Print Services 2008 Printer Queue Discovery

Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer.Discovery (Discovery)

Discovers all Print Services 2008 Printer Queues

Knowledge Base article:

Element properties:

Object Discovery Details:

Member Modules:

Source Code:

<Discovery ID="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer.Discovery" Enabled="true" Target="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServerRole" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="false" Priority="Normal">

  <Category>Discovery</Category>

  <DiscoveryTypes>

    <DiscoveryClass TypeID="Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer">

      <Property PropertyID="Attributes"/>

      <Property PropertyID="Caption"/>

      <Property PropertyID="DeviceID"/>

      <Property PropertyID="Name"/>

      <Property PropertyID="Path"/>

      <Property PropertyID="PortName"/>

      <Property PropertyID="Shared"/>

      <Property PropertyID="ShareName"/>

      <Property PropertyID="SpoolEnabled"/>

      <Property PropertyID="Version"/>

      <Property PropertyID="Clustered"/>

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

    </DiscoveryClass>

  </DiscoveryTypes>

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

    <IntervalSeconds>14400</IntervalSeconds>

    <SyncTime/>

    <ScriptName>Printer.ps1</ScriptName>

    <ScriptBody><Script>param($sourceId,$managedEntityId,$computerName,$computerNetbiosName)



$api = new-object -comObject 'MOM.ScriptAPI'

$discoveryData = $api.CreateDiscoveryData(0, $SourceId, $ManagedEntityId)



#discovers non-clustered printers

$result = Get-WmiObject -class "win32_printer" | Where { $_.systemName -eq $computerNetbiosName }

foreach ($printer in $result)

{

    $var = $printer| Select name, attributes, caption, deviceid, portname, shared, sharename

  

	$instance = $discoveryData.CreateClassInstance("$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer']$")

	$instance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer']/PrincipalName$", $computerName)

	$fullname = $var.name + '(' + $computerNetbiosName + ')'

	$instance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer']/Name$", $fullname)



	if ($var.attributes) { $instance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer']/Attributes$", $var.attributes) }

	if ($var.caption) { $instance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer']/Caption$", $var.caption) }

	if ($var.deviceid) { $instance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer']/DeviceID$", $var.deviceid) }

	if ($var.portname) { $instance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer']/PortName$", $var.portname) }

	$instance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer']/Shared$", $var.shared)

	if ($var.sharename) { $instance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer']/ShareName$", $var.sharename) }

	$instance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer']/Clustered$", $false)

	$instance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='System!System.Entity']/DisplayName$", $fullname)



	$discoveryData.AddInstance($instance)

}



#discovers clustered printers

$spoolers = @()

$printvalues = @()

$resources = Get-ChildItem HKLM:\Cluster\Resources

foreach ($resource in $resources){

    $values = Get-ItemProperty $resource.pspath

    foreach ($value in $values){

        if ($value.Type -ne $Null -and $value.Type.tolower() -eq "print spooler"){

            [string]$path = $resource.pspath + "\Parameters\Printers"

            $spoolers += $path

        }

    }

}

 

foreach ($spooler in $spoolers){

    $printers = Get-ChildItem $spooler

    foreach ($printer in $printers){

        $var = Get-ItemProperty $printer.pspath



		$instance = $discoveryData.CreateClassInstance("$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer']$")

		$instance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer']/PrincipalName$", $computerName)

		$fullname = $var.name + '(' + $computerNetbiosName + ')'

		$instance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer']/Name$", $fullname)



		if ($var.Attributes) { $instance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer']/Attributes$", $var.attributes) }

		if ($var.name) 

		{ 

			$instance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer']/Caption$", $var.name) 

			$spoolerpath = Get-ItemProperty ($var.pspath + "\DsSpooler")

			$instance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer']/DeviceID$", "\\" + $spoolerpath.shortServerName + '\' + $var.name)

		}

		if ($var.port) { $instance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer']/PortName$", $var.port) }

		if ($var."Share Name") 

		{ 

			$instance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer']/Shared$", $true) 

			instance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer']/ShareName$", $var."Share Name")

		}

		else 

		{ 

			$instance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer']/Shared$", $false)

		}

		$instance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.PrintServer.Printer']/Clustered$", $true)

		$instance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='System!System.Entity']/DisplayName$", $fullname)



		$discoveryData.AddInstance($instance)

    }

}



$discoveryData

</Script></ScriptBody>

    <Parameters>

      <Parameter>

        <Name>sourceID</Name>

        <Value>$MPElement$</Value>

      </Parameter>

      <Parameter>

        <Name>managedEntityID</Name>

        <Value>$Target/Id$</Value>

      </Parameter>

      <Parameter>

        <Name>computerName</Name>

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

      </Parameter>

      <Parameter>

        <Name>computerNetbiosName</Name>

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

      </Parameter>

    </Parameters>

    <TimeoutSeconds>300</TimeoutSeconds>

  </DataSource>

</Discovery>