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Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.CollectorServers.Group.DiscoveryRule (Discovery)

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

This rule populates a group of objects of class System Center Managed Windows Computer in Operations Manager.

Groups can be used in Operations Manager for targeting overrides, creating custom dashboards, diagrams and other views.

This group may be used for built-in views, discoveries or other functionality in the Veeam MP for VMware and should not be disabled or modified unless advised by Veeam support.

External

Refer to the Microsoft System Center Online Documentation for more information on Operations Manager features such as discoveries.

Refer to the Veeam MP for VMware Documentation (especially the Operations Guide) for more details on advanced MP functionality such as Proxy agent monitoring, 'cascaded' discoveries, group management etc.

Element properties:

TargetVeeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.CollectorServers.Group
EnabledTrue
RemotableFalse

Object Discovery Details:

Discovered relationships and their attribuets:

Member Modules:

ID Module Type TypeId RunAs 
GroupPopulator DataSource Microsoft.SystemCenter.GroupPopulator Default

Source Code:

<Discovery ID="Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.CollectorServers.Group.DiscoveryRule" Enabled="true" Target="Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.CollectorServers.Group" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">

  <Category>Discovery</Category>

  <DiscoveryTypes>

    <DiscoveryRelationship TypeID="MSIL!Microsoft.SystemCenter.InstanceGroupContainsEntities"/>

  </DiscoveryTypes>

  <DataSource ID="GroupPopulator" TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.GroupPopulator">

    <RuleId>$MPElement$</RuleId>

    <GroupInstanceId>$Target/Id$</GroupInstanceId>

    <MembershipRules>

      <MembershipRule>

        <MonitoringClass>$MPElement[Name="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.ManagedComputer"]$</MonitoringClass>

        <RelationshipClass>$MPElement[Name="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.ComputerGroupContainsComputer"]$</RelationshipClass>

        <Expression>

          <Contains maxDepth="1">

            <MonitoringClass>$MPElement[Name="Veeam.Virt.Extensions.VMware.Collector"]$</MonitoringClass>

          </Contains>

        </Expression>

      </MembershipRule>

    </MembershipRules>

  </DataSource>

</Discovery>