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Discover Windows Physical Disks

Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PhysicalDisk.Discovery (Discovery)

This rule uses WMI to discover all Windows physical disks.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This Discovery Rule discovers and populates the Windows Server class named “Windows Server 2008 Physical Disk" with instances of Physical Disks that are discovered on Windows 2008 Servers.

Element properties:

TargetMicrosoft.Windows.Server.2008.OperatingSystem
EnabledFalse
Frequency86880
RemotableFalse

Object Discovery Details:

Discovered Classes and their attribuets:
  • Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PhysicalDisk
    • DisplayName
    • DeviceID
    • Name
    • Description
    • Caption
    • Index
    • InterfaceType
    • Manufacturer
    • Model
    • SCSIBus
    • SCSILogicalUnit
    • SCSIPort
    • SCSITargetID
    • Size
    • TotalCylinders
    • TotalHeads
    • TotalSectors
    • TotalTracks
    • TracksPerCylinder
    • PerfmonInstance
Discovered relationships and their attribuets:

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
DiscoveryDataSource DataSource Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PhysicalDiskDiscovery.ModuleType Default

Source Code:

<Discovery ID="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PhysicalDisk.Discovery" Enabled="false" Target="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.OperatingSystem">

  <Category>Discovery</Category>

  <DiscoveryTypes>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PhysicalDisk">

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

      <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="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.PhysicalDisk" PropertyID="Caption"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.PhysicalDisk" PropertyID="Index"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.PhysicalDisk" PropertyID="InterfaceType"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.PhysicalDisk" PropertyID="Manufacturer"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.PhysicalDisk" PropertyID="Model"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.PhysicalDisk" PropertyID="SCSIBus"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.PhysicalDisk" PropertyID="SCSILogicalUnit"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.PhysicalDisk" PropertyID="SCSIPort"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.PhysicalDisk" PropertyID="SCSITargetID"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.PhysicalDisk" PropertyID="Size"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.PhysicalDisk" PropertyID="TotalCylinders"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.PhysicalDisk" PropertyID="TotalHeads"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.PhysicalDisk" PropertyID="TotalSectors"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.PhysicalDisk" PropertyID="TotalTracks"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.PhysicalDisk" PropertyID="TracksPerCylinder"/>

      <Property TypeID="WindowsServer!Microsoft.Windows.Server.PhysicalDisk" PropertyID="PerfmonInstance"/>

    </DiscoveryClass>

    <DiscoveryRelationship TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.ComputerHostsLogicalDevice"/>

  </DiscoveryTypes>

  <DataSource ID="DiscoveryDataSource" TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PhysicalDiskDiscovery.ModuleType">

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

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

    <IntervalSeconds>86880</IntervalSeconds>

    <TimeoutSeconds>360</TimeoutSeconds>

  </DataSource>

</Discovery>