Windows Server 2008 R2 NLB cluster discovery (event based)

Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.2008.R2.Cluster.EventBasedDiscovery (Discovery)

This rule discovers Windows Server 2008 R2 NLB clusters. This includes the discovery of cluster nodes and properties of each node. Unlike the other NLB cluster discovery rule in this management pack, this rule only runs in response to event 12289 logged by the NLB driver when the configuration of the cluster changes.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

Configuration

You can configure the timeout value for this discovery. The timeout value is specified in seconds.

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.R2.Computer
Enabled	True
Remotable	False

Object Discovery Details:

Discovered Classes and their attribuets:
Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.2008.R2.NetworkAdapter AdapterType Index Manufacturer MACAddress ServiceName PerfmonInstance DHCPEnabled DHCPServer DNSDomain IPAddress IPSubnet DeviceID Name Description DisplayName Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.2008.R2.ServerRole ClusterIP NetworkConnectionName NodeName DedicatedIPAddress HostPriority DisplayName Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.Cluster IPAddress DnsName SubnetMask MacAddress DisplayName
Discovered relationships and their attribuets:
Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.ClusterContainsServerRole

Member Modules:

ID	Module Type	TypeId	RunAs
DS	DataSource	Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.Cluster.Discovery.EventBasedDataSource	Default

Source Code:

<Discovery ID="Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.2008.R2.Cluster.EventBasedDiscovery" Enabled="onEssentialMonitoring" Target="WindowsServer2008Library!Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.R2.Computer" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">

  <Category>Discovery</Category>

  <DiscoveryTypes>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.2008.R2.ServerRole">

      <Property TypeID="NLBLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.ServerRole" PropertyID="ClusterIP"/>

      <Property TypeID="NLBLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.ServerRole" PropertyID="NetworkConnectionName"/>

      <Property TypeID="NLBLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.ServerRole" PropertyID="NodeName"/>

      <Property TypeID="NLBLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.ServerRole" PropertyID="DedicatedIPAddress"/>

      <Property TypeID="NLBLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.ServerRole" PropertyID="HostPriority"/>

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

    </DiscoveryClass>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="NLBLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.Cluster">

      <Property TypeID="NLBLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.Cluster" PropertyID="IPAddress"/>

      <Property TypeID="NLBLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.Cluster" PropertyID="DnsName"/>

      <Property TypeID="NLBLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.Cluster" PropertyID="SubnetMask"/>

      <Property TypeID="NLBLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.Cluster" PropertyID="MacAddress"/>

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

    </DiscoveryClass>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.2008.R2.NetworkAdapter">

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServerLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.Server.NetworkAdapter" PropertyID="AdapterType"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServerLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.Server.NetworkAdapter" PropertyID="Index"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServerLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.Server.NetworkAdapter" PropertyID="Manufacturer"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServerLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.Server.NetworkAdapter" PropertyID="MACAddress"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServerLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.Server.NetworkAdapter" PropertyID="ServiceName"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServerLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.Server.NetworkAdapter" PropertyID="PerfmonInstance"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServerLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.Server.NetworkAdapter" PropertyID="DHCPEnabled"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServerLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.Server.NetworkAdapter" PropertyID="DHCPServer"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServerLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.Server.NetworkAdapter" PropertyID="DNSDomain"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServerLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.Server.NetworkAdapter" PropertyID="IPAddress"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServerLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.Server.NetworkAdapter" PropertyID="IPSubnet"/>

      <Property TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.LogicalDevice" PropertyID="DeviceID"/>

      <Property TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.LogicalDevice" PropertyID="Name"/>

      <Property TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.LogicalDevice" PropertyID="Description"/>

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

    </DiscoveryClass>

    <DiscoveryRelationship TypeID="NLBLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.ClusterContainsServerRole"/>

  </DiscoveryTypes>

  <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="NLBLibrary!Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.Cluster.Discovery.EventBasedDataSource">

    <TimeoutSeconds>300</TimeoutSeconds>

    <NlbRoleClassName>$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.2008.R2.ServerRole']$</NlbRoleClassName>

    <NetworkCardClassName>$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.2008.R2.NetworkAdapter']$</NetworkCardClassName>

    <SourceId>$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.NetworkLoadBalancing.2008.Cluster.Discovery']$</SourceId>

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

  </DataSource>

</Discovery>