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MSSQL on Windows: Discover SQL Server Agent Jobs

Microsoft.SQLServer.Windows.Discovery.AgentJob (Discovery)

This rule discovers all SQL Server Agent Jobs on Windows

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This rule discovers all SQL Server Agent Jobs on Windows.

Configuration

Override this discovery for selected instances or groups to enable SQL Server Agent Jobs discovery on Windows.

Overridable Parameters

Name

Description

Default Value

Enabled

Enables or disables the workflow.

No

Interval (seconds)

The recurring interval of time in seconds in which to run the workflow.

14400

Synchronization Time

The synchronization time specified by using a 24-hour format. May be omitted.

 

Timeout (seconds)

Specifies the time the workflow is allowed to run before being closed and marked as failed.

300

Timeout for query execution (seconds)

The workflow will fail and register an event, if the query execution takes longer than the specified period.

60

Timeout for database connection (seconds)

The workflow will fail and register an event, if it cannot access the database during the specified period.

15

Exclude List

A comma-separated list of SQL Server agent jobs that must be excluded from discovery. Use a wildcard character ‘*’ to exclude all agent jobs. Otherwise, use conditions like ‘*_test’ to exclude agent jobs, the names of which end with _test, ‘Test*’ to exclude agent jobs, the names of which start with Test, or a ‘*test*’ condition to exclude agent jobs that have a test entry in any part of the job’s name.

 

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.SQLServer.Windows.Agent
EnabledFalse
Frequency14400
RemotableFalse

Object Discovery Details:

Discovered Classes and their attribuets:

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
DS DataSource Microsoft.SQLServer.Windows.DataSource.AgentJobDiscovery Default

Source Code:

<Discovery ID="Microsoft.SQLServer.Windows.Discovery.AgentJob" Target="Microsoft.SQLServer.Windows.Agent" Enabled="false">

  <Category>Discovery</Category>

  <DiscoveryTypes>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Microsoft.SQLServer.Windows.AgentJob"/>

  </DiscoveryTypes>

  <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Microsoft.SQLServer.Windows.DataSource.AgentJobDiscovery">

    <MachineName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/MachineName$</MachineName>

    <NetbiosComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/NetbiosComputerName$</NetbiosComputerName>

    <InstanceName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/InstanceName$</InstanceName>

    <ConnectionString>$Target/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/ConnectionString$</ConnectionString>

    <InstanceVersion>$Target/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/Version$</InstanceVersion>

    <InstanceEdition>$Target/Host/Property[Type="SqlCoreLib!Microsoft.SQLServer.Core.DBEngine"]/Edition$</InstanceEdition>

    <MonitoringType>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Microsoft.SQLServer.Windows.DBEngine"]/MonitoringType$</MonitoringType>

    <ExcludeList/>

    <SqlExecTimeoutSeconds>60</SqlExecTimeoutSeconds>

    <SqlTimeoutSeconds>15</SqlTimeoutSeconds>

    <TimeoutSeconds>300</TimeoutSeconds>

    <IntervalSeconds>14400</IntervalSeconds>

    <SyncTime/>

  </DataSource>

</Discovery>