DFS Namespaces Discovery (Windows Server 2012 R2)

Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.6.3.NamespaceDiscovery (Discovery)

This object discovers all namespaces hosted by servers running Windows Server 2012 R2 and the namespace servers that host the namespaces.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This object discovers all namespaces hosted by servers running Windows Server 2012 R2 and the namespace servers that host the namespaces by running the Dfsutil.exe command line tool. It discovers standalone 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 Agent Proxy on all namespace servers.

Configuration

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

DfsutilPath specifies the folder storing Dfsutil.exe. Use this parameter if you install the Support Tools in a folder other than %WINDIR%\System32 on a server running Windows Server�2008�R2 or Windows Server�2008, or �%ProgramFiles%\Support Tools� on a server running Windows Server�2003.
IntervalSeconds controls how often Operations Manager runs the discovery process.
Timeoutseconds controls how long to wait for discovery to complete.

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.6.3.RoleService
Enabled	True
Frequency	43200
Remotable	False

Object Discovery Details:

Discovered Classes and their attribuets:
Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.6.3.RootTarget RootName RootDirectory State NamespaceName DisplayName Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.ADSite Name DisplayName Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.Namespace NamespaceName State Timeout NamespaceType LinksCount RootTargetsCount DisplayName

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.6.3.NamespaceDiscovery.DataSourceModuleType	Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.NamespaceDiscoveryAccount

Source Code:

<Discovery ID="Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.6.3.NamespaceDiscovery" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.6.3.RoleService" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">

  <Category>Discovery</Category>

  <DiscoveryTypes>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.6.3.RootTarget">

      <Property TypeID="DFSNLib!Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.RootTarget" PropertyID="RootName"/>

      <Property TypeID="DFSNLib!Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.RootTarget" PropertyID="RootDirectory"/>

      <Property TypeID="DFSNLib!Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.RootTarget" PropertyID="State"/>

      <Property TypeID="DFSNLib!Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.RootTarget" PropertyID="NamespaceName"/>

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

    </DiscoveryClass>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="DFSNLib!Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.ADSite">

      <Property TypeID="DFSNLib!Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.ADSite" PropertyID="Name"/>

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

    </DiscoveryClass>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="DFSNLib!Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.Namespace">

      <Property TypeID="DFSNLib!Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.Namespace" PropertyID="NamespaceName"/>

      <Property TypeID="DFSNLib!Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.Namespace" PropertyID="State"/>

      <Property TypeID="DFSNLib!Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.Namespace" PropertyID="Timeout"/>

      <Property TypeID="DFSNLib!Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.Namespace" PropertyID="NamespaceType"/>

      <Property TypeID="DFSNLib!Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.Namespace" PropertyID="LinksCount"/>

      <Property TypeID="DFSNLib!Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.Namespace" PropertyID="RootTargetsCount"/>

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

    </DiscoveryClass>

  </DiscoveryTypes>

  <DataSource ID="DS" RunAs="DFSNLib!Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.NamespaceDiscoveryAccount" TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.6.3.NamespaceDiscovery.DataSourceModuleType">

    <SyncTime/>

    <TimeoutSeconds>900</TimeoutSeconds>

    <IntervalSeconds>43200</IntervalSeconds>

    <DfsutilPath>%SYSTEMROOT%\System32</DfsutilPath>

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

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

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

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

    <IsOnVirtualNode>$Target/Property[Type="DFSNLib!Microsoft.Windows.FileServer.DFSN.RoleService"]/IsOnVirtualNode$</IsOnVirtualNode>

  </DataSource>

</Discovery>