System Center and Azure Blog by Russ Slaten https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rslaten/feed.xml Thu, 10 Mar 2016 18:10:48 GMT en-US hourly 1 Retiring my Blog https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rslaten/retiring-my-blog Mon, 05 Oct 2015 12:00:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rslaten/2015/10/05/retiring-my-blog/ I just wanted to inform anyone that subscribes to this blog that I will no longer be posting here. Comments will also no longer be moderated. I’m not yet sure where my future blog will be but feel free to add me on LinkedIn and when I create a new blog I will update my profile with the link:

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]]> Static vs Dynamic Routing Gateways in Azure https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rslaten/static-vs-dynamic-routing-gateways-in-azure Mon, 08 Dec 2014 16:00:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rslaten/2014/12/08/static-vs-dynamic-routing-gateways-in-azure/ I was recently designing an Azure Hybrid Cloud implementation and was asked some questions regarding Azure routing that I had to research. The questions were something like…

“Why can my Cisco ASA only establish a Static Routing VPN connection to Azure?”

“My Cisco ASA can route dynamically so why can we only create a static routing VPN?”

Using a Static-Routing gateway, when establishing a VPN connection, is limiting so the question is certainly valid. With Static Gateways you can’t use Point-to-Site (P2S) VPN, only 1 Site-to-Site (S2S) VPN connection is supported, and vNet to vNet isn’t supported.

At the time the verbiage around the differences between a static-routing and dynamic-routing VPN connections in Azure wasn’t that clear, but this has been improved:

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/jj156075.aspx

When you create a site-to-site VPN, you’ll specify either a static, or dynamic gateway. Select the gateway type that is supported by your router and for the type of IPSec parameters and configuration that you require. The tables below show the supported configurations for both static and dynamic VPNs. If you plan to use a site-to-site configuration concurrently with a point-to-site configuration, you’ll need to configure a dynamic routing VPN gateway.

  • Static routing VPNs – Static routing VPNs are also referred to as policy-based VPNs. Policy-based VPNs encrypt and route packets through an interface based on a customer-defined policy. The policy is usually defined as an access list. Static routing VPNs require a static routing VPN gateway.
    Note - Multi-Site VPN, VNet to VNet, and Point-to-Site are not supported with static routing VPN gateways.
  • Dynamic routing VPNs – Dynamic routing VPNs are also referred to as route-based VPNs. Route-based VPNs depend on a tunnel interface specifically created for forwarding packets. Any packet arriving on the tunnel interface will be forwarded through the VPN connection. Dynamic routing VPNs require a dynamic routing VPN gateway.
    Note - A dynamic routing VPN gateway is required for Multi-Site VPN, VNet to VNet, and Point-to-Site.

So really the naming is what was confusing, I think this makes it easier to understand:

Static Routing VPN = Policy Based VPN

Dynamic Routing VPN = Route Based VPN

I’m not a networking guru so I looked up the differences between policy and route based VPNs online and found a great series that explains it in detail on PacketLife.net:

Policy-Based vs Route-Based VPNs: Part 1

Policy-Based vs Route-Based VPNs: Part 2

To summarize: To use Multi-Site VPN, vNet to vNet, or Point-to-Site VPN connections with an on premise network and Azure make sure your VPN device supports Route Based VPNs.

]]> Multihop Routing in Azure https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rslaten/multihop-routing-in-azure Fri, 05 Dec 2014 22:00:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rslaten/2014/12/05/multihop-routing-in-azure/ There is some great documentation on how to Configure a Multi-Site VPN connection in Azure. I wanted to configure a similar scenario using a design other than the Full Mesh (single hop) model specified in the MSDN documentation. I also want every Virtual Network (vNet) in my environment to be able to route to any other vNet within the design. I successfully configured Hub & Spoke, Daisy Chain, and Full Mesh models and I thought my configuration specifics might be useful for the community.

I used vNets in all my examples for simplicity and I should point out that these can go across subscriptions. If one of the networks in your scenario happens to be an on premise environment the XML pretty much looks the same, you’ll just need to specify your public IP instead of the gateway IP for VPNGatewayAddress, download the script for your device (which must support dynamic routing), and configure your device for the VPN connection.

To test out one of the configurations complete the following steps:

  • Choose which scenario you want to test (Full Mesh, Hub and Spoke, or Daisy Chain) and download the attached XML file for that scenario
  • Logon to the legacy Azure portal and go to Networks
  • If you have existing vNets, Local Networks, or DNS Servers configured then click Export
    • Manually merge the XML from the scenario you want to test into your existing network configuration XML
  • Select New\Import Configuration
    • Choose the network configuration XML file you want to use and click Open
    • Click Next and OK
  • Select each vNet
    • Click Create Gateway (If it prompts you for a choice pick Dynamic)
    • Make sure this is done for each vNet, it should take 15-20 minutes for each gateway to get created
  • Once all the gateways are provisioned go back to Networks and Click Export
  • Modify the VPNGatewayAddress for each LocalNetworkSite to match the Gateway IP Address for each applicable vNet
    • You can get the Gateway IP Address for each vNet by selecting the vNet under Networks and viewing the Dashboard
  • Select New\Import Configuration
    • Choose the network configuration XML file with the correct Gateway IPs and click Open
    • Click Next and OK
  • Open Azure PowerShell, logon to your subscription, and run the associated Gateway Key PowerShell commands to exchange the keys for each gateway. Note, you should change the shared key in the command to something more secure.
  • After 5 minutes or so go under each vNet and validate that the Gateway status is Connected for each local network
  • To further validate connectivity spin up VMs in each vNet and confirm that they can ping each other after allowing ICMP traffic through any configured firewalls.

Full Mesh

The full mesh, single hop, model is the easiest to configure but can be problematic at scale as each vNet is limited to 10 connections each. Update – We can now create High Performance VPN Gateways which support up to 30 S2S connections. They can be created with PowerShell:

New-AzureVNetGateway –VNetName vNet1 –GatewaySKU HighPerformance –GatewayType DynamicRouting

 

 FullMesh

 

Network Table

Virtual Network Address Space Subnet Name Subnet
vNet1 10.0.0.0/22 vNet1FE 10.0.0.0/24
    vNet1BE 10.0.1.0/24
    GatewaySubnet 10.0.3.240/28
vNet2 10.0.4.0/22 vNet2FE 10.0.4.0/24
    vNet2BE 10.0.5.0/24
    GatewaySubnet 10.0.7.240/28
vNet3 10.0.8.0/22 vNet3FE 10.0.8.0/24
    vNet3BE 10.0.9.0/24
    GatewaySubnet 10.0.11.240/28
vNet4 10.0.12.0/22 vNet4FE 10.0.12.0/24
    vNet4BE 10.0.13.0/24
    GatewaySubnet 10.0.15.240/28

 

Gateway Key Commands

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet1 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet2 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet1 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet3 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet1 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet4 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet2 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet1 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet2 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet3 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet2 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet4 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet3 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet1 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet3 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet2 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet3 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet4 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet4 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet1 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet4 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet2 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet4 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet3 -SharedKey mykey

 

Network Configuration

<NetworkConfiguration xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2011/07/NetworkConfiguration">
  <VirtualNetworkConfiguration>
    <LocalNetworkSites>
      <LocalNetworkSite name="LocalvNet1">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.0.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <VPNGatewayAddress>104.45.135.1</VPNGatewayAddress>
      </LocalNetworkSite>
      <LocalNetworkSite name="LocalvNet2">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.4.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <VPNGatewayAddress>104.45.135.2</VPNGatewayAddress>
      </LocalNetworkSite>
      <LocalNetworkSite name="LocalvNet3">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.8.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <VPNGatewayAddress>104.45.135.3</VPNGatewayAddress>
      </LocalNetworkSite>      
      <LocalNetworkSite name="LocalvNet4">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.12.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <VPNGatewayAddress>104.45.135.4</VPNGatewayAddress>
      </LocalNetworkSite>
    </LocalNetworkSites>
    <VirtualNetworkSites>
      <VirtualNetworkSite name="vNet1" Location="East US">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.0.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <Subnets>
          <Subnet name="vNet1FE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.0.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="vNet1BE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.1.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="GatewaySubnet">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.3.240/28</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
        </Subnets>
        <Gateway>
          <ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet2">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet3">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet4">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
          </ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
        </Gateway>
      </VirtualNetworkSite>
      <VirtualNetworkSite name="vNet2" Location="East US">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.4.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <Subnets>
          <Subnet name="vNet2FE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.4.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="vNet2BE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.5.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="GatewaySubnet">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.7.240/28</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
        </Subnets>
        <Gateway>
          <ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet1">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet3">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet4">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
          </ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
        </Gateway>
      </VirtualNetworkSite>
      <VirtualNetworkSite name="vNet3" Location="West US">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.8.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <Subnets>
          <Subnet name="vNet3FE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.8.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="vNet3BE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.9.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="GatewaySubnet">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.11.240/28</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
        </Subnets>
        <Gateway>
          <ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet1">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet2">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet4">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
          </ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
        </Gateway>
      </VirtualNetworkSite>
      <VirtualNetworkSite name="vNet4" Location="West US">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.12.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <Subnets>
          <Subnet name="vNet4FE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.12.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="vNet4BE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.13.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="GatewaySubnet">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.15.240/28</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
        </Subnets>
        <Gateway>
          <ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet1">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet2">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet3">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
          </ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
        </Gateway>
      </VirtualNetworkSite>
    </VirtualNetworkSites>
  </VirtualNetworkConfiguration>
</NetworkConfiguration>

Hub and Spoke

HubAndSpoke

 

Network Table

Virtual Network Address Space Subnet Name Subnet
vNet1 10.0.0.0/22 vNet1FE 10.0.0.0/24
    vNet1BE 10.0.1.0/24
    GatewaySubnet 10.0.3.240/28
vNet2 10.0.4.0/22 vNet2FE 10.0.4.0/24
    vNet2BE 10.0.5.0/24
    GatewaySubnet 10.0.7.240/28
vNet3 10.0.8.0/22 vNet3FE 10.0.8.0/24
    vNet3BE 10.0.9.0/24
    GatewaySubnet 10.0.11.240/28
vNet4 10.0.12.0/22 vNet4FE 10.0.12.0/24
    vNet4BE 10.0.13.0/24
    GatewaySubnet 10.0.15.240/28
vNet5 10.0.16.0/22 vNet5FE 10.0.16.0/24
    vNet5BE 10.0.17.0/24
    GatewaySubnet 10.0.19.240/28
vNet6 10.0.20.0/22 vNet6FE 10.0.20.0/24
    vNet6BE 10.0.21.0/24
    GatewaySubnet 10.0.23.240/28

 

 

Gateway Key Commands

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet1 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet3 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet1 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet4 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet1 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet256 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet2 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet5 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet2 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet6 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet2 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet134 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet3 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet12456 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet4 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet12356 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet5 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet26134 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet6 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet25134 -SharedKey mykey

 

 

Network Configuration

<NetworkConfiguration xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2011/07/NetworkConfiguration">
  <VirtualNetworkConfiguration>
    <LocalNetworkSites>
      <LocalNetworkSite name="LocalvNet12456">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.0.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.4.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.12.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.16.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.20.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <VPNGatewayAddress>104.45.135.1</VPNGatewayAddress>
      </LocalNetworkSite>
      <LocalNetworkSite name="LocalvNet12356">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.0.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.4.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.8.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.16.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.20.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <VPNGatewayAddress>104.45.135.1</VPNGatewayAddress>
      </LocalNetworkSite>
      <LocalNetworkSite name="LocalvNet134">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.0.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.8.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.12.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <VPNGatewayAddress>104.45.135.1</VPNGatewayAddress>
      </LocalNetworkSite>
      <LocalNetworkSite name="LocalvNet26134">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.4.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.0.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.8.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.12.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.20.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <VPNGatewayAddress>104.45.135.2</VPNGatewayAddress>
      </LocalNetworkSite>
      <LocalNetworkSite name="LocalvNet25134">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.4.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.0.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.8.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.12.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.16.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <VPNGatewayAddress>104.45.135.2</VPNGatewayAddress>
      </LocalNetworkSite>
      <LocalNetworkSite name="LocalvNet256">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.4.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.16.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.20.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <VPNGatewayAddress>104.45.135.2</VPNGatewayAddress>
      </LocalNetworkSite>
      <LocalNetworkSite name="LocalvNet3">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.8.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <VPNGatewayAddress>104.45.135.3</VPNGatewayAddress>
      </LocalNetworkSite>      
      <LocalNetworkSite name="LocalvNet4">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.12.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <VPNGatewayAddress>104.45.135.4</VPNGatewayAddress>
      </LocalNetworkSite>
      <LocalNetworkSite name="LocalvNet5">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.16.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <VPNGatewayAddress>104.45.135.5</VPNGatewayAddress>
      </LocalNetworkSite>
      <LocalNetworkSite name="LocalvNet6">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.20.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <VPNGatewayAddress>104.45.135.6</VPNGatewayAddress>
      </LocalNetworkSite>
    </LocalNetworkSites>
    <VirtualNetworkSites>
      <VirtualNetworkSite name="vNet1" Location="East US">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.0.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <Subnets>
          <Subnet name="vNet1FE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.0.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="vNet1BE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.1.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="GatewaySubnet">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.3.240/28</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
        </Subnets>
        <Gateway>
          <ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet3">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet4">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet256">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
          </ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
        </Gateway>
      </VirtualNetworkSite>
      <VirtualNetworkSite name="vNet2" Location="West US">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.4.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <Subnets>
          <Subnet name="vNet2FE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.4.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="vNet2BE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.5.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="GatewaySubnet">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.7.240/28</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
        </Subnets>
        <Gateway>
          <ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet5">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet6">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet134">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
          </ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
        </Gateway>
      </VirtualNetworkSite>
      <VirtualNetworkSite name="vNet3" Location="East US">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.8.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <Subnets>
          <Subnet name="vNet3FE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.8.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="vNet3BE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.9.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="GatewaySubnet">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.11.240/28</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
        </Subnets>
        <Gateway>
          <ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet12456">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
          </ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
        </Gateway>
      </VirtualNetworkSite>
      <VirtualNetworkSite name="vNet4" Location="East US">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.12.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <Subnets>
          <Subnet name="vNet4FE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.12.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="vNet4BE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.13.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="GatewaySubnet">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.15.240/28</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
        </Subnets>
        <Gateway>
          <ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet12356">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
          </ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
        </Gateway>
      </VirtualNetworkSite>
      <VirtualNetworkSite name="vNet5" Location="West US">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.16.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <Subnets>
          <Subnet name="vNet5FE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.16.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="vNet5BE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.17.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="GatewaySubnet">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.19.240/28</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
        </Subnets>
        <Gateway>
          <ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet26134">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
          </ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
        </Gateway>
      </VirtualNetworkSite>
      <VirtualNetworkSite name="vNet6" Location="West US">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.20.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <Subnets>
          <Subnet name="vNet6FE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.20.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="vNet6BE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.21.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="GatewaySubnet">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.23.240/28</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
        </Subnets>
        <Gateway>
          <ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet25134">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
          </ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
        </Gateway>
      </VirtualNetworkSite>
    </VirtualNetworkSites>
  </VirtualNetworkConfiguration>
</NetworkConfiguration>

Daisy Chain

 

DaisyChain

 

Network Table

Virtual Network Address Space Subnet Name Subnet
vNet1 10.0.0.0/22 vNet1FE 10.0.0.0/24
    vNet1BE 10.0.1.0/24
    GatewaySubnet 10.0.3.240/28
vNet2 10.0.4.0/22 vNet2FE 10.0.4.0/24
    vNet2BE 10.0.5.0/24
    GatewaySubnet 10.0.7.240/28
vNet3 10.0.8.0/22 vNet3FE 10.0.8.0/24
    vNet3BE 10.0.9.0/24
    GatewaySubnet 10.0.11.240/28
vNet4 10.0.12.0/22 vNet4FE 10.0.12.0/24
    vNet4BE 10.0.13.0/24
    GatewaySubnet 10.0.15.240/28

 

Gateway Key Commands

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet1 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet234 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet2 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet1 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet2 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet34 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet3 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet21 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet3 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet4 -SharedKey mykey

Set-AzureVNetGatewayKey -VNetName vNet4 -LocalNetworkSiteName LocalvNet321 -SharedKey mykey

 

 

Network Configuration

<NetworkConfiguration xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2011/07/NetworkConfiguration">
  <VirtualNetworkConfiguration>
    <LocalNetworkSites>
      <LocalNetworkSite name="LocalvNet1">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.0.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <VPNGatewayAddress>104.45.135.1</VPNGatewayAddress>
      </LocalNetworkSite>
      <LocalNetworkSite name="LocalvNet234">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.4.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.8.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.12.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <VPNGatewayAddress>104.45.135.2</VPNGatewayAddress>
      </LocalNetworkSite>
      <LocalNetworkSite name="LocalvNet21">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.4.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.0.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <VPNGatewayAddress>104.45.135.2</VPNGatewayAddress>
      </LocalNetworkSite>      
      <LocalNetworkSite name="LocalvNet34">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.8.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.12.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <VPNGatewayAddress>104.45.135.3</VPNGatewayAddress>
      </LocalNetworkSite>
      <LocalNetworkSite name="LocalvNet321">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.8.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.4.0/22</AddressPrefix>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.0.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <VPNGatewayAddress>104.45.135.3</VPNGatewayAddress>
      </LocalNetworkSite>
      <LocalNetworkSite name="LocalvNet4">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.12.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <VPNGatewayAddress>104.45.135.4</VPNGatewayAddress>
      </LocalNetworkSite>
    </LocalNetworkSites>
    <VirtualNetworkSites>
      <VirtualNetworkSite name="vNet1" Location="East US">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.0.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <Subnets>
          <Subnet name="vNet1FE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.0.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="vNet1BE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.1.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="GatewaySubnet">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.3.240/28</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
        </Subnets>
        <Gateway>
          <ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet234">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
          </ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
        </Gateway>
      </VirtualNetworkSite>
      <VirtualNetworkSite name="vNet2" Location="East US">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.4.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <Subnets>
          <Subnet name="vNet2FE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.4.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="vNet2BE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.5.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="GatewaySubnet">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.7.240/28</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
        </Subnets>
        <Gateway>
          <ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet1">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet34">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
          </ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
        </Gateway>
      </VirtualNetworkSite>
      <VirtualNetworkSite name="vNet3" Location="West US">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.8.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <Subnets>
          <Subnet name="vNet3FE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.8.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="vNet3BE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.9.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="GatewaySubnet">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.11.240/28</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
        </Subnets>
        <Gateway>
          <ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet21">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet4">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
          </ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
        </Gateway>
      </VirtualNetworkSite>
      <VirtualNetworkSite name="vNet4" Location="West US">
        <AddressSpace>
          <AddressPrefix>10.0.12.0/22</AddressPrefix>
        </AddressSpace>
        <Subnets>
          <Subnet name="vNet4FE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.12.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="vNet4BE">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.13.0/24</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
          <Subnet name="GatewaySubnet">
            <AddressPrefix>10.0.15.240/28</AddressPrefix>
          </Subnet>
        </Subnets>
        <Gateway>
          <ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
            <LocalNetworkSiteRef name="LocalvNet321">
              <Connection type="IPsec" />
            </LocalNetworkSiteRef>
          </ConnectionsToLocalNetwork>
        </Gateway>
      </VirtualNetworkSite>
    </VirtualNetworkSites>
  </VirtualNetworkConfiguration>
</NetworkConfiguration>

NetworkConfig.zip

]]> Create a Multi-NIC VM with a Public IP in Azure https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rslaten/create-a-multi-nic-vm-with-a-public-ip-in-azure Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:00:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rslaten/2014/11/18/create-a-multi-nic-vm-with-a-public-ip-in-azure/ We recently announced support for virtual machines (VMs) with multiple network interface controllers (NICs). I’m still trying to understand all the new scenarios this functionality enables, but first I just wanted to test it out myself.

My scenario is to use PowerShell to build out a VM with two NICs, one for a backend subnet and another for a frontend subnet with an instance-level public IP address (PIP). *Update (2/3/2015): The documentation on PIP was recently updated stating that they are not supported on multi-NIC VMs.

The PIP gives the VM its own public IP address that is different from the Virtual IP Address (VIP) assigned to the cloud service that the VM resides in. The big difference between the two is that the PIP is wide open, where the with VIP you need to essentially setup port forwarding rules for everything you want to access on the VMs within that cloud service. This also means that you should run some sort of firewall on your VM if you’re using a PIP.

Scenario diagram

Design

Summarized Steps

  1. Choose a unique name, something unique within azure, to use for the steps below
  2. Create a Virtual Network (VNET)
  3. Update Azure PowerShell
  4. Save your Azure Subscription Settings File
  5. Run the PowerShell script
  6. Validate configuration

Detailed Steps

  • First we need to choose a name that is unique within Azure. We will use this name for the VNET, Cloud service, VM, storage, and PIP. The name needs to be in all lower case. For this example I will use rslatendemo.
  • Next we need to logon to the Azure Portal and create a new VNET. Use these same parameters as the script requires them to complete.
    • Go to Networks and click New
    • Click Custom Create
    • Type in the unique name you chose for Name, choose South Central US for Location, and click Next twice
    • Configure a address space: 192.168.0.0/21
    • Configure two new Subnets:
      • Frontend: 192.168.0.0/24
      • Backend: 192.168.1.0/24
    • Click OK

image

Script Actions

  • Logs on using your azure settings file
  • Creates a new storage account
  • Creates a new storage container
  • Creates a new cloud service
  • Creates a new VM with two NICs and a public IP in the VNET you created earlier. The VM will be run Windows Server 2012 R2, be a large size (A3) so it supports multiple NICs, be located in the South Central US region, and will use the subnets you created earlier in the VNET.

