MSSQL 2014: Populate Microsoft SQL Server 2014 Instance Group

Microsoft.SQLServer.2014.PopulateSQLServersInstanceGroup (Discovery)

This discovery rule populates the SQL Server 2014 Instance Group with all instances of SQL Server 2014 DB Engine.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This discovery rule populates the SQL Server 2014 Instance Group with all SQL Server 2014 DB Engine instances.

Overrideable Parameters

Name

Description

Default Value

Enabled

 

Yes

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.SQLServer.2014.InstanceGroup
EnabledTrue
RemotableFalse

Object Discovery Details:

Discovered Classes and their attribuets:

Member Modules:

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

Source Code:

<Discovery ID="Microsoft.SQLServer.2014.PopulateSQLServersInstanceGroup" Target="Microsoft.SQLServer.2014.InstanceGroup" Enabled="true">
<Category>Discovery</Category>
<DiscoveryTypes>
<DiscoveryClass TypeID="Microsoft.SQLServer.2014.InstanceGroup"/>
</DiscoveryTypes>
<DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.GroupPopulator">
<RuleId>$MPElement$</RuleId>
<GroupInstanceId>$Target/Id$</GroupInstanceId>
<MembershipRules>
<MembershipRule>
<MonitoringClass>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.SQLServer.2014.DBEngine"]$</MonitoringClass>
<RelationshipClass>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.SQLServer.2014.InstanceGroupContainsDBEngine"]$</RelationshipClass>
<Expression>
<RegExExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<Property>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.SQLServer.2014.DBEngine"]/Version$</Property>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>MatchesWildcard</Operator>
<Pattern>12.*</Pattern>
</RegExExpression>
</Expression>
</MembershipRule>
</MembershipRules>
</DataSource>
</Discovery>