MSSQL 2008: Populate SQL Server Express 2008 Instance Group

Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.ExpressInstancesGroup.Discovery (Discovery)

This discovery rule populates the SQL Server Express 2008 Instance group with all SQL Server 2008 Express DB Engines.

Knowledge Base article:

Element properties:

Object Discovery Details:

Member Modules:

Source Code:

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

  <Category>Discovery</Category>

  <DiscoveryTypes>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.ExpressInstancesGroup"/>

  </DiscoveryTypes>

  <DataSource ID="DiscoveryDataSource" TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.GroupPopulator">

    <RuleId>$MPElement$</RuleId>

    <GroupInstanceId>$Target/Id$</GroupInstanceId>

    <MembershipRules>

      <MembershipRule>

        <MonitoringClass>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.DBEngine"]$</MonitoringClass>

        <RelationshipClass>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.ExpressInstancesGroupContainsDBEngine"]$</RelationshipClass>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Property>$MPElement[Name="SQL!Microsoft.SQLServer.DBEngine"]/Edition$</Property>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value>Express Edition</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

      </MembershipRule>

    </MembershipRules>

  </DataSource>

</Discovery>