Get-SCDiscovery
Gets discovery information from Service Manager.
Syntax
Empty (Default)
Get-SCDiscovery
[-SCSession <Connection[]>]
[-ComputerName <String[]>]
[-Credential <PSCredential>]
[<CommonParameters>]
FromDiscoveryDisplayName
Get-SCDiscovery
[-DisplayName] <String[]>
[-SCSession <Connection[]>]
[-ComputerName <String[]>]
[-Credential <PSCredential>]
[<CommonParameters>]
FromDiscoveryId
Get-SCDiscovery
[-Id] <Guid[]>
[-SCSession <Connection[]>]
[-ComputerName <String[]>]
[-Credential <PSCredential>]
[<CommonParameters>]
FromManagementPack
Get-SCDiscovery
[-ManagementPack] <ManagementPack[]>
[-SCSession <Connection[]>]
[-ComputerName <String[]>]
[-Credential <PSCredential>]
[<CommonParameters>]
FromDiscoveryName
Get-SCDiscovery
[-Name] <String[]>
[-SCSession <Connection[]>]
[-ComputerName <String[]>]
[-Credential <PSCredential>]
[<CommonParameters>]
FromManagementPackClass
Get-SCDiscovery
[-Target] <ManagementPackClass[]>
[-SCSession <Connection[]>]
[-ComputerName <String[]>]
[-Credential <PSCredential>]
[<CommonParameters>]
Description
The Get-SCDiscovery cmdlet retrieves discovery information from Service Manager.
Examples
Example 1: Get Service Manager discoveries
PS C:\>Get-SCDiscovery
Enabled Name Description
------- ---- -----------
true ...DiscoverManagementGroupC... Discovers the relationship for the Management Group to contain the Gateway Management Server Watcher Group
true ...OpsMgrDBWatcher.Discovery
true ...PopulateRootManagementSe... Populates this group with the Root Management Server.
true ...PopulateCollectionManage... Populates this group with all Collection Management Servers.
true ...DiscoveryHealthServiceCo... Discovers the primary relationships and failover relationships for an agent that is configured for AD integration.
true ...DiscoverManagementGroupC...
true ...DiscoverWindowsClientCom... Discovers Windows client computers
true ...DiscoverWindowsOSProperties Discovers properties on the Operating System class
true ...PopulateAllComputersGroup Populates the All Computers Group.
true ...DiscoverIsVirtualMachine...
true ...DiscoverManagementGroupC... Discovers the relationship for the Management Group to contain the Root Management Server.
true ...DiscoverWindowsComputerP... Discovers properties on the Windows computer class
true ...Agent.PatchDiscovery This script runs on HealthService instances and finds a list of Operation Manager 2007 Patches that are current...
true ...DiscoverWindowsProductType Discovers what type of windows computer the System Center Management service is installed on
true ...PopulateManagementServer... Populates this group with all Management Servers -- Root, Collection, Gateway.
true ...DiscoverIsVirtualMachine...
true ...AgentManagementServer.Di... Discovers the agents that run on as a management server for some management group.
true InstanceGroup_dbbcf4ea8ff24...
true WorkItemGroup.21169a7e4a784...
true ...PopulateSCAgentlessManag... Populates this group with Managed Computer objects that are being monitored remotely.
true ...SCManagedComputerPropert... Discovers properties on the System Center Managed Computer object.
true ...PopulateGatewayManagemen... Populates this group with all Gateway Management Servers.
true ...DiscoverManagementGroupC... Discovers the relationship for the Management Group to contain Collection Management Server Watcher Group
true ...DiscoverLogicalProcessors
true ...DiscoverWindowsServerDCC... Discovers Windows Server domain controllers
true ...DiscoverADManagedComputer Discovers and creates Agent Relationship Settings objects. This object is used in conjunction with Active Direc...
true ...PopulateSCAgentManagedCo... Populates this group with Managed Computer objects that have a Health Service installed.
true ...DiscoverHealthServicePro... Discovers the properties of a management service
true ...DiscoverOpsMgrDBWatchers...
true ...PopulateManagedComputerC... Discover the relationship for the grouping client Management Service Watchers.
true ...DiscoverWindowsServerCom... Discovers Windows Server computers
true ...DiscoverManagementGroupC... Discover the relationship for the Management Group to contain Agent Watcher Group
true ...DiscoverManagementGroupC... (Deprecated)Discover the relationship for the Management Group to contain Health Service Watcher Group
This command retrieves the discoveries that are defined in Service Manager.
Example 2: Get discoveries by name
PS C:\>Get-SCDiscovery -Name "*PopulateRootM*"
Enabled Name Description
------- ---- -----------
true ...PopulateRootManagementSe... Populates this group with the Root Management Server.
