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ManagementPack.GetDiscovery Method

Retrieves the specified ManagementPackDiscovery object from the management pack.

Namespace: Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Configuration
Assembly: Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.OperationsManager (in microsoft.enterprisemanagement.operationsmanager.dll)

Usage

'Usage
Dim instance As ManagementPack
Dim name As String
Dim returnValue As ManagementPackDiscovery

returnValue = instance.GetDiscovery(name)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Function GetDiscovery ( _
    name As String _
) As ManagementPackDiscovery
public ManagementPackDiscovery GetDiscovery (
    string name
)
public:
ManagementPackDiscovery^ GetDiscovery (
    String^ name
)
public ManagementPackDiscovery GetDiscovery (
    String name
)
public function GetDiscovery (
    name : String
) : ManagementPackDiscovery

Parameters

Return Value

The specified ManagementPackDiscovery object.

Remarks

A discovery targets an existing class that you want to monitor and runs for every instance of that class in a management group. Scripts are defined as part of discoveries.

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP

Target Platforms

Windows Server 2008,Windows Server 2003,Windows Vista,Windows XP

See Also

Reference

ManagementPack Class
ManagementPack Members
Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Configuration Namespace

Other Resources

How to Use Runtime Scripts for Discovery
How to Use Discovery Data in a Management Pack

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