Discover if Windows Computer is Virtual Machine (Infront)

Infront.Virtual.Machine.Discovery.IsVirtualMachine (Discovery)

Script-based discovery which sets the IsVirtualMachine property to TRUE for all Microsoft, VMware, Xen and VirtualBox virtual machines running a Windows operating system. Sets IsVirtulMachine = FALSE for physical machines. Also discovers a virtual motherboard oject hosted on the computer. This allows building groups of virtual machines based on their virtualization technology.

Element properties:

Object Discovery Details:

Member Modules:

Source Code:

<Discovery ID="Infront.Virtual.Machine.Discovery.IsVirtualMachine" Enabled="true" Target="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="false" Priority="Normal">

  <Category>Discovery</Category>

  <DiscoveryTypes>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer">

      <Property TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer" PropertyID="IsVirtualMachine"/>

    </DiscoveryClass>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Infront.Virtual.Machine.HyperV.BaseBoard.Windows">

      <Property TypeID="Infront.Virtual.Machine.BaseBoard" PropertyID="PhysicalHostPlatform"/>

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

    </DiscoveryClass>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Infront.Virtual.Machine.VMware.BaseBoard.Windows">

      <Property TypeID="Infront.Virtual.Machine.BaseBoard" PropertyID="PhysicalHostPlatform"/>

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

    </DiscoveryClass>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Infront.Virtual.Machine.Xen.BaseBoard.Windows">

      <Property TypeID="Infront.Virtual.Machine.BaseBoard" PropertyID="PhysicalHostPlatform"/>

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

    </DiscoveryClass>

  </DiscoveryTypes>

  <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Infront.Virtual.Machine.Discovery.IsVirtualMachine.DataSource">

    <IntervalSeconds>85100</IntervalSeconds>

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

    <TimeoutSeconds>300</TimeoutSeconds>

    <DiscoverVirtualBaseBoard>true</DiscoverVirtualBaseBoard>

    <DetectCustomBIOS>true</DetectCustomBIOS>

  </DataSource>

</Discovery>