Script Parameters

Name Description Example
azureSettingsFile Path to settings file c:\temp\rslatendemo.publishsettings
azureName Unique name you picked earlier rslatendemo
adminUserName Admin user name rslatendemo
adminPassword Admin user password P@SSw0rd1

Script Example

.\CreateMultiNICPIPVM.ps1 –azureSettingsFile c:\temp\rslatendemo.publishsettings –azureName rslatendemo –adminUserName rslatendemo –adminPassword P@SSw0rd1

Validate Configuration

The script should run and show an OperationStatus: Succeeded for the New-AzureVM cmdlet towards the bottom of the script. After 10 minutes or so the VM should be spun up, you may need to refresh your browser to see the objects we created with the script.

  • Logon to the portal, find the VM that was created, click on it, and go to the Dashboard. Take note of the IP Address for the VIP. In this case mine is 23.102.153.182.

image

  • Click Connect and logon to the VM over RDP. Open IE and ask Bing “What is my IP Address”. You may need to add bing to the trusted sites. Take note of the IP, in this case mine is 23.98.147.247. This is my PIP.

image

 

  • Take note of the two NICs in the VM

image

  • From your own PC, ping the PIP, notice you get request timed out
  • Now turn off the Windows Firewall in the VM (temporarily), or allow ICMP, and ping the PIP again

image

 

Script

param(
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $azureSettingsFile,
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $azureName,
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $adminUserName,
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $adminPassword
)

#Optional Parameters
$azureLocation = "South Central US"
$azureImageName = "a699494373c04fc0bc8f2bb1389d6106__Windows-Server-2012-R2-201410.01-en.us-127GB.vhd"
$azureInstanceSize = "Large"
$azureFESubnetName = "Frontend"
$azureFEStaticIP = "192.168.0.254"
$azureBESubnetName = "Backend"
$azureBEStaticIP = "192.168.1.254"

#Functions
function NewAzureStorageAccount
{
  param($account, $location)

  #Check to see if it already exists
  $blob = Get-AzureStorageAccount -StorageAccountName $account -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -WarningAction SilentlyContinue -Verbose:$false

  #Create if it doesn't exist
  if(!($blob))
  {
    Write-Host "Creating Storage Account..."
    New-AzureStorageAccount -StorageAccountName $account -Location $location -Verbose:$false -WarningAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
    
    #Ensure it gets created before moving on
    while ((Get-AzureStorageAccount -StorageAccountName $account -WarningAction SilentlyContinue).StorageAccountStatus -ne "Created")
    {
      Start-Sleep 5
    }
    Write-Host "Storage Account Created"
  }
  else
  {
    Write-Host "Storage account already exists, skipping"
  }
}

function NewAzureStorageContainer
{
  param($name)

  #Check to see if the container already exists
  $container = Get-AzureStorageContainer -Name $name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

  #Create if it doesn't exist
  if(!($container))
  {
    Write-Host "Creating Storage Container..."
    New-AzureStorageContainer -Name $name -Verbose:$false | Out-Null
    Write-Host "Storage Container Created"
  }
  else
  {
    Write-Host "Storage container already exists, skipping"
  }
}

function NewAzureService
{
  param($name, $location)

  #Check to see if it already exists
  $service = Get-AzureService -ServiceName $name -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -WarningAction SilentlyContinue -Verbose:$false

  #Create if it doesn't exist
  if(!($service))
  {
    Write-Host "Creating Cloud Service..."
    New-AzureService -ServiceName $name -Location $location -Verbose:$false -WarningAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
    Write-Host "Cloud Service Created"
  }
  else
  {
    Write-Host "cloud service already exists, skipping"
  }
}


#Import Azure PowerShell Module
Import-Module Azure

#Import Azure Settings File
Import-AzurePublishSettingsFile -PublishSettingsFile $azureSettingsFile | Out-Null

#Create Storage
NewAzureStorageAccount -account $azureName -location $azureLocation

#Set Azure Subscription with Storage
Set-AzureSubscription -CurrentStorageAccountName $azureName -SubscriptionName ((Get-AzureSubscription).SubscriptionName)

#Create Storage Container
NewAzureStorageContainer -name vhds

#Create Cloud Service
NewAzureService -name $azureName -location $azureLocation

#Set VM Size and Image
$vm = New-AzureVMConfig -Name $azureName -InstanceSize $azureInstanceSize -ImageName $azureImageName

#Set VM Credentials
Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -VM $vm -Windows -AdminUsername $adminUserName -Password $adminPassword

#Set VM Frontend Network Subnet, Static IP, and Public IP
Set-AzureSubnet -SubnetNames $azureFESubnetName -VM $vm
Set-AzureStaticVNetIP -IPAddress $azureFEStaticIP -VM $vm
Set-AzurePublicIP -PublicIPName $azureName -VM $vm

#Set VM Backend Network Subnet and Static IP
Add-AzureNetworkInterfaceConfig -Name $azureBESubnetName -SubnetName $azureBESubnetName -StaticVNetIPAddress $azureBEStaticIP -VM $vm

#Create the VM
New-AzureVM -ServiceName $azureName -VNetName $azureName -VM $vm

 

Hopefully this script can serve as an example to help automate the creation of such VMs in your environment.

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]]> Monitoring Distributed Applications in Operations Manager https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rslaten/monitoring-distributed-applications-in-operations-manager Mon, 08 Sep 2014 16:00:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rslaten/2014/09/08/monitoring-distributed-applications-in-operations-manager/ One of the more complex Management Pack Authoring scenarios is monitoring distributed applications. I recently used the System Center 2012 Visual Studio Authoring Extensions (VSAE) to create a very complex, but generic, distributed application management pack. Hopefully this solution provides a useful example for the community.

Management Pack Summary

The distributed application is a fake application called Fabrikam. Fabrikam has a database (called Fabrikam) that contains information on the customers that subscribe to the Fabrikam product. Currently Fabrikam has four subscribers/customers. These customers are Contoso, Litware, Lucerne, and Northwind. Each customer has their own database which is also named the same as the customer. The management pack discovers each customer from the data in the Fabrikam database. Each Fabrikam customer subscribes to various add-on applications. Currently there are only 3 add-on applications which are called Adventure Works Cycles, Alpine Ski House, and Blue Yonder Airlines.

The monitoring is separated into two sections, infrastructure and applications. The infrastructure is simply a roll-up of the health of the customer database from the SQL Management Pack. The application side is custom monitoring that is done from a resource pool called the Fabrikam Monitoring Resource Pool. Rules and Monitors run against the applicable customer database looking for various “events” that are inserted by the fake add-on applications (Adventure Works Cycles, Alpine Ski House, and Blue Yonder Airlines). Each application also has an associated fake Windows service that runs on the SQL Server and I have included a discovery/monitor for this as well.

This management pack covers the following concepts

  1. Hosting and Containment Relationships
  2. Health Roll-up (Dependency Monitors)
  3. Synchronizing class structures between Service Manager and Operations Manager
  4. Inheritance
  5. Secure References
  6. Using icons in your management pack
  7. Monitoring custom classes from a resource pool
  8. Monitoring services remotely using WMI
  9. Querying a remote DB using the OleDBProbe and evaluating the results
  10. Making your VSAE solutions portable
  11. Creating multiple management packs for a single solution

To import this management pack into your lab follow the steps below

Restore the databases to your SQL Server

The distributed application uses databases as its discovery and monitoring source. Choose a SQL Server in your lab to restore these databases to.

  • Ensure the SQL Server is monitored by Operations Manager
  • Copy the *.bak files from the \Testing\ directory to your SQL Server
  • Open SQL Management Studio and connect to your SQL Server
  • Restore the databases
    • Right-click on Databases and choose Restore Database
    • Select Device, click the Ellipsis, click Add, select Contoso.bak, and click OK four times
    • Repeat the steps above for Fabrikam.bak, Litware.bak, Lucerne.bak, and Northwind.bak
  • Update your Fabrikam Database
    • Open a New Query in SQL Management Studio
    • Run the following query after replacing the MachineName with the netbios name of your SQL Server

use Fabrikam
update InstalledServices
set MachineName = 'mysqlserver'

    • Run the following queries after replacing the DBConnectionString with your SQL Server and Instance Name

use Fabrikam
update Customers
set DBConnectionString = 'Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=mysqlserver.fabrikam.com\i01;Initial Catalog=Contoso;Integrated Security=SSPI'
where CustomerName = 'Contoso'
update Customers
set DBConnectionString = 'Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=mysqlserver.fabrikam.com\i01;Initial Catalog=Litware;Integrated Security=SSPI'
where CustomerName = 'Litware'
update Customers
set DBConnectionString = 'Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=mysqlserver.fabrikam.com\i01;Initial Catalog=Lucerne;Integrated Security=SSPI'
where CustomerName = 'Lucerne'
update Customers
set DBConnectionString = 'Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=mysqlserver.fabrikam.com\i01;Initial Catalog=Northwind;Integrated Security=SSPI'
where CustomerName = 'Northwind'

  • Restart the Microsoft Monitoring Agent service on your SQL Server (this will ensure the new databases get discovered quickly)
  • Open the Operations Manager Console
  • Go to Monitoring\Microsoft SQL Server\Databases\Database State and ensure that the 5 new databases have been discovered

Import the management packs into Operations Manager

  • Open the \Build\Release\Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Discovery.xml
  • Do a find/replace on sql2012\i02
    • Replace it with the name\instance of your SQL Server
  • Save the XML file
  • Note, this solution was built on Operations Manager 2012 R2 so the references use those versions of the MPs, although they technically aren’t a requirement but you won’t be able to import the MPs without recompiling the solution if you’re using a lower version.
  • Open the Operations Manager Console
  • Go to Administration, Management Packs, and click Import Management Packs…
  • Click Add\Add from Disk and select the following files from the Build\Release directory (pay attention to the file extension)
    • Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Discovery.xml
    • Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Library.mp
    • Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Library.mp
    • Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.mp
    • Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resources.mpb
  • Click Install
  • Go to Administration, Run As Configuration\Profiles\My Distributed Application Discovery RunAs Profile and add an account that has access to the Fabrikam database
  • Go to Administration, Run As Configuration\Profiles\My Distributed Application Monitoring RunAs Profile and add an account that has access to all the databases we imported

Verify that the distributed application is discovered

  • Open the Operations Manager Console
  • Go to Monitoring\Distributed Applications
  • Right-click on Fabrikam Environment and select Open\Diagram View
  • Your application should look similar to this:

image

  • Notice the icons in the diagram. I used the icon pack from the folks at Cireson.
  • If only the top two objects are discovered then you can try to speed things up by restarting the Microsoft Monitoring Agent on the servers in your Fabrikam Monitoring Resource Pool

Test the Solution

  • Try running the queries in the \Testing\TestQueries.sql file to generate errors within the distributed application. This simply inserts rows into the customer database. 
--Create Error Event in Adventure Works Cycles
insert into HealthData (ApplicationID, Message, Type, TimeStamp)
values (1, 'An Error has occurred', 2, GetDate())

--Create Healthy Event in Adventure Works Cycles
insert into HealthData (ApplicationID, Message, Type, TimeStamp)
values (1, 'Application is Healthy', 1, GetDate())

--Get last health event in Adventure Works Cycles
select top 1 Type, Message, TimeStamp from HealthData hd
join Applications app on app.ApplicationID = hd.ApplicationID
where app.ApplicationName = 'Adventure Works Cycles'
order by TimeStamp desc

--Create Error Event in Alpine Ski House
insert into HealthData (ApplicationID, Message, Type, TimeStamp)
values (2, 'An Error has occurred', 2, GetDate())

--Get last unhealthy health event in Alpine Ski House within last 5 minutes
select top 1 Type, Message, TimeStamp from HealthData hd
join Applications app on app.ApplicationID = hd.ApplicationID
where app.ApplicationName = 'Alpine Ski House'
and hd.Type = 2
and datediff(minute, hd.TimeStamp, GetDate()) < 5
order by TimeStamp desc

--Create Error Event in Blue Yonder Airlines
insert into HealthData (ApplicationID, Message, Type, TimeStamp)
values (3, 'An Error has occurred', 2, GetDate())

--Get all unhealthy health events in Blue Yonder Airlines within last 5 minutes
select Type, Message, TimeStamp from HealthData hd
join Applications app on app.ApplicationID = hd.ApplicationID
where app.ApplicationName = 'Blue Yonder Airlines'
and hd.Type = 2
and datediff(minute, hd.TimeStamp, GetDate()) < 5
order by TimeStamp desc

--Create Order Backlog in Adventure Works Cycles
insert into PerformanceData (ApplicationID, Object, Counter, Instance, Value, TimeStamp)
values (1, 'POS', 'Orders', 'Contoso', 11, GetDate())

--Clear Order Backlog in Adventure Works Cycles
insert into PerformanceData (ApplicationID, Object, Counter, Instance, Value, TimeStamp)
values (1, 'POS', 'Orders', 'Contoso', 10, GetDate())

--Get Last Order Backlog Counter in Adventure Works Cycles
select Object, Counter, Instance, Value, TimeStamp from PerformanceData pd
join Applications app on app.ApplicationID = pd.ApplicationID
where app.ApplicationName = 'Adventure Works Cycles'
and pd.Object = 'POS'
and pd.Counter = 'Orders'
order by TimeStamp desc

Management Pack Details

  • Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Library – Contains a class that exists in both Service Manager and Operations Manager 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ManagementPack SchemaVersion="2.0" ContentReadable="true" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <Manifest>
    <Identity>
      <ID>Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Library</ID>
      <Version>1.0.0.1</Version>
    </Identity>
    <Name>My Distributed Application Service Manager Library</Name>
    <References>
      <Reference Alias="System">
        <ID>System.Library</ID>
        <Version>7.5.8501.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
    </References>
  </Manifest>
  <TypeDefinitions>
    <EntityTypes>
      <ClassTypes>
        <ClassType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer" Base="System!System.ConfigItem" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Hosted="false" Singleton="false">
          <Property ID="CustomerID" Type="int" Key="true" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" />
          <Property ID="CustomerName" Type="string" Key="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" />
          <Property ID="CustomerLocation" Type="string" Key="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" />
          <Property ID="ContractStartDate" Type="datetime" Key="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" />
          <Property ID="ContractEndDate" Type="datetime" Key="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" />
        </ClassType>
      </ClassTypes>
    </EntityTypes>
  </TypeDefinitions>
  <LanguagePacks>
    <LanguagePack ID="ENU" IsDefault="true">
      <DisplayStrings>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer">
          <Name>Fabrikam Customer</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer" SubElementID="CustomerID">
          <Name>Fabrikam Customer ID</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer" SubElementID="CustomerName">
          <Name>Fabrikam Customer Name</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer" SubElementID="CustomerLocation">
          <Name>Fabrikam Customer Location</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer" SubElementID="ContractStartDate">
          <Name>Fabrikam Contract Start Date</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer" SubElementID="ContractEndDate">
          <Name>Fabrikam Contract End Date</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Library">
          <Name>My Distributed Application Service Manager Library</Name>
          <Description>My Distributed Application Service Manager Library Management Pack</Description>
        </DisplayString>
      </DisplayStrings>
      <KnowledgeArticles></KnowledgeArticles>
    </LanguagePack>
  </LanguagePacks>
</ManagementPack>
  • Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Discovery – Contains the discoveries for the solution 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><ManagementPack xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsl="https://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" ContentReadable="true" SchemaVersion="2.0" OriginalSchemaVersion="2.0">
  <Manifest>
    <Identity>
      <ID>Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Discovery</ID>
      <Version>1.0.0.1</Version>
    </Identity>
    <Name>My Distributed Application Discovery</Name>
    <References>
      <Reference Alias="CMDBLibrary">
        <ID>Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Library</ID>
        <Version>1.0.0.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>e24f5efd5fd6e660</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="DALibrary">
        <ID>Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Library</ID>
        <Version>1.0.0.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>e24f5efd5fd6e660</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="SQLLibrary">
        <ID>Microsoft.SQLServer.Library</ID>
        <Version>6.4.1.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="SC">
        <ID>Microsoft.SystemCenter.Library</ID>
        <Version>7.0.8433.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="Windows">
        <ID>Microsoft.Windows.Library</ID>
        <Version>7.5.8501.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="System">
        <ID>System.Library</ID>
        <Version>7.5.8501.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
    </References>
  </Manifest>
  <TypeDefinitions>
    <ModuleTypes>
      <DataSourceModuleType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.DataSource.DiscoverCustomer" Accessibility="Public" Batching="false">
        <Configuration><xsd:element xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" minOccurs="1" name="IntervalSeconds" type="xsd:integer" /><xsd:element xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" minOccurs="1" name="DBConnectionString" type="xsd:string" /></Configuration>
        <OverrideableParameters>
          <OverrideableParameter ID="IntervalSeconds" Selector="$Config/IntervalSeconds$" ParameterType="int" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="DBConnectionString" Selector="$Config/DBConnectionString$" ParameterType="string" />
        </OverrideableParameters>
        <ModuleImplementation Isolation="Any">
          <Composite>
            <MemberModules>
              <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.TimedPowerShell.DiscoveryProvider"><IntervalSeconds>$Config/IntervalSeconds$</IntervalSeconds><SyncTime /><ScriptName>DiscoverCustomer.ps1</ScriptName><ScriptBody>#Functions
function QuerySQL(
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $connectionString,
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $queryStatement,
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $timeout,
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $maxRows)
{   
  try
  {
    $connection = New-Object System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection $connectionString
    $connection.Open()
    $command = New-Object Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand $queryStatement,$connection
    $command.CommandTimeout = $timeout
    $adapter = New-Object System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter $command
    $dataset = New-Object System.Data.DataSet
    [void] $adapter.Fill($dataSet)
    $dataSet.Tables | Select-Object -Expand Rows | select -First $maxRows
  }
  finally
  {
    $connection.Close()
  }   
}

function GetCustomers(
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $connectionString)
{
  #Get customers that have applications installed
  $query = 'select distinct cu.CustomerID, cu.CustomerName, cu.DBConnectionString from InstalledApplications ia
            join Customers cu on ia.CustomerID = cu.CustomerID
            join Applications ap on ia.ApplicationID = ap.ApplicationID
            order by CustomerID'
  $customers = @(QuerySQL -connectionString $connectionString -queryStatement $Query -timeout 300 -maxRows 1000)
  return $customers
}

#Main
$DBConnectionString = '$Config/DBConnectionString$'
$SourceID = '$MPElement$'
$ManagedEntityID = '$Target/Id$'

#Create Discovery Data
$API = New-Object -comObject 'MOM.ScriptAPI'
$DiscoveryData = $API.CreateDiscoveryData(0, $SourceId, $ManagedEntityId)

#Discover Customers
$Customers = GetCustomers -connectionString $DBConnectionString
foreach ($Customer in $Customers)
{
  #Add Customer Object to Discovered Data
  $CustomerInstance = $DiscoveryData.CreateClassInstance("$MPElement[Name='CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer']$")
  $CustomerInstance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer']/CustomerID$", $Customer.CustomerID)
  $CustomerInstance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer']/CustomerName$", $Customer.CustomerName)
  $CustomerInstance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='System!System.Entity']/DisplayName$", $Customer.CustomerName)
  $DiscoveryData.AddInstance($CustomerInstance)

  #Add Applications Object to Discovered Data and Link it to Customer Object
  $ApplicationsInstance = $DiscoveryData.CreateClassInstance("$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Applications']$")
  $ApplicationsInstance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='System!System.Entity']/DisplayName$", ("{0} Applications" -f $Customer.CustomerName))
  $ApplicationsInstance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer']/CustomerID$", $Customer.CustomerID)
  $DiscoveryData.AddInstance($ApplicationsInstance)

  #Add Infrastructure Object to Discovered Data and Link it to Customer Object
  $InfrastructureInstance = $DiscoveryData.CreateClassInstance("$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Infrastructure']$")
  $InfrastructureInstance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='System!System.Entity']/DisplayName$", ("{0} Infrastructure" -f $Customer.CustomerName))
  $InfrastructureInstance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer']/CustomerID$", $Customer.CustomerID)
  $DiscoveryData.AddInstance($InfrastructureInstance)

  #Add SQL Database Relationship to Discovered Data and Link it to Infrastructure Object
  $connectionString = $Customer.DBConnectionString.Split(";")
  $databaseName = ($connectionString[2].Split("="))[1]
  $instanceName = ($connectionString[1].Split("\"))[1]
  $principalName = (($connectionString[1].Split("\"))[0]).Split("=")[1]
  $DatabaseInstance = $DiscoveryData.CreateClassInstance("$MPElement[Name='SQLLibrary!Microsoft.SQLServer.Database']$")
  $DatabaseInstance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='SQLLibrary!Microsoft.SQLServer.Database']/DatabaseName$", $databaseName)
  $DatabaseInstance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='SQLLibrary!Microsoft.SQLServer.ServerRole']/InstanceName$", $instanceName)
  $DatabaseInstance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer']/PrincipalName$", $principalName)
  $DatabaseRelationshipInstance = $DiscoveryData.CreateRelationshipInstance("$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.InfrastructureContainsDatabase']$")
  $DatabaseRelationshipInstance.Source = $InfrastructureInstance
  $DatabaseRelationshipInstance.Target = $DatabaseInstance
  $DiscoveryData.AddInstance($DatabaseRelationshipInstance)
}

