MSSQL 2008 Replication: Populate SQL Server 2008 Replication Group

Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.Replication.Group.Discovery (Discovery)

This discovery rule populates the SQL Server 2008 Replication group with all SQL Server 2008 Replication components.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This discovery rule populates the SQL Server 2008 Replication group with all SQL Server 2008 Replication components.

Overrideable Parameters

Name

Description

Default Value

Enabled

Enables or disables the workflow.

Yes

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.SQLServer.2008.Replication.Group
EnabledTrue
RemotableFalse

Object Discovery Details:

Discovered Classes and their attribuets:

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
DiscoveryDataSource DataSource Microsoft.SystemCenter.GroupPopulator Default

Source Code:

<Discovery ID="Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.Replication.Group.Discovery" Target="Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.Replication.Group" Enabled="true">
<Category>Discovery</Category>
<DiscoveryTypes>
<DiscoveryClass TypeID="Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.Replication.Group"/>
</DiscoveryTypes>
<DataSource ID="DiscoveryDataSource" TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.GroupPopulator">
<RuleId>$MPElement$</RuleId>
<GroupInstanceId>$Target/Id$</GroupInstanceId>
<MembershipRules>
<MembershipRule>
<MonitoringClass>$MPElement[Name="MS2RD!Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.Replication.Distributor"]$</MonitoringClass>
<RelationshipClass>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.Replication.GroupContainsDistributor"]$</RelationshipClass>
</MembershipRule>
<MembershipRule>
<MonitoringClass>$MPElement[Name="MS2RD!Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.Replication.Publisher"]$</MonitoringClass>
<RelationshipClass>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.Replication.GroupContainsPublisher"]$</RelationshipClass>
</MembershipRule>
<MembershipRule>
<MonitoringClass>$MPElement[Name="MS2RD!Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.Replication.Subscriber"]$</MonitoringClass>
<RelationshipClass>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.SQLServer.2008.Replication.GroupContainsSubscriber"]$</RelationshipClass>
</MembershipRule>
</MembershipRules>
</DataSource>
</Discovery>