Custom Windows Media Services 9 Role Discovery

Custom.WMS.9.Role.Discovery (Discovery)

Uses registry discovery to identify servers hosting the Microsft Windows Media Services

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

Custom Windows Media Services server Role

Configuration

The Custom WMS Role server is identified by the existence of the WMServer.exe service set to auto or manual start.

Causes

The monitor will show a red state and raise an alert when the service is not running

Resolutions

Re-start the service

Additional

The service is the most fundamental component of this server role

External

This Management Pack is owned and maintained by Custom

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.Windows.Server.2003.Computer
Enabled	True
Frequency	3845
Remotable	False

Object Discovery Details:

Discovered Classes and their attribuets:
Custom.WMS.9.Role ID InstallDir DisplayName

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	Microsoft.Windows.FilteredRegistryDiscoveryProvider	Default

Source Code:

<Discovery ID="Custom.WMS.9.Role.Discovery" Enabled="true" Target="Server!Microsoft.Windows.Server.2003.Computer" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">

  <Category>Discovery</Category>

  <DiscoveryTypes>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Custom.WMS.9.Role">

      <Property TypeID="Custom.WMS.x.Role" PropertyID="ID"/>

      <Property TypeID="Custom.WMS.x.Role" PropertyID="InstallDir"/>

      <Property TypeID="System!System.Entity" PropertyID="DisplayName"/>

    </DiscoveryClass>

  </DiscoveryTypes>

  <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.FilteredRegistryDiscoveryProvider">

    <ComputerName>$Target/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>

    <RegistryAttributeDefinitions>

      <RegistryAttributeDefinition>

        <AttributeName>WMServerStart</AttributeName>

        <Path>SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WMServer\Start</Path>

        <PathType>1</PathType>

        <AttributeType>2</AttributeType>

      </RegistryAttributeDefinition>

      <RegistryAttributeDefinition>

        <AttributeName>InstallDir</AttributeName>

        <Path>SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Media\Server\InstallDir</Path>

        <PathType>1</PathType>

        <AttributeType>1</AttributeType>

      </RegistryAttributeDefinition>

      <RegistryAttributeDefinition>

        <AttributeName>Version</AttributeName>

        <Path>SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Media\Server\Version</Path>

        <PathType>1</PathType>

        <AttributeType>1</AttributeType>

      </RegistryAttributeDefinition>

    </RegistryAttributeDefinitions>

    <Frequency>3845</Frequency>

    <ClassId>$MPElement[Name="Custom.WMS.9.Role"]$</ClassId>

    <InstanceSettings>

      <Settings>

        <Setting>

          <Name>$MPElement[Name="Custom.WMS.x.Role"]/ID$</Name>

          <Value>$Target/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetbiosComputerName$</Value>

        </Setting>

        <Setting>

          <Name>$MPElement[Name="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/PrincipalName$</Name>

          <Value>$Target/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/PrincipalName$</Value>

        </Setting>

        <Setting>

          <Name>$MPElement[Name="Custom.WMS.x.Role"]/InstallDir$</Name>

          <Value>$Data/Values/InstallDir$</Value>

        </Setting>

        <Setting>

          <Name>$MPElement[Name="System!System.Entity"]/DisplayName$</Name>

          <Value>Windows Media Services Role</Value>

        </Setting>

      </Settings>

    </InstanceSettings>

    <Expression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <Or>

            <Expression>

              <SimpleExpression>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <XPathQuery Type="Integer">Values/WMServerStart</XPathQuery>

                </ValueExpression>

                <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <Value Type="Integer">2<!--Auto--></Value>

                </ValueExpression>

              </SimpleExpression>

            </Expression>

            <Expression>

              <SimpleExpression>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <XPathQuery Type="Integer">Values/WMServerStart</XPathQuery>

                </ValueExpression>

                <Operator>Equal</Operator>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <Value Type="Integer">3<!--Manual--></Value>

                </ValueExpression>

              </SimpleExpression>

            </Expression>

          </Or>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="Integer">Values/Version</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value>

								  9.0

							  </Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </Expression>

  </DataSource>

</Discovery>