#Return Discovered Data to OM
$DiscoveryData</ScriptBody><TimeoutSeconds>300</TimeoutSeconds></DataSource>
            </MemberModules>
            <Composition>
              <Node ID="DS" />
            </Composition>
          </Composite>
        </ModuleImplementation>
        <OutputType>System!System.Discovery.Data</OutputType>
      </DataSourceModuleType>
      <DataSourceModuleType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.DataSource.DiscoverApplication" Accessibility="Public" Batching="false">
        <Configuration><xsd:element xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" minOccurs="1" name="IntervalSeconds" type="xsd:integer" /><xsd:element xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" minOccurs="1" name="DBConnectionString" type="xsd:string" /><xsd:element xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" minOccurs="1" name="ApplicationName" type="xsd:string" /><xsd:element xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" minOccurs="1" name="ApplicationID" type="xsd:string" /><xsd:element xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" minOccurs="1" name="ApplicationNameID" type="xsd:string" /><xsd:element xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" minOccurs="1" name="ApplicationDBConnectionStringID" type="xsd:string" /><xsd:element xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" minOccurs="1" name="ServiceID" type="xsd:string" /><xsd:element xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" minOccurs="1" name="MachineNameID" type="xsd:string" /><xsd:element xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" minOccurs="1" name="ServiceNameID" type="xsd:string" /><xsd:element xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" minOccurs="1" name="ServicePortID" type="xsd:string" /></Configuration>
        <OverrideableParameters>
          <OverrideableParameter ID="IntervalSeconds" Selector="$Config/IntervalSeconds$" ParameterType="int" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="DBConnectionString" Selector="$Config/DBConnectionString$" ParameterType="string" />
        </OverrideableParameters>
        <ModuleImplementation Isolation="Any">
          <Composite>
            <MemberModules>
              <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.TimedPowerShell.DiscoveryProvider"><IntervalSeconds>$Config/IntervalSeconds$</IntervalSeconds><SyncTime /><ScriptName>DiscoverApplication.ps1</ScriptName><ScriptBody>#Functions
function QuerySQL(
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $connectionString,
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $queryStatement,
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $timeout,
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $maxRows)
{   
  try
  {
    $connection = New-Object System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection $connectionString
    $connection.Open()
    $command = New-Object Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand $queryStatement,$connection
    $command.CommandTimeout = $timeout
    $adapter = New-Object System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter $command
    $dataset = New-Object System.Data.DataSet
    [void] $adapter.Fill($dataSet)
    $dataSet.Tables | Select-Object -Expand Rows | select -First $maxRows
  }
  finally
  {
    $connection.Close()
  }   
}

function GetApplications(
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $connectionString,
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $applicationName
  )
{
  #Get applications
  $query = (("select cu.CustomerID, cu.CustomerName, ap.ApplicationID, ap.ApplicationName from InstalledApplications ia
            join Customers cu on ia.CustomerID = cu.CustomerID
            join Applications ap on ia.ApplicationID = ap.ApplicationID
            where ApplicationName = '{0}'") -f $applicationName)
  $applications = @(QuerySQL -connectionString $connectionString -queryStatement $Query -timeout 300 -maxRows 1000)
  return $applications
}

function GetServices(
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $connectionString,
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $applicationName
  )
{
  #Get customers that have applications installed
  $query = (("select isvc.MachineName, isvc.ServiceName, isvc.Port, cu.CustomerID, cu.CustomerName, ap.ApplicationID, ap.ApplicationName from InstalledServices isvc
            join Customers cu on isvc.CustomerID = cu.CustomerID
            join Applications ap on isvc.ApplicationID = ap.ApplicationID
            where ApplicationName = '{0}'") -f $applicationName)
  $services = @(QuerySQL -connectionString $connectionString -queryStatement $Query -timeout 300 -maxRows 1000)
  return $services
}

#Main
$DBConnectionString = '$Config/DBConnectionString$'
$ApplicationName = '$Config/ApplicationName$'
$ApplicationID = '$Config/ApplicationID$'
$ApplicationNameID = '$Config/ApplicationNameID$'
$ApplicationDBConnectionStringID = '$Config/ApplicationDBConnectionStringID$'
$ServiceID = '$Config/ServiceID$'
$MachineNameID = '$Config/MachineNameID$'
$ServiceNameID = '$Config/ServiceNameID$'
$ServicePortID = '$Config/ServicePortID$'
$SourceID = '$MPElement$'
$ManagedEntityID = '$Target/Id$'

#Create Discovery Data
$API = New-Object -comObject 'MOM.ScriptAPI'
$DiscoveryData = $API.CreateDiscoveryData(0, $SourceId, $ManagedEntityId)

#Discover Applications
$Applications = GetApplications -connectionString $DBConnectionString -applicationName $ApplicationName
foreach ($Application in $Applications)
{
  #Add Application Object to Discovered Data and Link it to Customer Object
  $ApplicationInstance = $DiscoveryData.CreateClassInstance($ApplicationID)
  $ApplicationInstance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer']/CustomerID$", $Application.CustomerID)
  $ApplicationInstance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='System!System.Entity']/DisplayName$", $Application.ApplicationName)
  $ApplicationInstance.AddProperty($ApplicationNameID, $Application.ApplicationName)
  $ApplicationInstance.AddProperty($ApplicationDBConnectionStringID, ("Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=sql1\i01;Initial Catalog={0};Integrated Security=SSPI" -f $Application.CustomerName))
  $DiscoveryData.AddInstance($ApplicationInstance)
}

#Discover Services
$Services = GetServices -connectionString $DBConnectionString -applicationName $ApplicationName
foreach ($Service in $Services)
{
  #Add Service Object to Discovered Data and Link it to the Application Object
  $ServiceInstance = $DiscoveryData.CreateClassInstance($ServiceID)
  $ServiceInstance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer']/CustomerID$", $Service.CustomerID)
  $ServiceInstance.AddProperty($ApplicationNameID, $Service.ApplicationName)
  $ServiceInstance.AddProperty("$MPElement[Name='System!System.Entity']/DisplayName$", ("{0} Service" -f $Service.ServiceName))
  $ServiceInstance.AddProperty($MachineNameID, $Service.MachineName)
  $ServiceInstance.AddProperty($ServiceNameID, $Service.ServiceName)
  $ServiceInstance.AddProperty($ServicePortID, $Service.Port)
  $DiscoveryData.AddInstance($ServiceInstance)
}

