Discover SQL Server Instance Group membership

Microsoft.SQLServer.InstanceGroupDiscovery (Discovery)

Populates the Instance group to contain all SQL Server 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012 DB Engines

Knowledge Base article:

Element properties:

Object Discovery Details:

Member Modules:

Source Code:

<Discovery ID="Microsoft.SQLServer.InstanceGroupDiscovery" Target="Microsoft.SQLServer.InstanceGroup" Enabled="true">

  <Category>Discovery</Category>

  <DiscoveryTypes>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Microsoft.SQLServer.InstanceGroup"/>

  </DiscoveryTypes>

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

    <RuleId>$MPElement$</RuleId>

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

    <MembershipRules>

      <MembershipRule>

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

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

      </MembershipRule>

    </MembershipRules>

  </DataSource>

</Discovery>