To use this Management Pack, perform the following:
1. Copy the below XML into a file called Exchange.Server.Extended.Discovery.XML
2. Import the Management Pack into Operations Manager
3. Go to Authoring->Management Pack Objects-> Object Discoveries and set the scope to be Exchange 2003 Physical Installation and Exchange 2003 Role. There should be two new disabled discoveries, “Microsoft Exchange 2003 Discoveries for Higher Build Versions” and “Exchange 2003 ServerRole Initial Discovery Extension”.
4. Enable these discoveries for the Exchange 2003 servers with higher build numbers. Note - do not enable these discoveries for all servers.
Note that this XML is provided “as is” as a sample.
Thanks to Steven Halsey for most of the content of this article.
<ManagementPack ContentReadable="true"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<Manifest>
<Identity>
<ID>Exchange.Server.Extended.Discovery</ID>
<Version>1.0.0.0</Version>
</Identity>
<Name>Microsoft Exchange 2003 Discoveries for Higher Build
Versions</Name>
<References>
<Reference Alias="Exchange">
<ID>Microsoft.Exchange.Server.Library</ID>
<Version>6.0.6387.0</Version>
<PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
</Reference>
<Reference Alias="ExchangeDiscovery">
<ID>Microsoft.Exchange.Server.2003.Discovery</ID>
<Version>6.0.6387.0</Version>
<PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
</Reference>
<Reference Alias="SCIGL">
<ID>Microsoft.SystemCenter.InstanceGroup.Library</ID>
<Version>6.0.5000.0</Version>
<PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
</Reference>
<Reference Alias="SC">
<ID>Microsoft.SystemCenter.Library</ID>
<Version>6.0.5000.0</Version>
<PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
</Reference>
<Reference Alias="Windows">
<ID>Microsoft.Windows.Library</ID>
<Version>6.0.5000.0</Version>
<PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
</Reference>
<Reference Alias="System">
<ID>System.Library</ID>
<Version>6.0.5000.0</Version>
<PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
</Reference>
</References>
</Manifest>
<Monitoring>
<Discoveries>
<Discovery
ID="Microsoft.Exchange.PhysicalInstallation.Extended.Discovery"
Enabled="false" Target="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Server.Computer"
ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">
<Category>Discovery</Category>
<DiscoveryTypes>
<DiscoveryClass
TypeID="ExchangeDiscovery!Microsoft.Exchange.PhysicalInstallation" />
</DiscoveryTypes>
<DataSource ID="DiscoveryDataSource"
TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.FilteredRegistryDiscoveryProvider">
<ComputerName>$Target/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetworkName$</ComputerName>
<RegistryAttributeDefinitions>
<RegistryAttributeDefinition>
<AttributeName>MS_Exchange_SA</AttributeName>
<Path>SYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesMSExchangeSA</Path>
<PathType>0</PathType>
<AttributeType>0</AttributeType>
</RegistryAttributeDefinition>
<RegistryAttributeDefinition>
<AttributeName>MS_Exchange_Version</AttributeName>
<Path>SOFTWAREMicrosoftExchangesetupnewestbuild</Path>
<PathType>1</PathType>
<AttributeType>2</AttributeType>
</RegistryAttributeDefinition>
</RegistryAttributeDefinitions>
<Frequency>3600</Frequency>
<ClassId>$MPElement[Name="ExchangeDiscovery!Microsoft.Exchange.PhysicalInstallation"]$</ClassId>
<InstanceSettings>
<Settings>
<Setting>
<Name>$MPElement[Name="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/PrincipalName$</Name>
<Value>$Target/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/PrincipalName$</Value>
</Setting>
<Setting>
<Name>$MPElement[Name="System!System.Entity"]/DisplayName$</Name>
<Value>$Target/Property[Type="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer"]/NetbiosComputerName$</Value>
</Setting>
</Settings>
</InstanceSettings>
<Expression>
<And>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery>Values/MS_Exchange_SA</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Equal</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value>true</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
<Expression>
<And>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery>Values/MS_Exchange_Version</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>GreaterEqual</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value>6944</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
<Expression>
<SimpleExpression>
<ValueExpression>
<XPathQuery>Values/MS_Exchange_Version</XPathQuery>
</ValueExpression>
<Operator>Less</Operator>
<ValueExpression>
<Value>9999</Value>
</ValueExpression>
</SimpleExpression>
</Expression>
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