#Return Discovered Data to OM
$DiscoveryData</ScriptBody><TimeoutSeconds>300</TimeoutSeconds></DataSource>
            </MemberModules>
            <Composition>
              <Node ID="DS" />
            </Composition>
          </Composite>
        </ModuleImplementation>
        <OutputType>System!System.Discovery.Data</OutputType>
      </DataSourceModuleType>
      <DataSourceModuleType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.DataSource.DiscoverResourcePool" Accessibility="Public" Batching="false">
        <Configuration><xsd:element xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" name="IntervalSeconds" type="xsd:integer" /></Configuration>
        <OverrideableParameters>
          <OverrideableParameter ID="IntervalSeconds" Selector="$Config/IntervalSeconds$" ParameterType="int" />
        </OverrideableParameters>
        <ModuleImplementation Isolation="Any">
          <Composite>
            <MemberModules>
              <DataSource ID="Scheduler" TypeID="System!System.Discovery.Scheduler"><Scheduler><SimpleReccuringSchedule><Interval>$Config/IntervalSeconds$</Interval><SyncTime /></SimpleReccuringSchedule><ExcludeDates /></Scheduler></DataSource>
              <ConditionDetection ID="Mapper" TypeID="System!System.Discovery.ClassSnapshotDataMapper"><ClassId>$MPElement[Name="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.ManagementServicePoolWatcher"]$</ClassId><InstanceSettings><Settings><Setting><Name>$MPElement[Name="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.ManagementServicePoolWatcher"]/PoolId$</Name><Value>$Target/Id$</Value></Setting><Setting><Name>$MPElement[Name="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.ManagementServicePoolWatcher"]/PoolName$</Name><Value>$Target/Property[Type="System!System.Entity"]/DisplayName$</Value></Setting><Setting><Name>$MPElement[Name="System!System.Entity"]/DisplayName$</Name><Value>$Target/Property[Type="System!System.Entity"]/DisplayName$ Watcher</Value></Setting></Settings></InstanceSettings></ConditionDetection>
            </MemberModules>
            <Composition>
              <Node ID="Mapper">
                <Node ID="Scheduler" />
              </Node>
            </Composition>
          </Composite>
        </ModuleImplementation>
        <OutputType>System!System.Discovery.Data</OutputType>
      </DataSourceModuleType>
    </ModuleTypes>
  </TypeDefinitions>
  <Monitoring>
    <Discoveries>
      <Discovery ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Discovery.DiscoverAdventureWorksCycles" Enabled="true" Target="CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">
        <Category>Discovery</Category>
        <DiscoveryTypes>
          <DiscoveryClass TypeID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AdventureWorksCycles" />
          <DiscoveryClass TypeID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AdventureWorksCycles.Service" />
        </DiscoveryTypes>
        <DataSource ID="DS" RunAs="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.SecureReference.DiscoveryProfile" TypeID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.DataSource.DiscoverApplication"><IntervalSeconds>86400</IntervalSeconds><DBConnectionString>Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=sql1\i01;Initial Catalog=Fabrikam;Integrated Security=SSPI</DBConnectionString><ApplicationName>Adventure Works Cycles</ApplicationName><ApplicationID>$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AdventureWorksCycles']$</ApplicationID><ApplicationNameID>$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application']/ApplicationName$</ApplicationNameID><ApplicationDBConnectionStringID>$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application']/DBConnectionString$</ApplicationDBConnectionStringID><ServiceID>$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AdventureWorksCycles.Service']$</ServiceID><MachineNameID>$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service']/MachineName$</MachineNameID><ServiceNameID>$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service']/ServiceName$</ServiceNameID><ServicePortID>$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service']/Port$</ServicePortID></DataSource>
      </Discovery>
      <Discovery ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Discovery.DiscoverAlpineSkiHouse" Enabled="true" Target="CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">
        <Category>Discovery</Category>
        <DiscoveryTypes>
          <DiscoveryClass TypeID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AlpineSkiHouse" />
          <DiscoveryClass TypeID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AlpineSkiHouse.Service" />
        </DiscoveryTypes>
        <DataSource ID="DS" RunAs="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.SecureReference.DiscoveryProfile" TypeID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.DataSource.DiscoverApplication"><IntervalSeconds>86400</IntervalSeconds><DBConnectionString>Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=sql1\i01;Initial Catalog=Fabrikam;Integrated Security=SSPI</DBConnectionString><ApplicationName>Alpine Ski House</ApplicationName><ApplicationID>$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AlpineSkiHouse']$</ApplicationID><ApplicationNameID>$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application']/ApplicationName$</ApplicationNameID><ApplicationDBConnectionStringID>$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application']/DBConnectionString$</ApplicationDBConnectionStringID><ServiceID>$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AlpineSkiHouse.Service']$</ServiceID><MachineNameID>$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service']/MachineName$</MachineNameID><ServiceNameID>$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service']/ServiceName$</ServiceNameID><ServicePortID>$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service']/Port$</ServicePortID></DataSource>
      </Discovery>
      <Discovery ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Discovery.DiscoverBlueYonderAirlines" Enabled="true" Target="CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">
        <Category>Discovery</Category>
        <DiscoveryTypes>
          <DiscoveryClass TypeID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.BlueYonderAirlines" />
          <DiscoveryClass TypeID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.BlueYonderAirlines.Service" />
        </DiscoveryTypes>
        <DataSource ID="DS" RunAs="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.SecureReference.DiscoveryProfile" TypeID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.DataSource.DiscoverApplication"><IntervalSeconds>86400</IntervalSeconds><DBConnectionString>Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=sql1\i01;Initial Catalog=Fabrikam;Integrated Security=SSPI</DBConnectionString><ApplicationName>Blue Yonder Airlines</ApplicationName><ApplicationID>$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.BlueYonderAirlines']$</ApplicationID><ApplicationNameID>$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application']/ApplicationName$</ApplicationNameID><ApplicationDBConnectionStringID>$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application']/DBConnectionString$</ApplicationDBConnectionStringID><ServiceID>$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.BlueYonderAirlines.Service']$</ServiceID><MachineNameID>$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service']/MachineName$</MachineNameID><ServiceNameID>$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service']/ServiceName$</ServiceNameID><ServicePortID>$MPElement[Name='DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service']/Port$</ServicePortID></DataSource>
      </Discovery>
      <Discovery ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Discovery.DiscoverFabrikam" Enabled="true" Target="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Fabrikam" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">
        <Category>Discovery</Category>
        <DiscoveryTypes>
          <DiscoveryRelationship TypeID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.FabrikamContainsCustomers" />
        </DiscoveryTypes>
        <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.GroupPopulator"><RuleId>$MPElement$</RuleId><GroupInstanceId>$Target/Id$</GroupInstanceId><MembershipRules><MembershipRule><MonitoringClass>$MPElement[Name="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Customers"]$</MonitoringClass><RelationshipClass>$MPElement[Name="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.FabrikamContainsCustomers"]$</RelationshipClass></MembershipRule></MembershipRules></DataSource>
      </Discovery>
      <Discovery ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Discovery.DiscoverCustomer" Enabled="true" Target="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Customers" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">
        <Category>Discovery</Category>
        <DiscoveryTypes>
          <DiscoveryClass TypeID="CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer" />
          <DiscoveryClass TypeID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Applications" />
          <DiscoveryClass TypeID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Infrastructure" />
          <DiscoveryClass TypeID="SQLLibrary!Microsoft.SQLServer.Database" />
          <DiscoveryRelationship TypeID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.InfrastructureContainsDatabase" />
        </DiscoveryTypes>
        <DataSource ID="DS" RunAs="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.SecureReference.DiscoveryProfile" TypeID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.DataSource.DiscoverCustomer"><IntervalSeconds>86400</IntervalSeconds><DBConnectionString>Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=sql1\i01;Initial Catalog=Fabrikam;Integrated Security=SSPI</DBConnectionString></DataSource>
      </Discovery>
      <Discovery ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Discovery.DiscoverResourcePool" Enabled="true" Target="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.ResourcePool" ConfirmDelivery="false" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">
        <Category>Discovery</Category>
        <DiscoveryTypes>
          <DiscoveryClass TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.ManagementServicePoolWatcher">
            <Property TypeID="System!System.Entity" PropertyID="DisplayName" />
            <Property PropertyID="PoolId" />
            <Property PropertyID="PoolName" />
          </DiscoveryClass>
        </DiscoveryTypes>
        <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.DataSource.DiscoverResourcePool"><IntervalSeconds>86400</IntervalSeconds></DataSource>
      </Discovery>
      <Discovery ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Discovery.DiscoverCustomerManagedByResourcePool" Enabled="true" Target="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.ResourcePool" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">
        <Category>Discovery</Category>
        <DiscoveryTypes>
          <DiscoveryRelationship TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.ManagementActionPointShouldManageEntity" />
        </DiscoveryTypes>
        <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.GroupPopulator"><RuleId>$MPElement$</RuleId><GroupInstanceId>$Target/Id$</GroupInstanceId><MembershipRules><MembershipRule><MonitoringClass>$MPElement[Name="CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer"]$</MonitoringClass><RelationshipClass>$MPElement[Name="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.ManagementActionPointShouldManageEntity"]$</RelationshipClass></MembershipRule></MembershipRules></DataSource>
      </Discovery>
      <Discovery ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Discovery.DiscoverCustomers" Enabled="true" Target="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Customers" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">
        <Category>Discovery</Category>
        <DiscoveryTypes>
          <DiscoveryRelationship TypeID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.CustomersContainsCustomer" />
        </DiscoveryTypes>
        <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.GroupPopulator"><RuleId>$MPElement$</RuleId><GroupInstanceId>$Target/Id$</GroupInstanceId><MembershipRules><MembershipRule><MonitoringClass>$MPElement[Name="CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer"]$</MonitoringClass><RelationshipClass>$MPElement[Name="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.CustomersContainsCustomer"]$</RelationshipClass></MembershipRule></MembershipRules></DataSource>
      </Discovery>
    </Discoveries>
  </Monitoring>
  <LanguagePacks>
    <LanguagePack ID="ENU" IsDefault="true">
      <DisplayStrings>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Discovery.DiscoverAdventureWorksCycles">
          <Name>Adventure Works Cycles Discovery</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Discovery.DiscoverAlpineSkiHouse">
          <Name>Alpine Ski House Discovery</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Discovery.DiscoverBlueYonderAirlines">
          <Name>Blue Yonder Airlines Discovery</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Discovery.DiscoverFabrikam">
          <Name>Fabrikam Discovery</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Discovery.DiscoverCustomer">
          <Name>Customer Discovery</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Discovery.DiscoverResourcePool">
          <Name>Resource Pool Discovery</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Discovery.DiscoverCustomerManagedByResourcePool">
          <Name>Customer Managed By Resource Pool Discovery</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Discovery.DiscoverCustomers">
          <Name>Customers Discovery</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Discovery">
          <Name>My Distributed Application Discovery</Name>
          <Description>My Distributed Application Discovery Management Pack</Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.DataSource.DiscoverCustomer">
          <Name>Discover Customer Data Source</Name>
          <Description>Used to discover the customer class</Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.DataSource.DiscoverCustomer" SubElementID="IntervalSeconds">
          <Name>IntervalSeconds</Name>
          <Description>The interval at which the discovery will be run</Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.DataSource.DiscoverCustomer" SubElementID="DBConnectionString">
          <Name>DBConnectionString</Name>
          <Description>The string to connect to the customer monitoring database</Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.DataSource.DiscoverResourcePool">
          <Name>Discover Resource Pool Data Source</Name>
          <Description>Used to discover the resource pool to be used for monitoring the distributed application</Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.DataSource.DiscoverResourcePool" SubElementID="IntervalSeconds">
          <Name>IntervalSeconds</Name>
          <Description>The interval at which the discovery will be run</Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.DataSource.DiscoverApplication">
          <Name>Discover Application Data Source</Name>
          <Description>Used to discover the application class</Description>
        </DisplayString>
      </DisplayStrings>
    </LanguagePack>
  </LanguagePacks>
</ManagementPack>
  • Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Library – Contains the classes and relationships used in the solution 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ManagementPack SchemaVersion="2.0" ContentReadable="true" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <Manifest>
    <Identity>
      <ID>Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Library</ID>
      <Version>1.0.0.1</Version>
    </Identity>
    <Name>My Distributed Application Library</Name>
    <References>
      <Reference Alias="CMDBLibrary">
        <ID>Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Library</ID>
        <Version>1.0.0.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>e24f5efd5fd6e660</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="SQLLibrary">
        <ID>Microsoft.SQLServer.Library</ID>
        <Version>6.4.1.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="SC">
        <ID>Microsoft.SystemCenter.Library</ID>
        <Version>7.0.8433.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="Windows">
        <ID>Microsoft.Windows.Library</ID>
        <Version>7.5.8501.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="System">
        <ID>System.Library</ID>
        <Version>7.5.8501.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
    </References>
  </Manifest>
  <TypeDefinitions>
    <EntityTypes>
      <ClassTypes>
        <ClassType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AdventureWorksCycles" Base="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Hosted="true" Singleton="false" />
        <ClassType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AdventureWorksCycles.Service" Base="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Hosted="true" Singleton="false" />
        <ClassType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AlpineSkiHouse" Base="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Hosted="true" Singleton="false" />
        <ClassType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AlpineSkiHouse.Service" Base="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Hosted="true" Singleton="false" />
        <ClassType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.BlueYonderAirlines" Base="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Hosted="true" Singleton="false" />
        <ClassType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.BlueYonderAirlines.Service" Base="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Hosted="true" Singleton="false" />
        <ClassType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Fabrikam" Base="System!System.Service" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Hosted="false" Singleton="true" />
        <ClassType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Customers" Base="System!System.ApplicationComponent" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Hosted="false" Singleton="true" />
        <ClassType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Applications" Base="System!System.ApplicationComponent" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Hosted="true" Singleton="false" />
        <ClassType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Infrastructure" Base="System!System.ApplicationComponent" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Hosted="true" Singleton="false" />
        <ClassType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application" Base="System!System.ApplicationComponent" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="true" Hosted="true" Singleton="false">
          <Property ID="ApplicationName" Type="string" Key="true" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" />
          <Property ID="DBConnectionString" Type="string" Key="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" />
        </ClassType>
        <ClassType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service" Base="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.ApplicationComponent" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="true" Hosted="false" Singleton="false">
          <Property ID="MachineName" Type="string" Key="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" />
          <Property ID="ServiceName" Type="string" Key="true" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" />
          <Property ID="Port" Type="int" Key="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" />
        </ClassType>
        <ClassType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.ResourcePool" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Base="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.ManagementServicePool" Hosted="false" Singleton="true" Extension="false" />
      </ClassTypes>
      <RelationshipTypes>
        <RelationshipType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.AdventureWorksCyclesHostsService" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Base="System!System.Hosting">
          <Source ID="Source" Type="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AdventureWorksCycles" />
          <Target ID="Target" Type="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AdventureWorksCycles.Service" />
        </RelationshipType>
        <RelationshipType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.AlpineSkiHouseHostsService" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Base="System!System.Hosting">
          <Source ID="Source" Type="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AlpineSkiHouse" />
          <Target ID="Target" Type="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AlpineSkiHouse.Service" />
        </RelationshipType>
        <RelationshipType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.BlueYonderAirlinesHostsService" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Base="System!System.Hosting">
          <Source ID="Source" Type="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.BlueYonderAirlines" />
          <Target ID="Target" Type="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.BlueYonderAirlines.Service" />
        </RelationshipType>
        <RelationshipType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.FabrikamContainsCustomers" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Base="System!System.Containment">
          <Source ID="Source" Type="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Fabrikam" />
          <Target ID="Target" Type="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Customers" />
        </RelationshipType>
        <RelationshipType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.CustomersContainsCustomer" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Base="System!System.Containment">
          <Source ID="Source" Type="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Customers" />
          <Target ID="Target" Type="CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer" />
        </RelationshipType>
        <RelationshipType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.CustomerHostsApplications" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Base="System!System.Hosting">
          <Source ID="Source" Type="CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer" />
          <Target ID="Target" Type="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Applications" />
        </RelationshipType>
        <RelationshipType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.CustomerHostsInfrastructure" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Base="System!System.Hosting">
          <Source ID="Source" Type="CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer" />
          <Target ID="Target" Type="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Infrastructure" />
        </RelationshipType>
        <RelationshipType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.InfrastructureContainsDatabase" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Base="System!System.Containment">
          <Source ID="Source" Type="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Infrastructure" />
          <Target ID="Target" Type="SQLLibrary!Microsoft.SQLServer.Database" />
        </RelationshipType>
        <RelationshipType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.ApplicationsHostsApplication" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Base="System!System.Hosting">
          <Source ID="Source" Type="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Applications" />
          <Target ID="Target" Type="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application" />
        </RelationshipType>
      </RelationshipTypes>
    </EntityTypes>
    <SecureReferences>
      <SecureReference ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.SecureReference.DiscoveryProfile" Accessibility="Public" />
      <SecureReference ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.SecureReference.MonitoringProfile" Accessibility="Public" />
    </SecureReferences>
  </TypeDefinitions>
  <LanguagePacks>
    <LanguagePack ID="ENU" IsDefault="true">
      <DisplayStrings>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AdventureWorksCycles">
          <Name>Adventure Works Cycles Application</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AdventureWorksCycles.Service">
          <Name>Adventure Works Cycles Application Service</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AlpineSkiHouse">
          <Name>Alpine Ski House Application</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AlpineSkiHouse.Service">
          <Name>Alpine Ski House Application Service</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.BlueYonderAirlines">
          <Name>Blue Yonder Airlines Application</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.BlueYonderAirlines.Service">
          <Name>Blue Yonder Airlines Application Service</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Fabrikam">
          <Name>Fabrikam Environment</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Customers">
          <Name>Fabrikam Customers</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Applications">
          <Name>Customer Applications</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Infrastructure">
          <Name>Customer Infrastructure</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application">
          <Name>Fabrikam Application</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application" SubElementID="ApplicationName">
          <Name>Application Name</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application" SubElementID="DBConnectionString">
          <Name>Application DB Connection String</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service">
          <Name>Application Service</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service" SubElementID="MachineName">
          <Name>Application Machine Name</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service" SubElementID="ServiceName">
          <Name>Application Service Name</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service" SubElementID="Port">
          <Name>Application Service Port</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.ResourcePool">
          <Name>Fabrikam Monitoring Resource Pool</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Library">
          <Name>My Distributed Application Library</Name>
          <Description>My Distributed Application Library Management Pack</Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.AdventureWorksCyclesHostsService">
          <Name>Adventure Works Cycles Hosts Service Class Relationship</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.AlpineSkiHouseHostsService">
          <Name>Alpine Ski House Hosts Service Class Relationship</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.BlueYonderAirlinesHostsService">
          <Name>Blue Yonder Airlines Hosts Service Class Relationship</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.FabrikamContainsCustomers">
          <Name>Fabrikam Class Contains Customers Class Relationship</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.CustomersContainsCustomer">
          <Name>Fabrikam Customers Class Contains Customer Class Relationship</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.CustomerHostsApplications">
          <Name>CMDB Customer Class Hosts Applications Class Relationship</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.CustomerHostsInfrastructure">
          <Name>CMDB Customer Class Hosts Infrastructure Class Relationship</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.SecureReference.DiscoveryProfile">
          <Name>My Distributed Application Discovery RunAs Profile</Name>
          <Description>Account used to discover customers and applications</Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.SecureReference.MonitoringProfile">
          <Name>My Distributed Application Monitoring RunAs Profile</Name>
          <Description>Account used to monitoring customer databases</Description>
        </DisplayString>
      </DisplayStrings>
      <KnowledgeArticles></KnowledgeArticles>
    </LanguagePack>
  </LanguagePacks>
</ManagementPack>
  • Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring – Contains the monitoring rules and monitors for the solution 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ManagementPack SchemaVersion="2.0" ContentReadable="true" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <Manifest>
    <Identity>
      <ID>Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring</ID>
      <Version>1.0.0.1</Version>
    </Identity>
    <Name>My Distributed Application Monitoring</Name>
    <References>
      <Reference Alias="CMDBLibrary">
        <ID>Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Library</ID>
        <Version>1.0.0.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>e24f5efd5fd6e660</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="DALibrary">
        <ID>Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Library</ID>
        <Version>1.0.0.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>e24f5efd5fd6e660</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="SCDW">
        <ID>Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.Library</ID>
        <Version>7.1.10226.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="SC">
        <ID>Microsoft.SystemCenter.Library</ID>
        <Version>7.0.8433.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="Windows">
        <ID>Microsoft.Windows.Library</ID>
        <Version>7.5.8501.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="Health">
        <ID>System.Health.Library</ID>
        <Version>7.0.8433.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="System">
        <ID>System.Library</ID>
        <Version>7.5.8501.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="Performance">
        <ID>System.Performance.Library</ID>
        <Version>7.0.8433.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
    </References>
  </Manifest>
  <TypeDefinitions>
    <ModuleTypes>
      <DataSourceModuleType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.DataSource.ServiceRunning" Accessibility="Public" Batching="false">
        <Configuration>
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="IntervalSeconds" type="xsd:integer" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="MachineName" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="ServiceName" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="Port" type="xsd:integer" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
        </Configuration>
        <OverrideableParameters>
          <OverrideableParameter ID="IntervalSeconds" Selector="$Config/IntervalSeconds$" ParameterType="int" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="MachineName" Selector="$Config/ServiceName$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="ServiceName" Selector="$Config/ServiceName$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="Port" Selector="$Config/Port$" ParameterType="int" />
        </OverrideableParameters>
        <ModuleImplementation Isolation="Any">
          <Composite>
            <MemberModules>
              <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="System!System.SimpleScheduler">
                <IntervalSeconds>$Config/IntervalSeconds$</IntervalSeconds>
                <SyncTime />
              </DataSource>
              <ProbeAction ID="Probe" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.WmiProbe">
                <NameSpace>\\$Config/MachineName$\root\cimv2</NameSpace>
                <Query>select State from Win32_Service where Name = '$Config/ServiceName$'</Query>
              </ProbeAction>
            </MemberModules>
            <Composition>
              <Node ID="Probe">
                <Node ID="DS" />
              </Node>
            </Composition>
          </Composite>
        </ModuleImplementation>
        <OutputType>System!System.BaseData</OutputType>
      </DataSourceModuleType>
      <DataSourceModuleType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.DataSource.QueryDB" Accessibility="Public" Batching="false">
        <Configuration>
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="IntervalSeconds" type="xsd:integer" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="ConnectionString" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="Query" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
        </Configuration>
        <OverrideableParameters>
          <OverrideableParameter ID="IntervalSeconds" Selector="$Config/IntervalSeconds$" ParameterType="int" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="ConnectionString" Selector="$Config/ConnectionString$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="Query" Selector="$Config/Query$" ParameterType="string" />
        </OverrideableParameters>
        <ModuleImplementation Isolation="Any">
          <Composite>
            <MemberModules>
              <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="System!System.Scheduler">
                <Scheduler>
                  <SimpleReccuringSchedule>
                    <Interval>$Config/IntervalSeconds$</Interval>
                  </SimpleReccuringSchedule>
                  <ExcludeDates />
                </Scheduler>
              </DataSource>
              <ProbeAction ID="Probe" TypeID="System!System.OleDbProbe">
                <ConnectionString>$Config/ConnectionString$</ConnectionString>
                <Query>$Config/Query$</Query>
                <GetValue>true</GetValue>
                <OneRowPerItem>true</OneRowPerItem>
              </ProbeAction>
            </MemberModules>
            <Composition>
              <Node ID="Probe">
                <Node ID="DS" />
              </Node>
            </Composition>
          </Composite>
        </ModuleImplementation>
        <OutputType>System!System.OleDbData</OutputType>
      </DataSourceModuleType>
    </ModuleTypes>
    <MonitorTypes>
      <UnitMonitorType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.MonitorType.ServiceRunning" Accessibility="Public">
        <MonitorTypeStates>
          <MonitorTypeState ID="Running" NoDetection="false" />
          <MonitorTypeState ID="NotRunning" NoDetection="false" />
        </MonitorTypeStates>
        <Configuration>
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="IntervalSeconds" type="xsd:integer" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="MachineName" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="ServiceName" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="Port" type="xsd:integer" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
        </Configuration>
        <OverrideableParameters>
          <OverrideableParameter ID="IntervalSeconds" Selector="$Config/IntervalSeconds$" ParameterType="int" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="MachineName" Selector="$Config/ServiceName$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="ServiceName" Selector="$Config/ServiceName$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="Port" Selector="$Config/Port$" ParameterType="int" />
        </OverrideableParameters>
        <MonitorImplementation>
          <MemberModules>
            <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.DataSource.ServiceRunning">
              <IntervalSeconds>$Config/IntervalSeconds$</IntervalSeconds>
              <MachineName>$Config/MachineName$</MachineName>
              <ServiceName>$Config/ServiceName$</ServiceName>
              <Port>$Config/Port$</Port>
            </DataSource>
            <ConditionDetection ID="CDRunning" TypeID="System!System.ExpressionFilter">
              <Expression>
                <SimpleExpression>
                  <ValueExpression>
                    <XPathQuery Type="String">Property[@Name='State']</XPathQuery>
                  </ValueExpression>
                  <Operator>Equal</Operator>
                  <ValueExpression>
                    <Value Type="String">Running</Value>
                  </ValueExpression>
                </SimpleExpression>
              </Expression>
            </ConditionDetection>
            <ConditionDetection ID="CDNotRunning" TypeID="System!System.ExpressionFilter">
              <Expression>
                <SimpleExpression>
                  <ValueExpression>
                    <XPathQuery Type="String">Property[@Name='State']</XPathQuery>
                  </ValueExpression>
                  <Operator>NotEqual</Operator>
                  <ValueExpression>
                    <Value Type="String">Running</Value>
                  </ValueExpression>
                </SimpleExpression>
              </Expression>
            </ConditionDetection>
          </MemberModules>
          <RegularDetections>
            <RegularDetection MonitorTypeStateID="Running">
              <Node ID="CDRunning">
                <Node ID="DS" />
              </Node>
            </RegularDetection>
            <RegularDetection MonitorTypeStateID="NotRunning">
              <Node ID="CDNotRunning">
                <Node ID="DS" />
              </Node>
            </RegularDetection>
          </RegularDetections>
        </MonitorImplementation>
      </UnitMonitorType>
      <UnitMonitorType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.MonitorType.ApplicationHealthTwoState" Accessibility="Public">
        <MonitorTypeStates>
          <MonitorTypeState ID="Healthy" NoDetection="false" />
          <MonitorTypeState ID="UnHealthy" NoDetection="false" />
        </MonitorTypeStates>
        <Configuration>
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="IntervalSeconds" type="xsd:integer" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="ConnectionString" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="Query" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="Value" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
        </Configuration>
        <MonitorImplementation>
          <MemberModules>
            <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.DataSource.QueryDB">
              <IntervalSeconds>$Config/IntervalSeconds$</IntervalSeconds>
              <ConnectionString>$Config/ConnectionString$</ConnectionString>
              <Query>$Config/Query$</Query>
            </DataSource>
            <ConditionDetection ID="CDHealthy" TypeID="System!System.ExpressionFilter">
              <Expression>
                <SimpleExpression>
                  <ValueExpression>
                    <XPathQuery Type="String">Columns[1]/Column[1]</XPathQuery>
                  </ValueExpression>
                  <Operator>Equal</Operator>
                  <ValueExpression>
                    <Value Type="String">$Config/Value$</Value>
                  </ValueExpression>
                </SimpleExpression>
              </Expression>
            </ConditionDetection>
            <ConditionDetection ID="CDUnHealthy" TypeID="System!System.ExpressionFilter">
              <Expression>
                <SimpleExpression>
                  <ValueExpression>
                    <XPathQuery Type="String">Columns[1]/Column[1]</XPathQuery>
                  </ValueExpression>
                  <Operator>NotEqual</Operator>
                  <ValueExpression>
                    <Value Type="String">$Config/Value$</Value>
                  </ValueExpression>
                </SimpleExpression>
              </Expression>
            </ConditionDetection>
          </MemberModules>
          <RegularDetections>
            <RegularDetection MonitorTypeStateID="Healthy">
              <Node ID="CDHealthy">
                <Node ID="DS" />
              </Node>
            </RegularDetection>
            <RegularDetection MonitorTypeStateID="UnHealthy">
              <Node ID="CDUnHealthy">
                <Node ID="DS" />
              </Node>
            </RegularDetection>
          </RegularDetections>
        </MonitorImplementation>
      </UnitMonitorType>
      <UnitMonitorType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.MonitorType.ApplicationHealthTimerReset" Accessibility="Public">
        <MonitorTypeStates>
          <MonitorTypeState ID="Healthy" NoDetection="false" />
          <MonitorTypeState ID="UnHealthy" NoDetection="false" />
        </MonitorTypeStates>
        <Configuration>
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="IntervalSeconds" type="xsd:integer" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="ConnectionString" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="Query" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="Value" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="TimerWaitInSeconds" type="xsd:integer" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
        </Configuration>
        <MonitorImplementation>
          <MemberModules>
            <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.DataSource.QueryDB">
              <IntervalSeconds>$Config/IntervalSeconds$</IntervalSeconds>
              <ConnectionString>$Config/ConnectionString$</ConnectionString>
              <Query>$Config/Query$</Query>
            </DataSource>
            <ConditionDetection ID="CDHealthy" TypeID="System!System.TimerCondition">
              <TimerWaitInSeconds>$Config/TimerWaitInSeconds$</TimerWaitInSeconds>
            </ConditionDetection>
            <ConditionDetection ID="CDUnHealthy" TypeID="System!System.ExpressionFilter">
              <Expression>
                <SimpleExpression>
                  <ValueExpression>
                    <XPathQuery Type="String">Columns[1]/Column[1]</XPathQuery>
                  </ValueExpression>
                  <Operator>NotEqual</Operator>
                  <ValueExpression>
                    <Value Type="String">$Config/Value$</Value>
                  </ValueExpression>
                </SimpleExpression>
              </Expression>
            </ConditionDetection>
          </MemberModules>
          <RegularDetections>
            <RegularDetection MonitorTypeStateID="Healthy">
