ensuring that you’re Windows Server 2012 infrastructure and related components are available and working correctly.

By using embedded expertise, this Management Pack highlights performance, health, and availability conditions that indicate problems. It can in some cases even identify issues before they become critical thus providing you with a level of customer responsiveness that increases the overall availability and performance of your Windows Server 2012 infrastructure and related components. As a result this Management Pack will reduce the total cost of ownership (TOC) by enabling proactive management and reducing resolution times for the issues identified.

The Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Base OS Management Pack includes the following features and capabilities:

Application Structure

A rich Application Structure is discovered by the Management pack. This Application Structure exposes the relationships between all Windows components and logical devices. For instance the relationships between the Computer, Operating System, Logical Disks, Partitions, and Physical Disks can all be discovered and viewed from diagram and topology surfaces.

Monitors and Rules

A complete set of Monitors and Rules have been provided to monitor Windows services, components, and infrastructure. The Management Pack includes monitoring capabilities for:

Tasks

A set of commonly used Tasks have been provided to assist in the diagnosis and remediation of issues that affect the availability, performance, and configuration of Windows Server related services and components.

Knowledge

A complete set of Knowledge has been provided for all Monitors, Rules, and Discoveries. For Alert generating Monitors and Rules you’ll find Knowledge that will help expedite resolution process. Where applicable Inline Tasks, Views, and Reports have been added to the Knowledge enable quick diagnostics and the fastest possible resolution.

Reports

A series of reports have been provided which will provide administrators with the ability to take a historical look at the Windows Server 2012 environment.

Configuration

This Management Pack doesn’t require any out of the box configuration. Overrides may be applied to features to modify the out of the box configuration (e.g.: enable/disable monitors and rules, change thresholds, etc).

Note: This Management Pack depends on the Microsoft Windows Server Library. As a result this Management Packs must be imported during or after the import of the Windows Server Library Management Pack.

Management Pack Elements

Relationship Types (2)

 DisplayNameIDSourceTargetAccessibilityAbstract
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.DiskPartitionContainsLogicalDiskDisk Partition Contains Logical DiskMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.DiskPartitionContainsLogicalDiskMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.DiskPartitionMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.LogicalDiskPublicFalse
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.PhysicalDiskContainsDiskPartitionPhysical Disk Contains Disk PartitionMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.PhysicalDiskContainsDiskPartitionMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.PhysicalDiskMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.DiskPartitionPublicFalse

DataSource Modules (6)

 DisplayNameIDIsolationAccessibility
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.CPUDiscovery.ModuleTypeWindows CPU DiscoveryMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.CPUDiscovery.ModuleTypeAnyInternal
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.Discovery.DataSourceWindows Server 2012 Discovery (Discovery)Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.Discovery.DataSourceAnyInternal
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.LogicalDiskDiscovery.ModuleTypeWindows Logical Disk Discovery Data SourceMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.LogicalDiskDiscovery.ModuleTypeAnyInternal
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.MountPointDiscovery.ModuleTypeWindows Mount Point Discovery Data SourceMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.MountPointDiscovery.ModuleTypeAnyInternal
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.NetworkAdapterDiscovery.ModuleTypeWindows Network Adapter DiscoveryMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.NetworkAdapterDiscovery.ModuleTypeAnyInternal
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.PhysicalDiskDiscovery.ModuleTypeWindows Physical Disk DiscoveryMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.PhysicalDiskDiscovery.ModuleTypeAnyInternal

Discoveries (14)

 DisplayNameIDTargetEnabled
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.AllServersComputerGroupDiscoveryPopulate All Windows Server 2012 Computer GroupMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.AllServersComputerGroupDiscoveryMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.ComputerGroupTrue
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.Computer.DiscoveryDiscover Windows 2012 ServersMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.Computer.DiscoveryMicrosoft.Windows.Server.ComputerTrue
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.Core.AllServersComputerGroupDiscoveryPopulate All Windows Server 2012 Core Computer GroupMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.Core.AllServersComputerGroupDiscoveryMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.Core.ComputerGroupTrue
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.CPU.DiscoveryDiscover Windows CPUsMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.CPU.DiscoveryMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.OperatingSystemFalse
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.DiskPartition.DiscoveryDiscover Windows Disk PartitionsMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.DiskPartition.DiscoveryMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.OperatingSystemFalse
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.DiskPartitionContainsLogicalDisk.DiscoveryDisk Partition to Logical Disk Discovery RuleMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.DiskPartitionContainsLogicalDisk.DiscoveryMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.DiskPartitionTrue
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.Full.AllServersComputerGroupDiscoveryPopulate All Windows Server 2012 Full Computer GroupMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.Full.AllServersComputerGroupDiscoveryMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.Full.ComputerGroupTrue
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.LogicalDisk.DiscoveryDiscover Windows Logical DisksMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.LogicalDisk.DiscoveryMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.OperatingSystemTrue
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.MountPoint.DiscoveryMount Point Discovery RuleMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.MountPoint.DiscoveryMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.OperatingSystemFalse
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.NetworkAdapter.All.DiscoveryDiscover Network Adapters (Both Enabled and Disabled)Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.NetworkAdapter.All.DiscoveryMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.OperatingSystemFalse
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.NetworkAdapter.DiscoveryDiscover Network Adapters (Only Enabled)Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.NetworkAdapter.DiscoveryMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.OperatingSystemTrue
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.PhysicalDisk.DiscoveryDiscover Windows Physical DisksMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.PhysicalDisk.DiscoveryMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.OperatingSystemFalse
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.PhysicalDiskContainsDiskPartition.DiscoveryPhysical Disk to Disk Partition Discovery RuleMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.PhysicalDiskContainsDiskPartition.DiscoveryMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.PhysicalDiskTrue
Microsoft.Windows.Server.6.2.StandardLicense.DiscoveryLicense Discovery for Microsoft Windows ServerMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.StandardLicense.DiscoveryMicrosoft.Windows.Server.6.2.ComputerTrue