Exchange 2003 Server physical installation discovery

Microsoft.Exchange.PhysicalInstallation.Discovery (Discovery)

This discovery rule triggers the initial discovery of an Exchange 2003 physical server. Disabling this rule will disabled all local discovery of an Exchange 2003 physical Server

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This discovery rule performs the initial check for an Exchange 2003 server physical installation. This discovery is a prerequisite for Exchange 2003 Server Configuration Wizard to run. Exchange Topology discovery is not affected by this discovery rule.

Configuration

There is no configuration required. To disable local Exchange 2003 Server physical installation discovery disable (override) this rule.

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.Windows.Server.Computer
Enabled	True
Frequency	3600
Remotable	False

Object Discovery Details:

Discovered Classes and their attribuets:
Microsoft.Exchange.PhysicalInstallation

Member Modules:

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

Source Code:

<Discovery ID="Microsoft.Exchange.PhysicalInstallation.Discovery" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Server.Computer" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">

  <Category>Discovery</Category>

  <DiscoveryTypes>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Microsoft.Exchange.PhysicalInstallation"/>

  </DiscoveryTypes>

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

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

    <RegistryAttributeDefinitions>

      <RegistryAttributeDefinition>

        <AttributeName>MS_Exchange_SA</AttributeName>

        <Path>SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\MSExchangeSA</Path>

        <PathType>0</PathType>

        <AttributeType>0</AttributeType>

      </RegistryAttributeDefinition>

      <RegistryAttributeDefinition>

        <AttributeName>MS_Exchange_Version</AttributeName>

        <Path>SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange\setup\newestbuild</Path>

        <PathType>1</PathType>

        <AttributeType>2</AttributeType>

      </RegistryAttributeDefinition>

    </RegistryAttributeDefinitions>

    <Frequency>3600</Frequency>

    <ClassId>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.Exchange.PhysicalInstallation"]$</ClassId>

    <InstanceSettings>

      <Settings>

        <Setting>

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

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

        </Setting>

        <Setting>

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

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

        </Setting>

      </Settings>

    </InstanceSettings>

    <Expression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="Boolean">Values/MS_Exchange_SA</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="Boolean">true</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <And>

            <Expression>

              <SimpleExpression>

                <ValueExpression>

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

                </ValueExpression>

                <Operator>GreaterEqual</Operator>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <Value Type="Integer">6944</Value>

                </ValueExpression>

              </SimpleExpression>

            </Expression>

            <Expression>

              <SimpleExpression>

                <ValueExpression>

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

                </ValueExpression>

                <Operator>Less</Operator>

                <ValueExpression>

                  <Value Type="Integer">9000</Value>

                </ValueExpression>

              </SimpleExpression>

            </Expression>

          </And>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

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

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>NotEqual</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">True</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </Expression>

  </DataSource>

</Discovery>