              <Node ID="CDHealthy">
                <Node ID="DS" />
              </Node>
            </RegularDetection>
            <RegularDetection MonitorTypeStateID="UnHealthy">
              <Node ID="CDUnHealthy">
                <Node ID="DS" />
              </Node>
            </RegularDetection>
          </RegularDetections>
        </MonitorImplementation>
      </UnitMonitorType>
      <UnitMonitorType ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.MonitorType.PerformanceHealthTwoState" Accessibility="Public">
        <MonitorTypeStates>
          <MonitorTypeState ID="Healthy" NoDetection="false" />
          <MonitorTypeState ID="UnHealthy" NoDetection="false" />
        </MonitorTypeStates>
        <Configuration>
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="IntervalSeconds" type="xsd:integer" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="ConnectionString" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="Query" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element minOccurs="1" name="Value" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
        </Configuration>
        <MonitorImplementation>
          <MemberModules>
            <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.DataSource.QueryDB">
              <IntervalSeconds>$Config/IntervalSeconds$</IntervalSeconds>
              <ConnectionString>$Config/ConnectionString$</ConnectionString>
              <Query>$Config/Query$</Query>
            </DataSource>
            <ConditionDetection ID="CDHealthy" TypeID="System!System.ExpressionFilter">
              <Expression>
                <SimpleExpression>
                  <ValueExpression>
                    <XPathQuery Type="String">Columns[1]/Column[1]</XPathQuery>
                  </ValueExpression>
                  <Operator>LessEqual</Operator>
                  <ValueExpression>
                    <Value Type="String">$Config/Value$</Value>
                  </ValueExpression>
                </SimpleExpression>
              </Expression>
            </ConditionDetection>
            <ConditionDetection ID="CDUnHealthy" TypeID="System!System.ExpressionFilter">
              <Expression>
                <SimpleExpression>
                  <ValueExpression>
                    <XPathQuery Type="String">Columns[1]/Column[1]</XPathQuery>
                  </ValueExpression>
                  <Operator>Greater</Operator>
                  <ValueExpression>
                    <Value Type="String">$Config/Value$</Value>
                  </ValueExpression>
                </SimpleExpression>
              </Expression>
            </ConditionDetection>
          </MemberModules>
          <RegularDetections>
            <RegularDetection MonitorTypeStateID="Healthy">
              <Node ID="CDHealthy">
                <Node ID="DS" />
              </Node>
            </RegularDetection>
            <RegularDetection MonitorTypeStateID="UnHealthy">
              <Node ID="CDUnHealthy">
                <Node ID="DS" />
              </Node>
            </RegularDetection>
          </RegularDetections>
        </MonitorImplementation>
      </UnitMonitorType>
    </MonitorTypes>
  </TypeDefinitions>
  <Monitoring>
    <Rules>
      <Rule ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Rule.BlueYonderAirlinesError" Enabled="true" Target="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.BlueYonderAirlines" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">
        <Category>Alert</Category>
        <DataSources>
          <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.DataSource.QueryDB">
            <IntervalSeconds>300</IntervalSeconds>
            <ConnectionString>$Target/Property[Type="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application"]/DBConnectionString$</ConnectionString>
            <Query><![CDATA[select Type, Message, TimeStamp from HealthData hd
join Applications app on app.ApplicationID = hd.ApplicationID
where app.ApplicationName = '$Target/Property[Type="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application"]/ApplicationName$'
and hd.Type = 2
and datediff(minute, hd.TimeStamp, GetDate()) < 5
order by TimeStamp desc]]></Query>
          </DataSource>
        </DataSources>
        <ConditionDetection ID="CD" TypeID="System!System.ExpressionFilter">
          <Expression>
            <SimpleExpression>
              <ValueExpression>
                <XPathQuery Type="String">Columns[1]/Column[1]</XPathQuery>
              </ValueExpression>
              <Operator>NotEqual</Operator>
              <ValueExpression>
                <Value Type="String">1</Value>
              </ValueExpression>
            </SimpleExpression>
          </Expression>
        </ConditionDetection>
        <WriteActions>
          <WriteAction ID="WA" TypeID="Health!System.Health.GenerateAlert">
            <Priority>1</Priority>
            <Severity>2</Severity>
            <AlertMessageId>$MPElement[Name="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Rule.BlueYonderAirlinesError_AlertMessageResourceID"]$</AlertMessageId>
            <AlertParameters>
              <AlertParameter1>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer"]/CustomerName$</AlertParameter1>
              <AlertParameter2>$Target/Property[Type="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application"]/ApplicationName$</AlertParameter2>
              <AlertParameter3>$Data/Columns[1]/Column[2]$</AlertParameter3>
              <AlertParameter4>$Data/Columns[1]/Column[1]$</AlertParameter4>
            </AlertParameters>
          </WriteAction>
        </WriteActions>
      </Rule>
      <Rule ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Rule.CollectAdventureWorksCyclesOrderBacklog" Enabled="true" Target="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AdventureWorksCycles" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">
        <Category>PerformanceCollection</Category>
        <DataSources>
          <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.DataSource.QueryDB">
            <IntervalSeconds>300</IntervalSeconds>
            <ConnectionString>$Target/Property[Type="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application"]/DBConnectionString$</ConnectionString>
            <Query><![CDATA[select Value, Object, Counter, Instance from PerformanceData pd
join Applications app on app.ApplicationID = pd.ApplicationID
where app.ApplicationName = '$Target/Property[Type="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application"]/ApplicationName$'
and pd.Object = 'POS'
and pd.Counter = 'Orders'
and pd.Instance = '$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer"]/CustomerName$'
order by TimeStamp desc]]></Query>
          </DataSource>
        </DataSources>
        <ConditionDetection ID="Mapper" TypeID="Performance!System.Performance.DataGenericMapper">
          <ObjectName>$Data/Columns[1]/Column[2]$</ObjectName>
          <CounterName>$Data/Columns[1]/Column[3]$</CounterName>
          <InstanceName>$Data/Columns[1]/Column[4]$</InstanceName>
          <Value>$Data/Columns[1]/Column[1]$</Value>
        </ConditionDetection>
        <WriteActions>
          <WriteAction ID="WriteToDB" TypeID="SC!Microsoft.SystemCenter.CollectPerformanceData" />
          <WriteAction ID="WriteToDW" TypeID="SCDW!Microsoft.SystemCenter.DataWarehouse.PublishPerformanceData" />
        </WriteActions>
      </Rule>
    </Rules>
    <Monitors>
      <UnitMonitor ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AdventureWorksCyclesHealth" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AdventureWorksCycles" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" RunAs="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.SecureReference.MonitoringProfile" TypeID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.MonitorType.ApplicationHealthTwoState" ConfirmDelivery="true">
        <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>
        <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AdventureWorksCyclesHealth_AlertMessageResourceID">
          <AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>
          <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>
          <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>
          <AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>
          <AlertParameters>
            <AlertParameter1>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer"]/CustomerName$</AlertParameter1>
            <AlertParameter2>$Target/Property[Type="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application"]/ApplicationName$</AlertParameter2>
            <AlertParameter3>$Data/Context/Columns[1]/Column[2]$</AlertParameter3>
            <AlertParameter4>$Data/Context/Columns[1]/Column[1]$</AlertParameter4>
          </AlertParameters>
        </AlertSettings>
        <OperationalStates>
          <OperationalState ID="Healthy" MonitorTypeStateID="Healthy" HealthState="Success" />
          <OperationalState ID="UnHealthy" MonitorTypeStateID="UnHealthy" HealthState="Error" />
        </OperationalStates>
        <Configuration>
          <IntervalSeconds>300</IntervalSeconds>
          <ConnectionString>$Target/Property[Type="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application"]/DBConnectionString$</ConnectionString>
          <Query><![CDATA[--Get last health event
select top 1 Type, Message from HealthData hd
join Applications app on app.ApplicationID = hd.ApplicationID
where app.ApplicationName = '$Target/Property[Type="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application"]/ApplicationName$'
order by TimeStamp desc]]></Query>
          <Value>1</Value>
        </Configuration>
      </UnitMonitor>
      <UnitMonitor ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AlpineSkiHouseHealth" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AlpineSkiHouse" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" RunAs="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.SecureReference.MonitoringProfile" TypeID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.MonitorType.ApplicationHealthTimerReset" ConfirmDelivery="true">
        <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>
        <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AlpineSkiHouseHealth_AlertMessageResourceID">
          <AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>
          <AutoResolve>false</AutoResolve>
          <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>
          <AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>
          <AlertParameters>
            <AlertParameter1>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer"]/CustomerName$</AlertParameter1>
            <AlertParameter2>$Target/Property[Type="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application"]/ApplicationName$</AlertParameter2>
            <AlertParameter3>$Data/Context/Columns[1]/Column[2]$</AlertParameter3>
            <AlertParameter4>$Data/Context/Columns[1]/Column[1]$</AlertParameter4>
          </AlertParameters>
        </AlertSettings>
        <OperationalStates>
          <OperationalState ID="Healthy" MonitorTypeStateID="Healthy" HealthState="Success" />
          <OperationalState ID="UnHealthy" MonitorTypeStateID="UnHealthy" HealthState="Error" />
        </OperationalStates>
        <Configuration>
          <IntervalSeconds>300</IntervalSeconds>
          <ConnectionString>$Target/Property[Type="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application"]/DBConnectionString$</ConnectionString>
          <Query><![CDATA[--Get last unhealthy health event within last 5 minutes
select top 1 Type, Message, TimeStamp from HealthData hd
join Applications app on app.ApplicationID = hd.ApplicationID
where app.ApplicationName = '$Target/Property[Type="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application"]/ApplicationName$'
and hd.Type = 2
and datediff(minute, hd.TimeStamp, GetDate()) < 5
order by TimeStamp desc]]></Query>
          <Value>1</Value>
          <TimerWaitInSeconds>300</TimerWaitInSeconds>
        </Configuration>
      </UnitMonitor>
      <UnitMonitor ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AdventureWorksCyclesOrderBacklog" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AdventureWorksCycles" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.PerformanceState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" RunAs="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.SecureReference.MonitoringProfile" TypeID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.MonitorType.PerformanceHealthTwoState" ConfirmDelivery="true">
        <Category>PerformanceHealth</Category>
        <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AdventureWorksCyclesOrderBacklog_AlertMessageResourceID">
          <AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>
          <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>
          <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>
          <AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>
          <AlertParameters>
            <AlertParameter1>$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer"]/CustomerName$</AlertParameter1>
            <AlertParameter2>$Target/Property[Type="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application"]/ApplicationName$</AlertParameter2>
            <AlertParameter3>$Data/Context/Columns[1]/Column[2]$</AlertParameter3>
            <AlertParameter4>$Data/Context/Columns[1]/Column[3]$</AlertParameter4>
            <AlertParameter5>$Data/Context/Columns[1]/Column[4]$</AlertParameter5>
            <AlertParameter6>$Data/Context/Columns[1]/Column[1]$</AlertParameter6>
          </AlertParameters>
        </AlertSettings>
        <OperationalStates>
          <OperationalState ID="Healthy" MonitorTypeStateID="Healthy" HealthState="Success" />
          <OperationalState ID="UnHealthy" MonitorTypeStateID="UnHealthy" HealthState="Error" />
        </OperationalStates>
        <Configuration>
          <IntervalSeconds>300</IntervalSeconds>
          <ConnectionString>$Target/Property[Type="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application"]/DBConnectionString$</ConnectionString>
          <Query><![CDATA[select Value, Object, Counter, Instance from PerformanceData pd
join Applications app on app.ApplicationID = pd.ApplicationID
where app.ApplicationName = '$Target/Property[Type="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application"]/ApplicationName$'
and pd.Object = 'POS'
and pd.Counter = 'Orders'
and pd.Instance = '$Target/Host/Host/Property[Type="CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer"]/CustomerName$'
order by TimeStamp desc]]></Query>
          <Value>10</Value>
        </Configuration>
      </UnitMonitor>
      <UnitMonitor ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.ServiceRunning" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" RunAs="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.SecureReference.MonitoringProfile" TypeID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.MonitorType.ServiceRunning" ConfirmDelivery="true">
        <Category>AvailabilityHealth</Category>
        <AlertSettings AlertMessage="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.ServiceRunning_AlertMessageResourceID">
          <AlertOnState>Error</AlertOnState>
          <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>
          <AlertPriority>Normal</AlertPriority>
          <AlertSeverity>Error</AlertSeverity>
          <AlertParameters>
            <AlertParameter1>$Target/Property[Type="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service"]/MachineName$</AlertParameter1>
            <AlertParameter2>$Target/Property[Type="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service"]/ServiceName$</AlertParameter2>
            <AlertParameter3>$Target/Property[Type="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service"]/Port$</AlertParameter3>
            <AlertParameter4>$Data/Context/Property[@Name='State']$</AlertParameter4>
          </AlertParameters>
        </AlertSettings>
        <OperationalStates>
          <OperationalState ID="Running" MonitorTypeStateID="Running" HealthState="Success" />
          <OperationalState ID="NotRunning" MonitorTypeStateID="NotRunning" HealthState="Error" />
        </OperationalStates>
        <Configuration>
          <IntervalSeconds>900</IntervalSeconds>
          <MachineName>$Target/Property[Type="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service"]/MachineName$</MachineName>
          <ServiceName>$Target/Property[Type="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service"]/ServiceName$</ServiceName>
          <Port>$Target/Property[Type="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Service"]/Port$</Port>
        </Configuration>
      </UnitMonitor>
      <DependencyMonitor ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AdventureWorksCyclesService" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AdventureWorksCycles" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" RelationshipType="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.AdventureWorksCyclesHostsService" MemberMonitor="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState">
        <Category>Custom</Category>
        <Algorithm>WorstOf</Algorithm>
        <MemberUnAvailable>Error</MemberUnAvailable>
      </DependencyMonitor>
      <DependencyMonitor ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AlpineSkiHouseService" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AlpineSkiHouse" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" RelationshipType="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.AlpineSkiHouseHostsService" MemberMonitor="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState">
        <Category>Custom</Category>
        <Algorithm>WorstOf</Algorithm>
        <MemberUnAvailable>Error</MemberUnAvailable>
      </DependencyMonitor>
      <DependencyMonitor ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.BlueYonderAirlinesService" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.BlueYonderAirlines" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" RelationshipType="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.BlueYonderAirlinesHostsService" MemberMonitor="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState">
        <Category>Custom</Category>
        <Algorithm>WorstOf</Algorithm>
        <MemberUnAvailable>Error</MemberUnAvailable>
      </DependencyMonitor>
      <DependencyMonitor ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.FabrikamCustomers" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Fabrikam" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" RelationshipType="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.FabrikamContainsCustomers" MemberMonitor="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState">
        <Category>Custom</Category>
        <Algorithm>WorstOf</Algorithm>
        <MemberUnAvailable>Error</MemberUnAvailable>
      </DependencyMonitor>
      <DependencyMonitor ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.CustomersCustomer" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Customers" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" RelationshipType="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.CustomersContainsCustomer" MemberMonitor="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState">
        <Category>Custom</Category>
        <Algorithm>WorstOf</Algorithm>
        <MemberUnAvailable>Error</MemberUnAvailable>
      </DependencyMonitor>
      <DependencyMonitor ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.CustomerApplications" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" RelationshipType="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.CustomerHostsApplications" MemberMonitor="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState">
        <Category>Custom</Category>
        <Algorithm>WorstOf</Algorithm>
        <MemberUnAvailable>Error</MemberUnAvailable>
      </DependencyMonitor>
      <DependencyMonitor ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.ApplicationsApplication" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Applications" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" RelationshipType="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.ApplicationsHostsApplication" MemberMonitor="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState">
        <Category>Custom</Category>
        <Algorithm>WorstOf</Algorithm>
        <MemberUnAvailable>Error</MemberUnAvailable>
      </DependencyMonitor>
      <DependencyMonitor ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.CustomerInfrastructure" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" RelationshipType="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.CustomerHostsInfrastructure" MemberMonitor="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState">
        <Category>Custom</Category>
        <Algorithm>WorstOf</Algorithm>
        <MemberUnAvailable>Error</MemberUnAvailable>
      </DependencyMonitor>
      <DependencyMonitor ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.InfrastructureDatabase" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Infrastructure" ParentMonitorID="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" RelationshipType="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Relationship.InfrastructureContainsDatabase" MemberMonitor="Health!System.Health.AvailabilityState">
        <Category>Custom</Category>
        <Algorithm>WorstOf</Algorithm>
        <MemberUnAvailable>Error</MemberUnAvailable>
      </DependencyMonitor>
    </Monitors>
  </Monitoring>
  <Presentation>
    <StringResources>
      <StringResource ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Rule.BlueYonderAirlinesError_AlertMessageResourceID" />
      <StringResource ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AdventureWorksCyclesHealth_AlertMessageResourceID" />
      <StringResource ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AlpineSkiHouseHealth_AlertMessageResourceID" />
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      <StringResource ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.ServiceRunning_AlertMessageResourceID" />
    </StringResources>
  </Presentation>
  <LanguagePacks>
    <LanguagePack ID="ENU" IsDefault="true">
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        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AdventureWorksCyclesService">
          <Name>Adventure Works Cycles Depends on Service Availability Monitor</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AlpineSkiHouseService">
          <Name>Alpine Ski House Depends on Service Availability Monitor</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.BlueYonderAirlinesService">
          <Name>Blue Yonder Airlines Depends on Service Availability Monitor</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.FabrikamCustomers">
          <Name>Fabrikam Depends on Customers Availability Monitor</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.CustomersCustomer">
          <Name>Customers Depends on Customer Availability Monitor</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.CustomerApplications">
          <Name>Customer Depends on Applications Availability Monitor</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.ApplicationsApplication">
          <Name>Applications Depends on Application Availability Monitor</Name>
          <Description></Description>
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          <Name>Customer Depends on Infrastructure Monitor</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.InfrastructureDatabase">
          <Name>Infrastructure Depends on Database Availability Monitor</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring">
          <Name>My Distributed Application Monitoring</Name>
          <Description>My Distributed Application Monitoring Management Pack</Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.DataSource.ServiceRunning">
          <Name>My Distributed Application Service Monitoring Data Source</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.DataSource.QueryDB">
          <Name>My Distributed Application Database Query Monitoring Data Source</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.MonitorType.ServiceRunning">
          <Name>My Distributed Application Service Monitoring Monitor Type</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.MonitorType.ApplicationHealthTwoState">
          <Name>My Distributed Application Application Health Two State Monitoring Monitor Type</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
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          <Name>My Distributed Application Application Health Timer Reset Monitoring Monitor Type</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
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          <Name>My Distributed Application Performance Health Two State Monitoring Monitor Type</Name>
          <Description></Description>
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          <Name>Blue Yonder Airlines Alerting Rule</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Rule.BlueYonderAirlinesError_AlertMessageResourceID">
          <Name>Blue Yonder Airlines Encountered an Error</Name>
          <Description>
            Customer Name: {0}
            Application Name: {1}
            Message: {2}
            Value: {3}
          </Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Rule.CollectAdventureWorksCyclesOrderBacklog">
          <Name>Adventure Works Cycles Order Backlog Performance Collection Rule</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AdventureWorksCyclesHealth">
          <Name>Adventure Works Cycles Two-State Monitor</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AdventureWorksCyclesHealth" SubElementID="Healthy">
          <Name>Healthy</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AdventureWorksCyclesHealth" SubElementID="UnHealthy">
          <Name>UnHealthy</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AdventureWorksCyclesHealth_AlertMessageResourceID">
          <Name>Adventure Works Cycles is UnHealthy</Name>
          <Description>
            Customer Name: {0}
            Application Name: {1}
            Message: {2}
            Value: {3}
          </Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AlpineSkiHouseHealth">
          <Name>Alpine Ski House Timer Reset Monitor</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AlpineSkiHouseHealth" SubElementID="Healthy">
          <Name>Healthy</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AlpineSkiHouseHealth" SubElementID="UnHealthy">
          <Name>UnHealthy</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AlpineSkiHouseHealth_AlertMessageResourceID">
          <Name>Alpine Ski House is UnHealthy</Name>
          <Description>
            Customer Name: {0}
            Application Name: {1}
            Message: {2}
            Value: {3}
          </Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AdventureWorksCyclesOrderBacklog">
          <Name>Adventure Works Cycles Two-State Order Backlog Monitor</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AdventureWorksCyclesOrderBacklog" SubElementID="Healthy">
          <Name>Healthy</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AdventureWorksCyclesOrderBacklog" SubElementID="UnHealthy">
          <Name>UnHealthy</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.AdventureWorksCyclesOrderBacklog_AlertMessageResourceID">
          <Name>Adventure Works Cycles has a high order backlog</Name>
          <Description>
            Customer Name: {0}
            Application Name: {1}
            Object: {2}
            Counter: {3}
            Instance: {4}
            Orders Backlogged: {5}
          </Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.ServiceRunning">
          <Name>My Distributed Application Service Monitoring Monitor</Name>
          <Description></Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.ServiceRunning" SubElementID="Running">
          <Name>Running</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.ServiceRunning" SubElementID="NotRunning">
          <Name>NotRunning</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Monitoring.Monitor.ServiceRunning_AlertMessageResourceID">
          <Name>My Distributed Application Service Not Running</Name>
          <Description>
            Machine Name: {0}
            Service Name: {1}
            Port: {2}
            State: {3}
          </Description>
        </DisplayString>
      </DisplayStrings>
      <KnowledgeArticles></KnowledgeArticles>
    </LanguagePack>
  </LanguagePacks>
</ManagementPack>
  • Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resources – Contains the icons used in the distributed application 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<ManagementPack SchemaVersion="2.0" ContentReadable="true" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <Manifest>
    <Identity>
      <ID>Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resources</ID>
      <Version>1.0.0.1</Version>
    </Identity>
    <Name>My Distributed Application Resources</Name>
    <References>
      <Reference Alias="CMDBLibrary">
        <ID>Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Library</ID>
        <Version>1.0.0.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>e24f5efd5fd6e660</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="DALibrary">
        <ID>Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Library</ID>
        <Version>1.0.0.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>e24f5efd5fd6e660</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="System">
        <ID>System.Library</ID>
        <Version>7.5.8501.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
    </References>
  </Manifest>
  <Categories>
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.16x16Image.AdventureWorksCycles" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.AdventureWorksCycles" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.u16x16Icon" />
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.80x80Image.AdventureWorksCycles" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.AdventureWorksCycles" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.DiagramIcon" />
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.16x16Image.AlpineSkiHouse" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.AlpineSkiHouse" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.u16x16Icon" />
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.80x80Image.AlpineSkiHouse" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.AlpineSkiHouse" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.DiagramIcon" />
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.16x16Image.BlueYonderAirlines" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.BlueYonderAirlines" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.u16x16Icon" />
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.80x80Image.BlueYonderAirlines" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.BlueYonderAirlines" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.DiagramIcon" />
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.16x16Image.AdventureWorksCycles.Service" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.AdventureWorksCycles.Service" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.u16x16Icon" />
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.80x80Image.AdventureWorksCycles.Service" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.AdventureWorksCycles.Service" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.DiagramIcon" />
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.16x16Image.AlpineSkiHouse.Service" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.AlpineSkiHouse.Service" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.u16x16Icon" />
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.80x80Image.AlpineSkiHouse.Service" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.AlpineSkiHouse.Service" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.DiagramIcon" />
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.16x16Image.BlueYonderAirlines.Service" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.BlueYonderAirlines.Service" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.u16x16Icon" />
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.80x80Image.BlueYonderAirlines.Service" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.BlueYonderAirlines.Service" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.DiagramIcon" />
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.16x16Image.Fabrikam" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.Fabrikam" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.u16x16Icon" />
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.80x80Image.Fabrikam" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.Fabrikam" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.DiagramIcon" />
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.16x16Image.Customers" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.Customers" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.u16x16Icon" />
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.80x80Image.Customers" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.Customers" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.DiagramIcon" />
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.16x16Image.Customer" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.Customer" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.u16x16Icon" />
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.80x80Image.Customer" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.Customer" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.DiagramIcon" />
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.16x16Image.Applications" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.Applications" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.u16x16Icon" />
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.80x80Image.Applications" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.Applications" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.DiagramIcon" />
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.16x16Image.Infrastructure" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.Infrastructure" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.u16x16Icon" />
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Category.80x80Image.Infrastructure" Target="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.Infrastructure" Value="System!System.Internal.ManagementPack.Images.DiagramIcon" />
  </Categories>
  <Presentation>
    <ImageReferences>
      <ImageReference ElementID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AdventureWorksCycles" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.AdventureWorksCycles" />
      <ImageReference ElementID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AdventureWorksCycles" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.AdventureWorksCycles" />
      <ImageReference ElementID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AlpineSkiHouse" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.AlpineSkiHouse" />
      <ImageReference ElementID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AlpineSkiHouse" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.AlpineSkiHouse" />
      <ImageReference ElementID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.BlueYonderAirlines" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.BlueYonderAirlines" />
      <ImageReference ElementID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.BlueYonderAirlines" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.BlueYonderAirlines" />
      <ImageReference ElementID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AdventureWorksCycles.Service" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.AdventureWorksCycles.Service" />
      <ImageReference ElementID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AdventureWorksCycles.Service" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.AdventureWorksCycles.Service" />
      <ImageReference ElementID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AlpineSkiHouse.Service" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.AlpineSkiHouse.Service" />
      <ImageReference ElementID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.AlpineSkiHouse.Service" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.AlpineSkiHouse.Service" />
      <ImageReference ElementID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.BlueYonderAirlines.Service" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.BlueYonderAirlines.Service" />
      <ImageReference ElementID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Application.BlueYonderAirlines.Service" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.BlueYonderAirlines.Service" />
      <ImageReference ElementID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Fabrikam" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.Fabrikam" />
      <ImageReference ElementID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Fabrikam" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.Fabrikam" />
      <ImageReference ElementID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Customers" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.Customers" />
      <ImageReference ElementID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Customers" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.Customers" />
      <ImageReference ElementID="CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.Customer" />
      <ImageReference ElementID="CMDBLibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.CMDB.Customer" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.Customer" />
      <ImageReference ElementID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Applications" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.Applications" />
      <ImageReference ElementID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Applications" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.Applications" />
      <ImageReference ElementID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Infrastructure" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.Infrastructure" />
      <ImageReference ElementID="DALibrary!Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Infrastructure" ImageID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.Infrastructure" />
    </ImageReferences>
  </Presentation>
  <LanguagePacks>
    <LanguagePack ID="ENU" IsDefault="true">
      <DisplayStrings>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resources">
          <Name>My Distributed Application Resources</Name>
          <Description>My Distributed Application Resources Management Pack</Description>
        </DisplayString>
      </DisplayStrings>
      <KnowledgeArticles></KnowledgeArticles>
    </LanguagePack>
  </LanguagePacks>
  <Resources>
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.AdventureWorksCycles" Accessibility="Public" FileName="AdventureWorksCycles16x16.png" HasNullStream="false" />
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.AdventureWorksCycles" Accessibility="Public" FileName="AdventureWorksCycles80x80.png" HasNullStream="false" />
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.AlpineSkiHouse" Accessibility="Public" FileName="AlpineSkiHouse16x16.png" HasNullStream="false" />
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.AlpineSkiHouse" Accessibility="Public" FileName="AlpineSkiHouse80x80.png" HasNullStream="false" />
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.BlueYonderAirlines" Accessibility="Public" FileName="BlueYonderAirlines16x16.png" HasNullStream="false" />
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.BlueYonderAirlines" Accessibility="Public" FileName="BlueYonderAirlines80x80.png" HasNullStream="false" />
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.AdventureWorksCycles.Service" Accessibility="Public" FileName="Service16x16.png" HasNullStream="false" />
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.AdventureWorksCycles.Service" Accessibility="Public" FileName="Service80x80.png" HasNullStream="false" />
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.AlpineSkiHouse.Service" Accessibility="Public" FileName="Service16x16.png" HasNullStream="false" />
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.AlpineSkiHouse.Service" Accessibility="Public" FileName="Service80x80.png" HasNullStream="false" />
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.BlueYonderAirlines.Service" Accessibility="Public" FileName="Service16x16.png" HasNullStream="false" />
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.BlueYonderAirlines.Service" Accessibility="Public" FileName="Service80x80.png" HasNullStream="false" />
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.Fabrikam" Accessibility="Public" FileName="Fabrikam16x16.png" HasNullStream="false" />
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.Fabrikam" Accessibility="Public" FileName="Fabrikam80x80.png" HasNullStream="false" />
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.Customers" Accessibility="Public" FileName="Customers16x16.png" HasNullStream="false" />
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.Customers" Accessibility="Public" FileName="Customers80x80.png" HasNullStream="false" />
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.Customer" Accessibility="Public" FileName="Customer16x16.png" HasNullStream="false" />
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.Customer" Accessibility="Public" FileName="Customer80x80.png" HasNullStream="false" />
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.Applications" Accessibility="Public" FileName="Applications16x16.png" HasNullStream="false" />
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.Applications" Accessibility="Public" FileName="Applications80x80.png" HasNullStream="false" />
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.16x16Image.Infrastructure" Accessibility="Public" FileName="Infrastructure16x16.png" HasNullStream="false" />
    <Image ID="Custom.Example.MyDistributedApplication.Resource.80x80Image.Infrastructure" Accessibility="Public" FileName="Infrastructure80x80.png" HasNullStream="false" />
  </Resources>
</ManagementPack>

