DFS Namespace Discovery

Microsoft.Windows.DFSNamespace.Discovery (Discovery)

This object discovers all namespaces and the namespace servers that host the namespaces.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This object discovers all namespaces and the namespace servers that host the namespaces by running the dfsutil.exe command-line tool. It discovers stand-alone namespaces as well as domain-based namespaces. It also discovers the namespace servers (root targets) that host the namespaces. To use this object, you must enable the Agent Proxy setting on all namespace servers.

Configuration

Users with Author or Administrator permissions in Operations Manager can use overrides to change the following parameters:

SupportToolsPath specifies the folder storing dfsutil.exe. Use this parameter if you install the Support Tools in a folder other than %WINDIR%\System32.
IntervalSeconds controls how often Operations Manager runs the discovery process.
Timeoutseconds controls how long to wait for discovery to complete.

Additional

How to Override a Monitor (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=171027)
DFS Namespaces Management Pack Guide (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=171038)
Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 32-bit Support Tools (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=171031)

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.Windows.DfsnServerRole
Enabled	True
Frequency	36000
Remotable	False

Object Discovery Details:

Discovered Classes and their attribuets:
Microsoft.Windows.DfsNamespace NamespaceName DfsRootType State Timeout RootTargetsCount LinksCount DisplayName Microsoft.Windows.DfsnRootTarget RootName NamespaceName ServerName Folder State ActiveDirectorySite InstanceName PrincipalName DisplayName

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	Microsoft.Windows.DfsNamespace.DiscoveryDataSourceModuleType	Default

Source Code:

<Discovery ID="Microsoft.Windows.DFSNamespace.Discovery" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.Windows.DfsnServerRole" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">

  <Category>Discovery</Category>

  <DiscoveryTypes>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.DfsNamespace">

      <Property TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.DfsNamespace" PropertyID="NamespaceName"/>

      <Property TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.DfsNamespace" PropertyID="DfsRootType"/>

      <Property TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.DfsNamespace" PropertyID="State"/>

      <Property TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.DfsNamespace" PropertyID="Timeout"/>

      <Property TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.DfsNamespace" PropertyID="RootTargetsCount"/>

      <Property TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.DfsNamespace" PropertyID="LinksCount"/>

      <Property TypeID="System!System.Entity" PropertyID="DisplayName"/>

    </DiscoveryClass>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.DfsnRootTarget">

      <Property TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.DfsnRootTarget" PropertyID="RootName"/>

      <Property TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.DfsnRootTarget" PropertyID="NamespaceName"/>

      <Property TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.DfsnRootTarget" PropertyID="ServerName"/>

      <Property TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.DfsnRootTarget" PropertyID="Folder"/>

      <Property TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.DfsnRootTarget" PropertyID="State"/>

      <Property TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.DfsnRootTarget" PropertyID="ActiveDirectorySite"/>

      <Property TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.DfsnServerRole" PropertyID="InstanceName"/>

      <Property TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer" PropertyID="PrincipalName"/>

      <Property TypeID="System!System.Entity" PropertyID="DisplayName"/>

    </DiscoveryClass>

  </DiscoveryTypes>

  <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.DfsNamespace.DiscoveryDataSourceModuleType">

    <IntervalSeconds>36000</IntervalSeconds>

    <SyncTime/>

    <FQDN>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/PrincipalName$</FQDN>

    <ComputerName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/PrincipalName$</ComputerName>

    <ComputerNETBIOSName>$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetbiosComputerName$</ComputerNETBIOSName>

    <SupportToolsPath>"%ProgramFiles%\Support Tools"</SupportToolsPath>

    <TimeoutSeconds>1800</TimeoutSeconds>

  </DataSource>

</Discovery>