Discover SQL Agent for a DB Engine

Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.AgentDiscovery (Discovery)

This object discovery discovers the SQL Agent for an instance of SQL Server 2008 DB Engine. There will always be one SQL agent instance for each DB Engine instance.

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Source Code:

<Discovery ID="Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.AgentDiscovery" Target="Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.DBEngine" Enabled="true">

  <Category>Discovery</Category>

  <DiscoveryTypes>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.Agent">

      <Property TypeID="SQL!Microsoft.SQLServer.Agent" PropertyID="ServiceName"/>

      <Property TypeID="SQL!Microsoft.SQLServer.Agent" PropertyID="Account"/>

      <Property TypeID="SQL!Microsoft.SQLServer.Agent" PropertyID="DisplayName"/>

    </DiscoveryClass>

  </DiscoveryTypes>

  <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.WmiProviderWithClassSnapshotDataMapper" RunAs="SQL!Microsoft.SQLServer.SQLDiscoveryAccount">

    <NameSpace>\\$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$\root\Microsoft\SqlServer\ComputerManagement10</NameSpace>

    <Query>SELECT * FROM SqlService WHERE ServiceName="$Target/Property[Type="SQL!Microsoft.SQLServer.DBEngine"]/AgentName$"</Query>

    <Frequency>14402</Frequency>

    <ClassId>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.Agent"]$</ClassId>

    <InstanceSettings>

      <Settings>

        <Setting>

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

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

        </Setting>

        <Setting>

          <Name>$MPElement[Name="SQL!Microsoft.SQLServer.ServerRole"]/InstanceName$</Name>

          <Value>$Target/Property[Type="SQL!Microsoft.SQLServer.ServerRole"]/InstanceName$</Value>

        </Setting>

        <Setting>

          <Name>$MPElement[Name="SQL!Microsoft.SQLServer.Agent"]/ServiceName$</Name>

          <Value>$Data/Property[@Name='ServiceName']$</Value>

        </Setting>

        <Setting>

          <Name>$MPElement[Name="SQL!Microsoft.SQLServer.Agent"]/Account$</Name>

          <Value>$Data/Property[@Name='StartName']$</Value>

        </Setting>

        <Setting>

          <Name>$MPElement[Name="SQL!Microsoft.SQLServer.Agent"]/DisplayName$</Name>

          <Value>$Data/Property[@Name='DisplayName']$</Value>

        </Setting>

      </Settings>

    </InstanceSettings>

  </DataSource>

</Discovery>