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]]> Deploying Virtual Machines in Azure using Service Manager and SMA Part III https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rslaten/deploying-virtual-machines-in-azure-using-service-manager-and-sma-part-iii Mon, 01 Sep 2014 16:00:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rslaten/2014/09/01/deploying-virtual-machines-in-azure-using-service-manager-and-sma-part-iii/ This is the 3rd post in a 3-part series on deploying VMs in Azure using System Center Service Manager and Service Management Automation (SMA). In this post we’ll cover using the Service Manager Self-Service Portal to trigger an SMA Runbook which deploys a new VM in Azure.

Part I: Preparing your VM for upload, uploading it to Azure, and configuring Azure

Part II: Deploying your VM in PowerShell and SMA

Part III: Deploying your VM using the Service Manager Self-Service Portal

Summary

In Part I we uploaded a custom image to Azure and in Part II we created an SMA Runbook to deploy a new virtual machine using that image. The steps below will take you through configuring System Center Service Manager to launch an SMA Runbook which will deploy a Virtual Machine in Azure.

Prerequisites

  1. Install the Service Manager Authoring Tool on a workstation
  2. Install Windows Azure PowerShell on the machine where your SMA Runbook will be launched (configured in Part II)
  3. Install the Service Manager Console on the machine where your SMA Runbook will be launched.
  4. Install SMA PowerShell on the Service Manager Management Server where the workflow will be run. You can install this from the Orchestrator installation CD, just launch setup and it’s on the bottom.
  5. Add the workflow account in Service Manager to the smaAdminGroup (local group) on the SMA Server. You can get this account by opening the Service Manager console and going to Administration\Security\Run As Accounts\Workflow Account.
  6. Download the Azure Settings File and place it somewhere on the SMA Server. In order for scripts to connect to Azure we need to download an Azure settings file for authentication. You can download this file from the following URL: https://windows.azure.com/download/publishprofile.aspx.
  7. Get all of the parameters needed to execute the SMA Runbook manually through SMA. Part II has steps to get these.

Modify the SMA Runbook

The SMA Runbook we created in Part II will mostly work as-is but we’ll want to make several modifications so it works better with Service Manager. The main modification adds to the end of the script so that it will set the Service Manager activity to Completed. If we don’t do this the Virtual Machine will get deployed but the Service Request will remain In Progress. If you plan on using the SMA Runbook without Service Manager then instead of modifying the existing one you can create a new one.

  • Logon to the Service Management Portal and click on Automation\Runbooks
  • Scroll down to the DeployVMInAzure Runbook and select it
  • Click Author, Draft, and Edit Runbook
  • Replace the script with the one below 
workflow DeployVMInAzure
{
  param(
  $azureSettingsFile,
  $azureAccountName,
  $imageName,
  $vmName,
  $instanceSize,
  $adminUserName,
  $adminPassword,
  $domain,
  $domainUserName,
  $domainPassword,
  $affinityGroup,
  $networkName,
  $azureStorageAccountName,
  $subnetName,
  $activityID,
  $smManagementServer
  )
  
  #Set Instance Size
  if ($instanceSize -eq "A0") { $instanceSize = 'ExtraSmall' }
  elseif ($instanceSize -eq "A1") { $instanceSize = 'Small' }
  elseif ($instanceSize -eq "A2") { $instanceSize = 'Medium' }
  elseif ($instanceSize -eq "A3") { $instanceSize = 'Large' }
  elseif ($instanceSize -eq "A4") { $instanceSize = 'ExtraLarge' }
   
  inlinescript
  {
    #Import Azure PowerShell Module
    Import-Module Azure

    #Remove Existing Azure Sessions
    Remove-AzureAccount -Name $Using:azureAccountName -Force
    
    #Import Azure Settings File
    Import-AzurePublishSettingsFile -PublishSettingsFile ($Using:azureSettingsFile).Replace("\\","\")
    
    #Set Azure Subscription
    Get-AzureSubscription | Set-AzureSubscription -currentstorageaccountname $Using:azureStorageAccountName
    
    #Increment VM Name
    $i = 0
    foreach ($vm in Get-AzureVM)
    {
      if ($vm.InstanceName.Contains($Using:vmName))
      {
        [int]$increment = $vm.InstanceName.SubString($Using:vmName.Length)
        if ($increment -gt $i) { $i = $increment }
      }
    }
    $i++
    $vmName = $Using:vmName + $i

    #Create New Azure Cloud Service
    New-AzureService -ServiceName $vmName -AffinityGroup $Using:affinityGroup

    #Create Azure VM
    if ($Using:domain)
    {
      New-AzureVMConfig -Name $vmName -InstanceSize $Using:instanceSize -ImageName $Using:imageName | 
      Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -WindowsDomain -Password $Using:adminPassword -JoinDomain $Using:domain -Domain $Using:domain -DomainUserName $Using:domainUserName -DomainPassword $Using:domainPassword -AdminUsername $Using:adminUserName | 
      Set-AzureSubnet $Using:subnetName |
      New-AzureVM -ServiceName $vmName -VNetName $Using:networkName
    }
    else
    {
      New-AzureVMConfig -Name $vmName -InstanceSize $Using:instanceSize -ImageName $Using:imageName | 
      Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Windows -AdminUsername $Using:adminUserName -Password $Using:adminPassword | 
      Set-AzureSubnet $Using:subnetName |
      New-AzureVM -ServiceName $vmName -VNetName $Using:networkName
    }

    #Set SM Activity to Completed
    if ($Using:activityID)
    {
      #Connect to SM
      $smDir = (Get-ItemProperty 'hklm:/software/microsoft/System Center/2010/Service Manager/Setup').InstallDirectory
      Import-Module ($smDir + "\Powershell\System.Center.Service.Manager.psd1")
      $sm = New-SCManagementGroupConnection -computerName $Using:smManagementServer

      #Get SM Class
      $class = Get-SCClass -name 'Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM'

      #Get SM Class Instance
      $instance = Get-SCClassInstance -class $class -filter ('Id -eq {0}' -f $Using:activityID)

      #Update Activity to Completed
      $instance.Status = "ActivityStatusEnum.Completed"
      Update-SCSMClassInstance -Instance $instance
    }
  }
}
  • Publish the Runbook

Create a Management Pack in the Authoring Tool

  • Launch the Service Manager Authoring Tool
  • Select File\New, and name your MP Custom.Example.Azure.xml
  • Under Custom.Example.Azure, right-click on Classes and choose Create other class…
    • For Base class, choose Activity and click OK
    • For Internal name type Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM and click Create
  • Under your new class, delete the Property_xx property (mine is Property_33)
  • Create the following String properties for you Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVMclass
    • WebServiceEndPoint
    • SMARunbookName
    • azureSettingsFile
    • azureAccountName
    • imageName
    • vmName
    • instanceSize
    • adminUserName
    • adminPassword
    • domain
    • domainUserName
    • domainPassword
    • affinityGroup
    • networkName
    • azureStorageAccountName
    • subnetName
    • smManagementServer
  • Under Custom.Example.Azure, right-click on Workflows and choose Create
    • Under Name type DeployVM and click Next
    • Under Trigger Condition choose Run only when a database object meets specified conditions and click Next
    • Under Trigger Criteria choose the Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM class, choose When a object of the selected class is updated, and click Additional Criteria
      • Select Changed To and set a Criteria of Status equals In Progress

image

  • Click OK, Create, and Close
  • The Workflow Designer should open along with an Activities Toolbox. Drag the Windows PowerShell Script Activity into the Workflow

image

  • Select the windowsPowerShellScript1 activity and then click on the ellipsis next to Script Body under Details
  • Paste the following script into the Script Body window 
Start-SmaRunbook -WebServiceEndpoint $WebServiceEndpoint -Name $SMARunbookName -Parameters @{"azureSettingsFile" = "$azureSettingsFile"; "azureAccountName" = "$azureAccountName"; "imageName" = "$imageName"; "vmName" = "$vmName"; "instanceSize" = "$instanceSize"; "adminUserName" = "$adminUserName"; "adminPassword" = "$adminPassword"; "domain" = "$domain"; "domainUserName" = "$domainUserName"; "domainPassword" = "$domainPassword"; "affinityGroup" = "$affinityGroup"; "networkName" = "$networkName"; "azureStorageAccountName" = "$azureStorageAccountName"; "subnetName" = "$subnetName"; "smManagementServer" = "$smManagementServer"; "activityID" = "$activityID"}
  • Click on Script Properties and Add the following properties to the Activity (Click Use a class property to find the matching class property) and click OK
    • WebServiceEndPoint
    • SMARunbookName
    • azureSettingsFile
    • azureAccountName
    • imageName
    • vmName
    • instanceSize
    • adminUserName
    • adminPassword
    • domain
    • domainUserName
    • domainPassword
    • affinityGroup
    • networkName
    • azureStorageAccountName
    • subnetName
    • smManagementServer
    • activityID (maps to ID)

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  • Save the Management Pack in the Authoring Tool
  • Copy the DeployVM.dll file from your management pack folder to your Service Manager Management Server folder (\Program Files\Microsoft System Center 2012 R2\Service Manager) and restart the Microsoft Monitoring Agent service on the Service Manager Management Server.
  • Restart your Service Manager Console if you had it open

Import the Management Pack in Service Manager

  • Open the Service Manager Console and go to Administration\Management Packs
  • Right-click on Management Packs and choose Import
  • Select the Custom.Example.Azure management pack, click Open, Import, and OK

Create a new Template for the Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM Class

  • Open the Service Manager Console and go to Library\Templates
  • Right-click on Templates and select Create Template
    • For Name, type Deploy Azure VM Template
    • For Class, choose Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM
    • Click OK
  • Fill in the following properties of the form based on the parameters used running the SMA Runbook manually
    • Display Name: Deploy Azure VM
    • Title: Deploy Azure VM
    • WebServiceEndPoint (your SMA Server): https://mysmaserver.contoso.com
    • SMARunbookName: DeployVMInAzure
    • azureSettingsFile: c:\temp\myAzureSettings.publishsettings
    • azureAccountName: myAzureAccount@myemailaccount.com
    • imageName: w2012r2base3
    • vmName: rslatenTest
    • instanceSize: A0
    • adminUserName: rslaten
    • adminPassword: P@$$W0Rd1
    • domain: contoso.com
    • domainUserName: rslaten
    • domainPassword: P@$$W0Rd1
    • affinityGroup: Lab
    • networkName: Lab
    • azureStorageAccountName: rslaten
    • subnetName: Subnet-1
    • smManagementServer: sm1.contoso.com
  • Click OK

Create a Service Request Template

  • Open the Service Manager Console and go to Library\Templates
  • Right-click on Templates and select Create Template
    • For Name, type Deploy Azure VM Service Request Template
    • For Class, choose Service Request
    • Change the Management Pack to Custom.Example.Azure
    • Click OK
  • Enter a Title: Deploy Azure VM Service Request
  • Click the Activities tab and click the Plus sign
  • Select the Deploy Azure VM Template, click OK, and click OK

Create a Request Offering

In this request offering I’m only going to let the user select the instance size. With additional customization you can, however, allow other selections such as VM Name, Image Name, etc…

  • Open the Service Manager Console and go to Library\Request Offerings and click Create Request Offering
  • Click Next and enter Deploy Azure Virtual Machine for the Title
  • Select the Deploy Azure VM Service Request Template and click OK
  • Under User Prompts type Instance Size with a type of Simple List and click Next
  • Under Configure Prompts select Instance Size and click Configure
  • Enter the following list properties for instance size (A0 – A9)

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  • Click OK
  • Click Next
  • Under Map Prompts select Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM
  • Map InstanceSize to InstanceSize:ListValue

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  • Click Next, Click Next
  • Under Publish change Offering Status to Published and click Next
  • Click Create and Close

Create a Service Offering

  • Open the Service Manager Console and go to Library\Service Offerings and click Create Service Offering
  • Click Next, enter Cloud Offerings for Title, Click Next 3 Times
  • Under Request Offering Add the Deploy Azure Virtual Machine request offering, click OK, and click Next
  • Under Publish change the Offering Status to Published and click Next
  • Click Create and Close

The output from the exported Management Pack is below:

