File Services Role Seed Discovery (Windows Server 2012)

Microsoft.Windows.FileServices.6.2.Seed.Discovery (Discovery)

This object discovers servers running Windows Server 2012

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This object discovers servers running Windows Server 2012 by checking the operating system version recorded in the registry.

Configuration

Users with Author or Administrator permissions in Operations Manager can use overrides to change the Frequency parameter, which controls how often Operations Manager runs the discovery process. The default discovery frequency is 12 hours (43200 seconds).

Additional

How to Override a Monitor (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=171027)

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.Windows.Server.Computer
Enabled	True
Frequency	14400
Remotable	False

Object Discovery Details:

Discovered Classes and their attribuets:
Microsoft.Windows.FileServices.6.2.Seed

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	Microsoft.Windows.FilteredRegistryDiscoveryProvider	Default

Source Code:

<Discovery ID="Microsoft.Windows.FileServices.6.2.Seed.Discovery" Enabled="true" Target="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Server.Computer" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">

  <Category>Discovery</Category>

  <DiscoveryTypes>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.FileServices.6.2.Seed"/>

  </DiscoveryTypes>

  <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.FilteredRegistryDiscoveryProvider">

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

    <RegistryAttributeDefinitions>

      <RegistryAttributeDefinition>

        <AttributeName>WindowsVersion</AttributeName>

        <Path>SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\CurrentVersion</Path>

        <PathType>1</PathType>

        <AttributeType>1</AttributeType>

      </RegistryAttributeDefinition>

    </RegistryAttributeDefinitions>

    <Frequency>14400</Frequency>

    <ClassId>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.Windows.FileServices.6.2.Seed"]$</ClassId>

    <InstanceSettings>

      <Settings>

        <Setting>

          <Name>$MPElement[Name="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/PrincipalName$</Name>

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

        </Setting>

        <Setting>

          <Name>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.Windows.FileServices.6.2.Seed"]/IsOnVirtualNode$</Name>

          <Value>$Target/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Server.Computer"]/IsVirtualNode$</Value>

        </Setting>

        <Setting>

          <Name>$MPElement[Name="System!System.Entity"]/DisplayName$</Name>

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

        </Setting>

      </Settings>

    </InstanceSettings>

    <Expression>

      <And>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <XPathQuery Type="String">Values/WindowsVersion</XPathQuery>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>Equal</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">6.2</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

        <Expression>

          <SimpleExpression>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">$Target/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Server.Computer"]/IsVirtualNode$</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

            <Operator>NotEqual</Operator>

            <ValueExpression>

              <Value Type="String">True</Value>

            </ValueExpression>

          </SimpleExpression>

        </Expression>

      </And>

    </Expression>

  </DataSource>

</Discovery>