Application Server 2008 COM Role Discovery

Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.AppServer.COM.Discovery (Discovery)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

The Component Object Model (COM) is a platform-independent, distributed, object-oriented system for creating binary software components that can interact. COM is the foundation technology for Microsoft Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) (compound documents) and ActiveX® (Internet-enabled components) technologies.

Element properties:

Target	Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.AppServer.Server
Enabled	True
Frequency	43200
Remotable	False

Object Discovery Details:

Discovered Classes and their attribuets:
Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.AppServer.COM_1 DisplayName

Member Modules:

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

Source Code:

<Discovery ID="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.AppServer.COM.Discovery" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.AppServer.Server" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">

  <Category>Discovery</Category>

  <DiscoveryTypes>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.AppServer.COM_1">

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

    </DiscoveryClass>

  </DiscoveryTypes>

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

    <NameSpace>\\$Target/Host/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$\ROOT\CIMV2</NameSpace>

    <Query>SELECT Name FROM Win32_ServerFeature WHERE ID = 1</Query>

    <Frequency>43200</Frequency>

    <ClassId>$MPElement[Name="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.AppServer.COM_1"]$</ClassId>

    <InstanceSettings>

      <Settings>

        <Setting>

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

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

        </Setting>

        <Setting>

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

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

        </Setting>

      </Settings>

    </InstanceSettings>

  </DataSource>

</Discovery>