<ManagementPack ContentReadable="true" SchemaVersion="2.0" OriginalSchemaVersion="1.1" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsl="https://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <Manifest>
    <Identity>
      <ID>Custom.Example.Azure</ID>
      <Version>1.0.0.0</Version>
    </Identity>
    <Name>Custom.Example.Azure</Name>
    <References>
      <Reference Alias="System">
        <ID>System.Library</ID>
        <Version>7.5.8501.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="Console">
        <ID>Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.ServiceManager.UI.Console</ID>
        <Version>7.5.3079.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="Alias_952b56e8_dd9f_480c_8f57_1d53f5894aca">
        <ID>System.WorkItem.Activity.Library</ID>
        <Version>7.5.3079.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="EnterpriseManagement">
        <ID>Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.ServiceManager.UI.Administration</ID>
        <Version>7.5.3079.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="SystemCenter">
        <ID>Microsoft.SystemCenter.Library</ID>
        <Version>7.0.8433.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="SystemCenter1">
        <ID>Microsoft.SystemCenter.Subscriptions</ID>
        <Version>7.5.3079.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="Core">
        <ID>ServiceManager.Core.Library</ID>
        <Version>7.5.3079.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="Windows">
        <ID>Microsoft.Windows.Library</ID>
        <Version>7.5.8501.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="System_WorkItem_Library">
        <ID>System.WorkItem.Library</ID>
        <Version>7.5.3079.0</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
      <Reference Alias="Example">
        <ID>Custom.Example.ServiceRequestExtended</ID>
        <Version>1.0.0.1</Version>
        <PublicKeyToken>e24f5efd5fd6e660</PublicKeyToken>
      </Reference>
    </References>
  </Manifest>
  <TypeDefinitions>
    <EntityTypes>
      <ClassTypes>
        <ClassType ID="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM" Accessibility="Public" Abstract="false" Base="Alias_952b56e8_dd9f_480c_8f57_1d53f5894aca!System.WorkItem.Activity" Hosted="false" Singleton="false" Extension="false">
          <Property ID="WebServiceEndpoint" Type="string" AutoIncrement="false" Key="false" CaseSensitive="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" Required="false" Scale="0" />
          <Property ID="azureSettingsFile" Type="string" AutoIncrement="false" Key="false" CaseSensitive="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" Required="false" Scale="0" />
          <Property ID="imageName" Type="string" AutoIncrement="false" Key="false" CaseSensitive="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" Required="false" Scale="0" />
          <Property ID="vmName" Type="string" AutoIncrement="false" Key="false" CaseSensitive="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" Required="false" Scale="0" />
          <Property ID="instanceSize" Type="string" AutoIncrement="false" Key="false" CaseSensitive="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" Required="false" Scale="0" />
          <Property ID="adminUserName" Type="string" AutoIncrement="false" Key="false" CaseSensitive="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" Required="false" Scale="0" />
          <Property ID="adminPassword" Type="string" AutoIncrement="false" Key="false" CaseSensitive="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" Required="false" Scale="0" />
          <Property ID="domain" Type="string" AutoIncrement="false" Key="false" CaseSensitive="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" Required="false" Scale="0" />
          <Property ID="domainUserName" Type="string" AutoIncrement="false" Key="false" CaseSensitive="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" Required="false" Scale="0" />
          <Property ID="domainPassword" Type="string" AutoIncrement="false" Key="false" CaseSensitive="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" Required="false" Scale="0" />
          <Property ID="affinityGroup" Type="string" AutoIncrement="false" Key="false" CaseSensitive="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" Required="false" Scale="0" />
          <Property ID="networkName" Type="string" AutoIncrement="false" Key="false" CaseSensitive="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" Required="false" Scale="0" />
          <Property ID="azureStorageAccountName" Type="string" AutoIncrement="false" Key="false" CaseSensitive="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" Required="false" Scale="0" />
          <Property ID="subnetName" Type="string" AutoIncrement="false" Key="false" CaseSensitive="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" Required="false" Scale="0" />
          <Property ID="SMARunbookName" Type="string" AutoIncrement="false" Key="false" CaseSensitive="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" Required="false" Scale="0" />
          <Property ID="azureAccountName" Type="string" AutoIncrement="false" Key="false" CaseSensitive="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" Required="false" Scale="0" />
          <Property ID="smManagementServer" Type="string" AutoIncrement="false" Key="false" CaseSensitive="false" MaxLength="256" MinLength="0" Required="false" Scale="0" />
        </ClassType>
      </ClassTypes>
    </EntityTypes>
    <ModuleTypes>
      <WriteActionModuleType ID="DeployVM.WindowsPowerShellScript.6992e768_20fa_4bc1_80fd_1b116ad8bc00.MT" Accessibility="Public" RunAs="Core!Microsoft.SystemCenter.ServiceManager.WorkflowAccount" Batching="false">
        <Configuration>
          <IncludeSchemaTypes>
            <SchemaType>Windows!Microsoft.Windows.PowerShellSchema</SchemaType>
          </IncludeSchemaTypes>
          <xsd:element name="WebServiceEndPoint" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element name="SMARunbookName" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element name="azureSettingsFile" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element name="imageName" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element name="vmName" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element name="instanceSize" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element name="adminUserName" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element name="domain" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element name="domainUserName" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element name="domainPassword" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element name="affinityGroup" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element name="networkName" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element name="azureStorageAccountName" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element name="subnetName" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element name="adminPassword" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element name="azureAccountName" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element name="smManagementServer" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
          <xsd:element name="activityID" type="xsd:string" xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" />
        </Configuration>
        <OverrideableParameters>
          <OverrideableParameter ID="WebServiceEndPoint" Selector="$Config/WebServiceEndPoint$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="SMARunbookName" Selector="$Config/SMARunbookName$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="azureSettingsFile" Selector="$Config/azureSettingsFile$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="imageName" Selector="$Config/imageName$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="vmName" Selector="$Config/vmName$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="instanceSize" Selector="$Config/instanceSize$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="adminUserName" Selector="$Config/adminUserName$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="domain" Selector="$Config/domain$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="domainUserName" Selector="$Config/domainUserName$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="domainPassword" Selector="$Config/domainPassword$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="affinityGroup" Selector="$Config/affinityGroup$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="networkName" Selector="$Config/networkName$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="azureStorageAccountName" Selector="$Config/azureStorageAccountName$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="subnetName" Selector="$Config/subnetName$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="adminPassword" Selector="$Config/adminPassword$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="azureAccountName" Selector="$Config/azureAccountName$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="smManagementServer" Selector="$Config/smManagementServer$" ParameterType="string" />
          <OverrideableParameter ID="activityID" Selector="$Config/activityID$" ParameterType="string" />
        </OverrideableParameters>
        <ModuleImplementation Isolation="Any">
          <Composite>
            <MemberModules>
              <WriteAction ID="DeployVM.WindowsPowerShellScript.6992e768_20fa_4bc1_80fd_1b116ad8bc00.PSWA" TypeID="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.PowerShellWriteAction">
                <ScriptName>DoWork.ps1</ScriptName>
                <ScriptBody>param ( [string]$WebServiceEndPoint,[string]$SMARunbookName,[string]$azureSettingsFile,[string]$imageName,[string]$vmName,[string]$instanceSize,[string]$adminUserName,[string]$domain,[string]$domainUserName,[string]$domainPassword,[string]$affinityGroup,[string]$networkName,[string]$azureStorageAccountName,[string]$subnetName,[string]$adminPassword,[string]$azureAccountName,[string]$smManagementServer,[string]$activityID )
Start-SmaRunbook -WebServiceEndpoint $WebServiceEndpoint -Name $SMARunbookName -Parameters @{"azureSettingsFile" = "$azureSettingsFile"; "azureAccountName" = "$azureAccountName"; "imageName" = "$imageName"; "vmName" = "$vmName"; "instanceSize" = "$instanceSize"; "adminUserName" = "$adminUserName"; "adminPassword" = "$adminPassword"; "domain" = "$domain"; "domainUserName" = "$domainUserName"; "domainPassword" = "$domainPassword"; "affinityGroup" = "$affinityGroup"; "networkName" = "$networkName"; "azureStorageAccountName" = "$azureStorageAccountName"; "subnetName" = "$subnetName"; "smManagementServer" = "$smManagementServer"; "activityID" = "$activityID"}</ScriptBody>
                <SnapIns />
                <Parameters>
                  <Parameter>
                    <Name>WebServiceEndPoint</Name>
                    <Value>$Config/WebServiceEndPoint$</Value>
                  </Parameter>
                  <Parameter>
                    <Name>SMARunbookName</Name>
                    <Value>$Config/SMARunbookName$</Value>
                  </Parameter>
                  <Parameter>
                    <Name>azureSettingsFile</Name>
                    <Value>$Config/azureSettingsFile$</Value>
                  </Parameter>
                  <Parameter>
                    <Name>imageName</Name>
                    <Value>$Config/imageName$</Value>
                  </Parameter>
                  <Parameter>
                    <Name>vmName</Name>
                    <Value>$Config/vmName$</Value>
                  </Parameter>
                  <Parameter>
                    <Name>instanceSize</Name>
                    <Value>$Config/instanceSize$</Value>
                  </Parameter>
                  <Parameter>
                    <Name>adminUserName</Name>
                    <Value>$Config/adminUserName$</Value>
                  </Parameter>
                  <Parameter>
                    <Name>domain</Name>
                    <Value>$Config/domain$</Value>
                  </Parameter>
                  <Parameter>
                    <Name>domainUserName</Name>
                    <Value>$Config/domainUserName$</Value>
                  </Parameter>
                  <Parameter>
                    <Name>domainPassword</Name>
                    <Value>$Config/domainPassword$</Value>
                  </Parameter>
                  <Parameter>
                    <Name>affinityGroup</Name>
                    <Value>$Config/affinityGroup$</Value>
                  </Parameter>
                  <Parameter>
                    <Name>networkName</Name>
                    <Value>$Config/networkName$</Value>
                  </Parameter>
                  <Parameter>
                    <Name>azureStorageAccountName</Name>
                    <Value>$Config/azureStorageAccountName$</Value>
                  </Parameter>
                  <Parameter>
                    <Name>subnetName</Name>
                    <Value>$Config/subnetName$</Value>
                  </Parameter>
                  <Parameter>
                    <Name>adminPassword</Name>
                    <Value>$Config/adminPassword$</Value>
                  </Parameter>
                  <Parameter>
                    <Name>azureAccountName</Name>
                    <Value>$Config/azureAccountName$</Value>
                  </Parameter>
                  <Parameter>
                    <Name>smManagementServer</Name>
                    <Value>$Config/smManagementServer$</Value>
                  </Parameter>
                  <Parameter>
                    <Name>activityID</Name>
                    <Value>$Config/activityID$</Value>
                  </Parameter>
                </Parameters>
                <TimeoutSeconds>300</TimeoutSeconds>
                <StrictErrorHandling>true</StrictErrorHandling>
                <SerializationDepth>3</SerializationDepth>
              </WriteAction>
            </MemberModules>
            <Composition>
              <Node ID="DeployVM.WindowsPowerShellScript.6992e768_20fa_4bc1_80fd_1b116ad8bc00.PSWA" />
            </Composition>
          </Composite>
        </ModuleImplementation>
        <InputType>System!System.BaseData</InputType>
      </WriteActionModuleType>
    </ModuleTypes>
  </TypeDefinitions>
  <Categories>
    <Category ID="Custom.Example.Azure.Category" Value="Console!Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.ServiceManager.ManagementPack">
      <ManagementPackName>Custom.Example.Azure</ManagementPackName>
      <ManagementPackVersion>1.0.0.0</ManagementPackVersion>
    </Category>
    <Category ID="DeployVMCategory" Target="DeployVM" Value="EnterpriseManagement!Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.ServiceManager.Rules.WorkflowSubscriptions" />
  </Categories>
  <Monitoring>
    <Rules>
      <Rule ID="DeployVM" Enabled="true" Target="SystemCenter!Microsoft.SystemCenter.SubscriptionWorkflowTarget" ConfirmDelivery="true" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal" DiscardLevel="100">
        <Category>Notification</Category>
        <DataSources>
          <DataSource ID="DS" TypeID="SystemCenter1!Microsoft.SystemCenter.CmdbInstanceSubscription.DataSourceModule">
            <Subscription>
              <InstanceSubscription Type="$MPElement[Name='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']$">
                <UpdateInstance>
                  <Criteria>
                    <Expression>
                      <SimpleExpression>
                        <ValueExpression>
                          <Property State="Post">$Context/Property[Type='Alias_952b56e8_dd9f_480c_8f57_1d53f5894aca!System.WorkItem.Activity']/Status$</Property>
                        </ValueExpression>
                        <Operator>Equal</Operator>
                        <ValueExpression>
                          <Value>{11fc3cef-15e5-bca4-dee0-9c1155ec8d83}</Value>
                        </ValueExpression>
                      </SimpleExpression>
                    </Expression>
                  </Criteria>
                </UpdateInstance>
              </InstanceSubscription>
              <PollingIntervalInSeconds>60</PollingIntervalInSeconds>
              <BatchSize>100</BatchSize>
            </Subscription>
          </DataSource>
        </DataSources>
        <WriteActions>
          <WriteAction ID="WA" TypeID="SystemCenter1!Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.SystemCenter.Subscription.WindowsWorkflowTaskWriteAction">
            <Subscription>
              <WindowsWorkflowConfiguration>
                <AssemblyName>DeployVM</AssemblyName>
                <WorkflowTypeName>WorkflowAuthoring.DeployVM</WorkflowTypeName>
                <WorkflowParameters>
                  <WorkflowParameter Name="windowsPowerShellScript1_WebServiceEndPoint" Type="string">$Data/Property[@ID='$MPElement[Name="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM"]/WebServiceEndpoint$' and @State='Post']$</WorkflowParameter>
                  <WorkflowParameter Name="windowsPowerShellScript1_azureSettingsFile" Type="string">$Data/Property[@ID='$MPElement[Name="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM"]/azureSettingsFile$' and @State='Post']$</WorkflowParameter>
                  <WorkflowParameter Name="windowsPowerShellScript1_imageName" Type="string">$Data/Property[@ID='$MPElement[Name="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM"]/imageName$' and @State='Post']$</WorkflowParameter>
                  <WorkflowParameter Name="windowsPowerShellScript1_vmName" Type="string">$Data/Property[@ID='$MPElement[Name="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM"]/vmName$' and @State='Post']$</WorkflowParameter>
                  <WorkflowParameter Name="windowsPowerShellScript1_instanceSize" Type="string">$Data/Property[@ID='$MPElement[Name="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM"]/instanceSize$' and @State='Post']$</WorkflowParameter>
                  <WorkflowParameter Name="windowsPowerShellScript1_adminUserName" Type="string">$Data/Property[@ID='$MPElement[Name="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM"]/adminUserName$' and @State='Post']$</WorkflowParameter>
                  <WorkflowParameter Name="windowsPowerShellScript1_domain" Type="string">$Data/Property[@ID='$MPElement[Name="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM"]/domain$' and @State='Post']$</WorkflowParameter>
                  <WorkflowParameter Name="windowsPowerShellScript1_domainUserName" Type="string">$Data/Property[@ID='$MPElement[Name="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM"]/domainUserName$' and @State='Post']$</WorkflowParameter>
                  <WorkflowParameter Name="windowsPowerShellScript1_domainPassword" Type="string">$Data/Property[@ID='$MPElement[Name="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM"]/domainPassword$' and @State='Post']$</WorkflowParameter>
                  <WorkflowParameter Name="windowsPowerShellScript1_affinityGroup" Type="string">$Data/Property[@ID='$MPElement[Name="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM"]/affinityGroup$' and @State='Post']$</WorkflowParameter>
                  <WorkflowParameter Name="windowsPowerShellScript1_networkName" Type="string">$Data/Property[@ID='$MPElement[Name="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM"]/networkName$' and @State='Post']$</WorkflowParameter>
                  <WorkflowParameter Name="windowsPowerShellScript1_azureStorageAccountName" Type="string">$Data/Property[@ID='$MPElement[Name="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM"]/azureStorageAccountName$' and @State='Post']$</WorkflowParameter>
                  <WorkflowParameter Name="windowsPowerShellScript1_subnetName" Type="string">$Data/Property[@ID='$MPElement[Name="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM"]/subnetName$' and @State='Post']$</WorkflowParameter>
                  <WorkflowParameter Name="windowsPowerShellScript1_SMARunbookName" Type="string">$Data/Property[@ID='$MPElement[Name="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM"]/SMARunbookName$' and @State='Post']$</WorkflowParameter>
                  <WorkflowParameter Name="windowsPowerShellScript1_adminPassword" Type="string">$Data/Property[@ID='$MPElement[Name="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM"]/adminPassword$' and @State='Post']$</WorkflowParameter>
                  <WorkflowParameter Name="windowsPowerShellScript1_azureAccountName" Type="string">$Data/Property[@ID='$MPElement[Name="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM"]/azureAccountName$' and @State='Post']$</WorkflowParameter>
                  <WorkflowParameter Name="windowsPowerShellScript1_smManagementServer" Type="string">$Data/Property[@ID='$MPElement[Name="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM"]/smManagementServer$' and @State='Post']$</WorkflowParameter>
                  <WorkflowParameter Name="windowsPowerShellScript1_activityID" Type="string">$Data/Property[@ID='$MPElement[Name="System_WorkItem_Library!System.WorkItem"]/Id$' and @State='Post']$</WorkflowParameter>
                </WorkflowParameters>
                <RetryExceptions />
                <RetryDelaySeconds>60</RetryDelaySeconds>
                <MaximumRunningTimeSeconds>300</MaximumRunningTimeSeconds>
              </WindowsWorkflowConfiguration>
            </Subscription>
          </WriteAction>
        </WriteActions>
      </Rule>
    </Rules>
    <Tasks>
      <Task ID="DeployVM.WindowsPowerShellScript.6992e768_20fa_4bc1_80fd_1b116ad8bc00" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Computer" Timeout="300" Remotable="true">
        <Category>Notification</Category>
        <WriteAction ID="DeployVM.WindowsPowerShellScript.6992e768_20fa_4bc1_80fd_1b116ad8bc00.WA" TypeID="DeployVM.WindowsPowerShellScript.6992e768_20fa_4bc1_80fd_1b116ad8bc00.MT">
          <WebServiceEndPoint />
          <SMARunbookName />
          <azureSettingsFile />
          <imageName />
          <vmName />
          <instanceSize />
          <adminUserName />
          <domain />
          <domainUserName />
          <domainPassword />
          <affinityGroup />
          <networkName />
          <azureStorageAccountName />
          <subnetName />
          <adminPassword />
          <azureAccountName />
          <smManagementServer />
          <activityID />
        </WriteAction>
      </Task>
    </Tasks>
  </Monitoring>
  <Templates>
    <ObjectTemplate ID="Template.87826befabdb478da4e836bdb4b93c8e" TypeID="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM">
      <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/WebServiceEndpoint$">https://mysmaserver.contoso.com</Property>
      <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/azureSettingsFile$">c:\temp\myAzureSettings.publishsettings</Property>
      <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/imageName$">w2012r2base3</Property>
      <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/vmName$">rslatenTest</Property>
      <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/instanceSize$">A0</Property>
      <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/adminUserName$">rslaten</Property>
      <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/adminPassword$">P@$$W0Rd1</Property>
      <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/domain$">contoso.com</Property>
      <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/domainUserName$">rslaten</Property>
      <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/domainPassword$">P@$$W0Rd1</Property>
      <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/affinityGroup$">Lab</Property>
      <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/networkName$">Lab</Property>
      <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/azureStorageAccountName$">rslaten</Property>
      <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/subnetName$">Subnet-1</Property>
      <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/SMARunbookName$">DeployVMInAzure</Property>
      <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/azureAccountName$">myAzureAccount@myemailaccount.com</Property>
      <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/smManagementServer$">sm1.contoso.com</Property>
      <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Alias_952b56e8_dd9f_480c_8f57_1d53f5894aca!System.WorkItem.Activity']/Skip$">False</Property>
      <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='System_WorkItem_Library!System.WorkItem']/Title$">Deploy Azure VM</Property>
      <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='System!System.Entity']/DisplayName$">Deploy Azure VM</Property>
    </ObjectTemplate>
    <ObjectTemplate ID="Template.e0b9b5533a9d4a82b37658e95c03f0f7" TypeID="Example!CustomForm_0c972943_1f64_4cd2_84bc_6a9c7da0c6eb_TypeProjection">
      <Object Path="$Context/Path[Relationship='Alias_952b56e8_dd9f_480c_8f57_1d53f5894aca!System.WorkItemContainsActivity' TypeConstraint='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']$">
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/WebServiceEndpoint$">https://mysmaserver.contoso.com</Property>
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/azureSettingsFile$">c:\temp\myAzureSettings.publishsettings</Property>
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/imageName$">w2012r2base3</Property>
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/vmName$">rslatenTest</Property>
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/instanceSize$">A0</Property>
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/adminUserName$">rslaten</Property>
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/adminPassword$">P@$$W0Rd1</Property>
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/domain$">contoso.com</Property>
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/domainUserName$">rslaten</Property>
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/domainPassword$">P@$$W0Rd1</Property>
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/affinityGroup$">Lab</Property>
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/networkName$">Lab</Property>
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/azureStorageAccountName$">rslaten</Property>
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/subnetName$">Subnet-1</Property>
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/SMARunbookName$">DeployVMInAzure</Property>
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/azureAccountName$">myAzureAccount@myemailaccount.com</Property>
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM']/smManagementServer$">sm1.contoso.com</Property>
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Alias_952b56e8_dd9f_480c_8f57_1d53f5894aca!System.WorkItem.Activity']/SequenceId$">0</Property>
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Alias_952b56e8_dd9f_480c_8f57_1d53f5894aca!System.WorkItem.Activity']/ChildId$">828</Property>
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='Alias_952b56e8_dd9f_480c_8f57_1d53f5894aca!System.WorkItem.Activity']/Skip$">False</Property>
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='System_WorkItem_Library!System.WorkItem']/Title$">Deploy Azure VM</Property>
        <Property Path="$Context/Property[Type='System!System.Entity']/DisplayName$">Deploy Azure VM</Property>
      </Object>
    </ObjectTemplate>
  </Templates>
  <LanguagePacks>
    <LanguagePack ID="ENU" IsDefault="true">
      <DisplayStrings>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.Azure">
          <Name>Custom.Example.Azure</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM">
          <Name>Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM</Name>
          <Description>Specify your class description.</Description>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM" SubElementID="WebServiceEndpoint">
          <Name>WebServiceEndpoint</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM" SubElementID="SMARunbookName">
          <Name>SMARunbookName</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM" SubElementID="azureSettingsFile">
          <Name>azureSettingsFile</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM" SubElementID="imageName">
          <Name>imageName</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM" SubElementID="vmName">
          <Name>vmName</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM" SubElementID="instanceSize">
          <Name>instanceSize</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM" SubElementID="adminUserName">
          <Name>adminUserName</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM" SubElementID="adminPassword">
          <Name>adminPassword</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM" SubElementID="domain">
          <Name>domain</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM" SubElementID="domainUserName">
          <Name>domainUserName</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM" SubElementID="domainPassword">
          <Name>domainPassword</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM" SubElementID="affinityGroup">
          <Name>affinityGroup</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM" SubElementID="networkName">
          <Name>networkName</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM" SubElementID="azureStorageAccountName">
          <Name>azureStorageAccountName</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM" SubElementID="subnetName">
          <Name>subnetName</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="DeployVM">
          <Name>DeployVM</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="DeployVM.WindowsPowerShellScript.6992e768_20fa_4bc1_80fd_1b116ad8bc00">
          <Name>DeployVM.WindowsPowerShellScript.6992e768_20fa_4bc1_80fd_1b116ad8bc00</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM" SubElementID="azureAccountName">
          <Name>azureAccountName</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Custom.Example.Azure.DeployVM" SubElementID="smManagementServer">
          <Name>smManagementServer</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Template.87826befabdb478da4e836bdb4b93c8e">
          <Name>Deploy Azure VM Template</Name>
        </DisplayString>
        <DisplayString ElementID="Template.e0b9b5533a9d4a82b37658e95c03f0f7">
          <Name>Deploy Azure VM Service Request Template</Name>
        </DisplayString>
      </DisplayStrings>
    </LanguagePack>
  </LanguagePacks>
  <Extensions>
    <RequestOffering ID="Offering59cfa70b0f134665821820b78a3f744a" InstanceName="Deploy Azure Virtual Machine" Title="Deploy Azure Virtual Machine" PublishDate="2014-08-23T16:45:46-05:00" Status="System.Offering.StatusEnum.Published" TargetTemplate="Template.e0b9b5533a9d4a82b37658e95c03f0f7" HideGotoRequestButton="false">
      <PresentationMappingTemplate>
        <Sources>
          <Source Id="00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000" Ordinal="0" ReadOnly="false" Optional="false" ControlType="System.SupportingItem.PortalControl">
            <ControlConfiguration>
              <Dependencies />
              <AddressableOutputs>
                <AddressableOutput OutputName="Token: Portal User Name" OutputType="string" />
              </AddressableOutputs>
            </ControlConfiguration>
            <Targets />
          </Source>
          <Source Id="979c2819-ad73-4319-b5c7-e8b55edc956b" Ordinal="1" Prompt="Instance Size" ReadOnly="false" Optional="false" ControlType="System.SupportingItem.PortalControl.InlineList">
            <ControlConfiguration>
              <Dependencies />
              <AddressableOutputs>
                <AddressableOutput OutputName="ListValue" OutputType="string" />
              </AddressableOutputs>
              <Configuration>
                <Details>
                  <ListValue DisplayName="A0" IsDefault="true" />
                  <ListValue DisplayName="A1" IsDefault="false" />
                  <ListValue DisplayName="A2" IsDefault="false" />
                  <ListValue DisplayName="A3" IsDefault="false" />
                  <ListValue DisplayName="A4" IsDefault="false" />
                  <ListValue DisplayName="A5" IsDefault="false" />
                  <ListValue DisplayName="A6" IsDefault="false" />
                  <ListValue DisplayName="A7" IsDefault="false" />
                  <ListValue DisplayName="A8" IsDefault="false" />
                  <ListValue DisplayName="A9" IsDefault="false" />
                </Details>
              </Configuration>
            </ControlConfiguration>
            <Targets>
              <Target Path="$Target/Path[Relationship='Activity!System.WorkItemContainsActivity']$?ChildId='828'/instanceSize" OutputName="ListValue" />
            </Targets>
          </Source>
        </Sources>
      </PresentationMappingTemplate>
    </RequestOffering>
    <ServiceOffering ID="Offeringa5d733744b234dfcb6d41383780ca6a4" InstanceName="Cloud Offerings" Title="Cloud Offerings" PublishDate="2014-08-23T16:46:55-05:00" Status="System.Offering.StatusEnum.Published" Category="System.ServiceOffering.CategoryEnum.General" CultureName="" />
  </Extensions>
</ManagementPack>

Test the Solution

  • Open the Service Manager Self-Service Portal

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  • Click on Cloud Offerings, click on Deploy Azure Virtual Machine, and click on Go to request form

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  • Select the appropriate instance size, click Next, and Submit. Once completed the request should also change to Completed.