This command retrieves the discoveries where the name matchs the expression PopulateRootM.
Example 3: Get discoveries by name and display them in a list
PS C:\>Get-SCDiscovery -Name "*PopulateRootM*" | Format-List
HasNonCategoryOverride : False
Enabled : true
Target : ManagementPackElementUniqueIdentifier=0e7983be-95b9-aed8-ff93-8819e4cefcaa
ConfirmDelivery : False
Remotable : True
Priority : Normal
Category : Discovery
DataSource : DiscoveryDataSource
DiscoveryClassCollection : {}
DiscoveryRelationshipCollection : {}
XmlTag : Discovery
ManagementGroup : psimp2
ManagementGroupId : 048d4708-ede4-5aed-1317-81d1b0d0b395
Name : Microsoft.SystemCenter.PopulateRootManagementServerComputerGroup
Id : 21f2d4e2-6cde-b219-e392-0a25cbea12c6
DisplayName : Populate Root Management Server Computer Group
Description : Populates this group with the Root Management Server.
LanguageCode : ENU
Comment :
Status : Unchanged
LastModified : 12/2/2010 12:20:38 AM
TimeAdded : 12/2/2010 12:20:38 AM
This command retrieves the discoveries in which the name matches PopulateRootM and then displays the results formatted as a list.
Parameters
-ComputerName
Specifies a computer with which to establish a connection. The computer must be running the System Center Data Access service. The default value is the computer for the current management group connection.
Valid formats include a NetBIOS name, an IP address, or a fully qualified domain name (FQDN). To specify the local computer, type the computer name, "localhost," or a dot (.).
Parameter properties
| Type: | System.String[] |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-Credential
Specifies a user account under which the management group connection runs. The account must have access to the server that is specified in the ComputerName parameter, if the server is specified. The default value is the current user.
You can enter a PSCredential object that is returned by the Get-Credential cmdlet.
Parameter properties
| Type: | System.Management.Automation.PSCredential |
| Default value: | Current user context |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-DisplayName
Specifies the display name of the discovery object to be retrieved.
Parameter properties
| Type: | System.String[] |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | True |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
FromDiscoveryDisplayName
| Position: | 1 |
| Mandatory: | True |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-Id
Specifies the ID of the discovery object to be retrieved. This may be a GUID or a string that will be converted to a GUID.
Parameter properties
| Type: | System.Guid[] |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
FromDiscoveryId
| Position: | 1 |
| Mandatory: | True |
| Value from pipeline: | True |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-ManagementPack
Specifies one or more management packs containing the discovery objects to retrieve.
You can enter a ManagementPack object that is returned by the Get-SCManagementPack cmdlet.
Parameter properties
| Type: | Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Configuration.ManagementPack[] |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
FromManagementPack
| Position: | 1 |
| Mandatory: | True |
| Value from pipeline: | True |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-Name
Specifies the name of a discovery object to retrieve.
Parameter properties
| Type: | System.String[] |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | True |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
FromDiscoveryName
| Position: | 1 |
| Mandatory: | True |
| Value from pipeline: | True |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-SCSession
Specifies a connection to a management server. The default value is the current management group connection.
You can enter a management group connection object that is returned by the Get-SCManagementGroupConnection cmdlet.
Parameter properties
| Type: | Microsoft.SystemCenter.Core.Connection.Connection[] |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
(All)
| Position: | Named |
| Mandatory: | False |
| Value from pipeline: | False |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
-Target
Specifies the management pack that contains the classes that are targeted by the discovery.
Parameter properties
| Type: | Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Configuration.ManagementPackClass[] |
| Default value: | None |
| Supports wildcards: | False |
| DontShow: | False |
Parameter sets
FromManagementPackClass
| Position: | 1 |
| Mandatory: | True |
| Value from pipeline: | True |
| Value from pipeline by property name: | False |
| Value from remaining arguments: | False |
CommonParameters
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutBuffer, -OutVariable, -PipelineVariable, -ProgressAction, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.
Inputs
Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Configuration.ManagementPack
You can pipe a management pack object to the ManagementPack parameter of the Get-SCDiscovery cmdlet.
System.String
You can pipe a discovery name to the Name parameter of the Get-SCDiscovery cmdlet.
System.Guid
You can pipe a GUID of a discovery object to the Id parameter of the Get-SCDiscovery cmdlet.
Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Configuration.ManagementPackClass
You can pipe a management pack to the Target parameter of the Get-SCDiscovery cmdlet.
Outputs
Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Configuration.ManagementPackDiscovery
This cmdlets generates a discovery object.