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  • View the completed Runbook in the WAP Portal

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  • View the new VM in the Azure Portal

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DeployVMInAzurePartIII.zip

]]> Deploying Virtual Machines in Azure using Service Manager and SMA Part II https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rslaten/deploying-virtual-machines-in-azure-using-service-manager-and-sma-part-ii Mon, 25 Aug 2014 16:00:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rslaten/2014/08/25/deploying-virtual-machines-in-azure-using-service-manager-and-sma-part-ii/ This is the 2nd post in a 3-part series on deploying VMs in Azure using System Center Service Manager and Service Management Automation (SMA). In this post we’ll cover deploying your Azure VM using PowerShell and SMA.

Part I: Preparing your VM for upload, uploading it to Azure, and configuring Azure

Part II: Deploying your VM in PowerShell and SMA

Part III: Deploying your VM using the Service Manager Self-Service Portal

 

Summary

The following steps will take you through using PowerShell and SMA to deploy the VM we uploaded in Part I. Each section below will be an argument passed to the PowerShell script and/or SMA Runbook.

Download the Azure Settings File (azureSettingsFile)

  • In order for scripts to connect to Azure we need to download an Azure settings file for authentication. You can download this file from the following URL: https://windows.azure.com/download/publishprofile.aspx.
  • Note the full path that you downloaded the file. In my testing the file needed to be local where I ran the script so you’ll need it where you’re running the PowerShell script in addition to the server where your SMA Runbook will execute.

Get the name of the VM Image you plan on using (imageName)

  • In the Azure Portal, go under Virtual Machines\Images
  • I will use w2012r2base3

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Get your storage account name where your VHD is stored (azureStorageAccountName)

  • In the Azure Portal, go under Storage
  • I will use rslaten

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Get the name of the Affinity Group you plan on using (affinityGroup)

  • In the Azure Portal, go under Settings\Affinity Groups
  • I will use Lab

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Get the name of the Network you plan on using (networkName)

  • In the Azure Portal, go under Networks
  • Mine is called Lab

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Get the name of the Subnet you plan on using (subnetName)

  • In the Azure Portal, go under Networks\<Your Network>\Configure
  • I will use subnet-1

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Get the following additional information

  • azureAccountName: The Microsoft Account name you use to logon to Azure
  • adminUserName: The local administrator account you want on the VM
  • adminPassword: The local administrator account password you want on the VM
  • domain: The FQDN of the domain you want to join
  • domainUserName: The domain user to use to join the domain (without the domain\ in front of the user)
  • domainPassword: The password for the user account above
  • vmName: The name you want the VM to be called. The script will add an integer to the end and keep incrementing it as necessary.
  • instanceSize: A0 – A9, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/azure/dn197896.aspx for more information.

Run the script on a machine with Azure PowerShell installed using the following syntax

.\DeployAzureVM.ps1 -azureSettingsFile c:\temp\myAzureSettings.publishsettings –azureAccountName myAzureAccount@myemailaccount.com -imageName w2012r2base3 -vmName rslatenTest -instanceSize A0 -adminUserName rslaten –adminPassword ‘P@$SW0Rd1’ -domain contoso.com -domainUserName rslaten -domainPassword ‘P@$SW0Rd1’ -affinityGroup Lab -networkName Lab -azureStorageAccountName rslaten -subnetName Subnet-1

param(
  $azureSettingsFile,
  $azureAccountName,
  $imageName,
  $vmName,
  $instanceSize,
  $adminUserName,
  $adminPassword,
  $domain,
  $domainUserName,
  $domainPassword,
  $affinityGroup,
  $networkName,
  $azureStorageAccountName,
  $subnetName
)

#Set Instance Size
if ($instanceSize -eq "A0") { $instanceSize = 'ExtraSmall' }
elseif ($instanceSize -eq "A1") { $instanceSize = 'Small' }
elseif ($instanceSize -eq "A2") { $instanceSize = 'Medium' }
elseif ($instanceSize -eq "A3") { $instanceSize = 'Large' }
elseif ($instanceSize -eq "A4") { $instanceSize = 'ExtraLarge' }

#Import Azure PowerShell Module
Import-Module Azure

#Remove Existing Azure Sessions
Remove-AzureAccount -Name $azureAccountName -Force

#Import Azure Settings File
Import-AzurePublishSettingsFile -PublishSettingsFile $azureSettingsFile

#Set Azure Subscription
Get-AzureSubscription | Set-AzureSubscription -currentstorageaccountname $azureStorageAccountName

#Increment VM Name
$i = 0
foreach ($vm in Get-AzureVM)
{
  if ($vm.InstanceName.Contains($vmName))
  {
    [int]$increment = $vm.InstanceName.SubString($vmName.Length)
    if ($increment -gt $i) { $i = $increment }
  }
}
$i++
$vmName = $vmName + $i

#Create New Azure Cloud Service
New-AzureService -ServiceName $vmName -AffinityGroup $affinityGroup

#Create Azure VM
if ($domain)
{
  New-AzureVMConfig -Name $vmName -InstanceSize $instanceSize -ImageName $imageName | 
  Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -WindowsDomain -Password $adminPassword -JoinDomain $domain -Domain $domain -DomainUserName $domainUserName -DomainPassword $domainPassword -AdminUsername $adminUserName | 
  Set-AzureSubnet $subnetName |
  New-AzureVM -ServiceName $vmName -VNetName $networkName
}
else
{
  New-AzureVMConfig -Name $vmName -InstanceSize $instanceSize -ImageName $imageName | 
  Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Windows -AdminUsername $adminUserName -Password $adminPassword | 
  Set-AzureSubnet $subnetName |
  New-AzureVM -ServiceName $vmName -VNetName $networkName
}
  • Confirm the VM was created successfully and joined to your domain

Create and Test an SMA Runbook based on this script

  • Install Windows PowerShell for Azure (under Command-line tools) on your SMA server
  • Logon to the Service Management Portal and click on Automation\Runbooks\New
  • Click Quick Create, enter a name for the Runbook such as DeployVMInAzure, and click the Check Mark

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  • Page over to the new Runbook, click on it, select Author, and click Draft
  • Paste in the following script (change the top line if you used something other than DeployVMInAzure as your runbook name) 
workflow DeployVMInAzure
{
  param(
  $azureSettingsFile,
  $azureAccountName,
  $imageName,
  $vmName,
  $instanceSize,
  $adminUserName,
  $adminPassword,
  $domain,
  $domainUserName,
  $domainPassword,
  $affinityGroup,
  $networkName,
  $azureStorageAccountName,
  $subnetName
  )
  
  #Set Instance Size
  if ($instanceSize -eq "A0") { $instanceSize = 'ExtraSmall' }
  elseif ($instanceSize -eq "A1") { $instanceSize = 'Small' }
  elseif ($instanceSize -eq "A2") { $instanceSize = 'Medium' }
  elseif ($instanceSize -eq "A3") { $instanceSize = 'Large' }
  elseif ($instanceSize -eq "A4") { $instanceSize = 'ExtraLarge' }
   
  inlinescript
  {
    #Import Azure PowerShell Module
    Import-Module Azure

    #Remove Existing Azure Sessions
    Remove-AzureAccount -Name $Using:azureAccountName -Force
    
    #Import Azure Settings File
    Import-AzurePublishSettingsFile -PublishSettingsFile $Using:azureSettingsFile
    
    #Set Azure Subscription
    Get-AzureSubscription | Set-AzureSubscription -currentstorageaccountname $Using:azureStorageAccountName
    
    #Increment VM Name
    $i = 0
    foreach ($vm in Get-AzureVM)
    {
      if ($vm.InstanceName.Contains($Using:vmName))
      {
        [int]$increment = $vm.InstanceName.SubString($Using:vmName.Length)
        if ($increment -gt $i) { $i = $increment }
      }
    }
    $i++
    $vmName = $Using:vmName + $i

    #Create New Azure Cloud Service
    New-AzureService -ServiceName $vmName -AffinityGroup $Using:affinityGroup

    #Create Azure VM
    if ($Using:domain)
    {
      New-AzureVMConfig -Name $vmName -InstanceSize $Using:instanceSize -ImageName $Using:imageName | 
      Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -WindowsDomain -Password $Using:adminPassword -JoinDomain $Using:domain -Domain $Using:domain -DomainUserName $Using:domainUserName -DomainPassword $Using:domainPassword -AdminUsername $Using:adminUserName | 
      Set-AzureSubnet $Using:subnetName |
      New-AzureVM -ServiceName $vmName -VNetName $Using:networkName
    }
    else
    {
      New-AzureVMConfig -Name $vmName -InstanceSize $Using:instanceSize -ImageName $Using:imageName | 
      Add-AzureProvisioningConfig -Windows -AdminUsername $Using:adminUserName -Password $Using:adminPassword | 
      Set-AzureSubnet $Using:subnetName |
      New-AzureVM -ServiceName $vmName -VNetName $Using:networkName
    }
  }
}
  • Click Publish
  • In the Portal, go back to Runbooks and Start the new Runbook you just created
  • Fill in the parameters the same way you did for the PowerShell Script
  • Confirm the VM was created successfully and joined to your domain

 

Continue on to Part III…

DeployVMInAzure.zip

]]> Deploying Virtual Machines in Azure using Service Manager and SMA Part I https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rslaten/deploying-virtual-machines-in-azure-using-service-manager-and-sma-part-i Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:00:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rslaten/2014/08/18/deploying-virtual-machines-in-azure-using-service-manager-and-sma-part-i/ Earlier this year I worked with Brad Watts on some automation: Deploying Virtual Machines in Azure using the Service Manager Self-Service Portal. Our primary VM deployment mechanism was System Center Orchestrator. I decided to do something similar using Service Management Automation (SMA). This series of posts will take you through uploading a custom VM to Azure, configuring Azure so this VM can be deployed through PowerShell, deploying the VM in PowerShell, deploying the VM in SMA, and finally deploying the VM using the Service Manager Self-Service Portal. This might be a useful scenario if you’re using the Windows Azure Pack (WAP) to deploy on-premise VMs and also want the ability to utilize a single portal to deploy VMs in the cloud.

Part I: Preparing your VM for upload, uploading it to Azure, and configuring Azure

Part II: Deploying your VM in PowerShell and SMA

Part III: Deploying your VM using the Service Manager Self-Service Portal

 

Summary

The following steps will take you through uploading a custom image to Azure with the necessary settings for scripted deployments. The steps might not be completely necessary as your Azure subscription might already have the following configured.

Create a new Affinity Group in Azure

  • In the Azure portal go to Settings, click on Affinity Groups, click Add, enter a Name/Region, and click the Check Mark

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Create a new Storage Account in Azure

  • In the Azure portal go to Storage, click the Plus Sign, click Quick Create, select the affinity group created earlier, enter a URL, and click the Check Mark

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  • In the new Storage Account we just created click Containers, enter a Name, and click the Check Mark

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  • Take note of the container URL, we will need this later

Prepare your Virtual Machine

In my example I will use a Windows virtual machine that will later join a domain in Azure. I specifically used Windows Server 2012 R2 and when I was done installing updates and making other configurations I ran sysprep (as an administrator) and chose the options to Enter System Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE), Generalize, and Shutdown. The one thing to remember is to create the VM as a VHD and/or use the Convert-VHD cmdlet to convert from a VHDX.

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Upload your Virtual Machine to Azure

  1. Install Windows PowerShell for Azure (under Command-line tools)
  2. Open Windows Azure PowerShell
  3. Type Add-AzureAccount and logon to Azure
  4. Type Add-AzureVhd –Destination “<yourcontainerURL>/<vhdname>.vhd” –LocalFilePath “<yourlocalVHDPath>”
    1. Example: Add-AzureVhd –Destination “https://rslaten2.blog.core.windows.net/vhds/w2012Base.vhd” –LocalFilePath “\\myserver\vhd\w2012Base.vhd”
  5. Type Add-AzureImage –ImageName <YourImageName> –MediaLocation <pathtovhd> –OS Windows
    1. Example: Add-AzureImage –ImageName w2012Base –MediaLocation “https://rslaten2.blog.core.windows.net/vhds/w2012Base.vhd” –OS Windows

Create a new Network and Domain Controller in Azure

  • In the Azure Portal go to Networks and click the Plus sign
  • Click Quick Create, name the Network, choose the appropriate Address Space/Location, and click the Check Mark

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  • Create a new VM in Azure that is a domain controller and DNS Server on this network (we’ll join our custom VM instances to this domain)
  • Set this VM to use a static IP Address
  • Register that machine as a DNS Server in the Networks section of the Azure Portal

 

Continue on to Part II…

]]> Update the Request Action Log in Service Manager from SMA https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rslaten/update-the-request-action-log-in-service-manager-from-sma Mon, 11 Aug 2014 16:00:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rslaten/2014/08/11/update-the-request-action-log-in-service-manager-from-sma/ Almost a month ago I posted on Updating the Request Action Log in Service Manager from Orchestrator. I thought it might be helpful to also post how to do this from PowerShell so it can be used with Service Management Automation (SMA).

To do this straight from PowerShell you can call the following script, ex: .\UpdateActionLog.ps1 –SMManagementServer “sm1.contoso.com” –ServiceRequestID “SR1500” –Title “Script Success” –Description “The Script Ran Successfully”

param(
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $SMManagementServer,
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $ServiceRequestID,
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $Title,
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $Description
)

function GetSMManagementGroupConnection
{
  param ($computerName)
  $smDir = (Get-ItemProperty 'hklm:/software/microsoft/System Center/2010/Service Manager/Setup').InstallDirectory
  try { Import-Module ($smDir + "\Powershell\System.Center.Service.Manager.psd1") -ErrorAction Stop }
  catch {}
  try { $SM = New-SCManagementGroupConnection -computerName $computerName -ErrorAction Stop }
  catch { exit }
  return $SM
}

#Main
$sm = GetSMManagementGroupConnection $SMManagementServer
$mp = Get-SCManagementPack -Name "System.WorkItem.Library"
$srClass = Get-SCClass -name 'System.WorkItem.ServiceRequest'
$actionLogClass = Get-SCClass -name 'System.WorkItem.TroubleTicket.ActionLog'
$relationshipClass = Get-SCRelationship -name 'System.WorkItemHasActionLog'

#Get Service Request
$sr = Get-SCClassInstance -class $srClass -filter ('Id -eq {0}' -f $ServiceRequestID)

#Create new Action Log Object
$aLog = New-Object Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Common.CreatableEnterpriseManagementObject($SMManagementServer, $actionLogClass)
[string]$id = [guid]::NewGuid()
$actionType = "System.WorkItem.ActionLogEnum.TaskExecuted"
$aLog.Item($actionLogClass.Item("DisplayName")).Value = $id
$aLog.Item($actionLogClass.Item("Id")).Value = $id
$aLog.Item($actionLogClass.Item("ActionType")).Value = $mp.GetEnumerations().GetItem($actionType)
$aLog.Item($actionLogClass.Item("Title")).Value = $Title
$aLog.Item($actionLogClass.Item("Description")).Value = $Description
$aLog.Item($actionLogClass.Item("EnteredBy")).Value = "Script"
$aLog.Item($actionLogClass.Item("EnteredDate")).Value = (Get-Date).ToUniversalTime()

#Create new Relationship between the Service Request and Action Log
New-SCRelationshipInstance -RelationshipClass $relationshipClass -Source $sr -Target $aLog

To do this in SMA a few script modifications need to be made:

workflow UpdateActivityLog
{
  param(
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $SMManagementServer,
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $ServiceRequestID,
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $Title,
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)]
  $Description
  )

  inlinescript
  {
    #Connect to SM
    $smDir = (Get-ItemProperty 'hklm:/software/microsoft/System Center/2010/Service Manager/Setup').InstallDirectory
    Import-Module ($smDir + "\Powershell\System.Center.Service.Manager.psd1")
    $SM = New-SCManagementGroupConnection -computerName $Using:SMManagementServer

    #Get SM Classes
    $mp = Get-SCManagementPack -Name "System.WorkItem.Library"
    $srClass = Get-SCClass -name 'System.WorkItem.ServiceRequest'
    $actionLogClass = Get-SCClass -name 'System.WorkItem.TroubleTicket.ActionLog'
    $relationshipClass = Get-SCRelationship -name 'System.WorkItemHasActionLog'

    #Get Service Request
    $sr = Get-SCClassInstance -class $srClass -filter ('Id -eq {0}' -f $Using:ServiceRequestID)

    #Create new Action Log Object
    $aLog = New-Object Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Common.CreatableEnterpriseManagementObject($Using:SMManagementServer, $actionLogClass)
    [string]$id = [guid]::NewGuid()
    $actionType = "System.WorkItem.ActionLogEnum.TaskExecuted"
    $aLog.Item($actionLogClass.Item("DisplayName")).Value = $id
    $aLog.Item($actionLogClass.Item("Id")).Value = $id
    $aLog.Item($actionLogClass.Item("ActionType")).Value = $mp.GetEnumerations().GetItem($actionType)
    $aLog.Item($actionLogClass.Item("Title")).Value = $Using:Title
    $aLog.Item($actionLogClass.Item("Description")).Value = $Using:Description
    $aLog.Item($actionLogClass.Item("EnteredBy")).Value = "Script"
    $aLog.Item($actionLogClass.Item("EnteredDate")).Value = (Get-Date).ToUniversalTime()

    #Create new Relationship between the Service Request and Action Log
    New-SCRelationshipInstance -RelationshipClass $relationshipClass -Source $sr -Target $aLog
  }
}

 

The output from using this script would look the same as if you were updating the log from Orchestrator:

UpdateActionLoginSMA.zip

]]> Converting Times from One Time Zone to Another Time Zone in PowerShell https://docs.microsoft.com/archive/blogs/rslaten/converting-times-from-one-time-zone-to-another-time-zone-in-powershell Mon, 04 Aug 2014 16:00:00 GMT https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/rslaten/2014/08/04/converting-times-from-one-time-zone-to-another-time-zone-in-powershell/ I was doing some work with Service Manager and Orchestrator over the last few weeks and ran into a situation where I had to convert a time in a database to another time zone in PowerShell. I found lots of examples on doing this from the current time to another time zone but I didn’t run across anything that converted a datetime that isn’t current from one time zone (not necessarily where I’m running the script from) to another time zone. I decided to write something up and figured it might be useful for the community.

This script has three different modes it can run in.

  1. You can run the script with no parameters. In this case it takes your current time and time zone and displays the conversion in a table for every other time zone. This is similar to other examples you’ll find online.
  2. You can run the script with the –time and –fromTimeZone parameters filled in. This takes the time and time zone you passed in and displays the converted time for every other time zone in a table.
  3. You can also run the script with the –time, –fromTimeZone, and –toTimeZone parameters filled in. This does the same as the example above but only displays the converted time for the time zone specified in the toTimeZone parameter.

Examples

  • Display the current time/time zone and a table with your local time converted to every other time zone. You can also use this to get all the time zone id’s that you can use as parameters in the other two modes of running this script.
    • .\ConvertTimeZones.ps1
  • Display the passed in time/time zone and a table with that time converted to every other time zone.
    • .\ConvertTimeZones.ps1 –time “2014-07-29T03:15:00” –fromTimeZone “Central Standard Time”
  • Display the passed in time/time zone and the converted time to one other time zone.
    • .\ConvertTimeZones.ps1 –time “2014-07-29T03:15:00” –fromTimeZone “West Pacific Standard Time” –toTimeZone “Eastern Standard Time”

 

param(
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
  $time,
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
  $fromTimeZone,
  [Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
  $toTimeZone
)

function ConvertTime
{
  param($time, $fromTimeZone, $toTimeZone)

  $oFromTimeZone = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::FindSystemTimeZoneById($fromTimeZone)
  $oToTimeZone = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::FindSystemTimeZoneById($toTimeZone)
  $utc = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::ConvertTimeToUtc($time, $oFromTimeZone)
  $newTime = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::ConvertTime($utc, $oToTimeZone)

  return $newTime
}

function ConvertUTC
{
  param($time, $fromTimeZone)

  $oFromTimeZone = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::FindSystemTimeZoneById($fromTimeZone)
  $utc = [System.TimeZoneInfo]::ConvertTimeToUtc($time, $oFromTimeZone)
  return $utc
}

if ($toTimeZone)
{
  
  [datetime]$time = $time
  $toUTC = ConvertUTC -time $time -fromTimeZone $fromTimeZone
  $toNewTimeZone = ConvertTime -time $time -fromTimeZone $fromTimeZone -toTimeZone $toTimeZone
  Write-Host ("Original Time ({0}): {1}" -f $fromTimeZone, $time)
  Write-Host ("UTC Time: {0}" -f $toUTC)
  Write-Host ("{0}: {1}" -f $toTimeZone, $toNewTimeZone)
}
else
{
  if (!($time)) 
  {
    $fromTimeZone = (([System.TimeZoneInfo]::Local).Id).ToString()
    $time = [DateTime]::SpecifyKind((Get-Date), [DateTimeKind]::Unspecified)
  }
  else { [datetime]$time = $time }
  Write-Host ("Original Time - {0}: {1}" -f $fromTimeZone, $time)
  $toUTC = ConvertUTC -time $time -fromTimeZone $fromTimeZone
  $times = @()
  foreach ($timeZone in ([system.timezoneinfo]::GetSystemTimeZones()))
  {
   $times += (New-Object psobject -Property @{'Name' = $timeZone.DisplayName; 'ID' = $timeZone.id; 'Time' = (ConvertTime -time $time -fromTimeZone $fromTimeZone -toTimeZone $timeZone.id); 'DST' = $timeZone.SupportsDaylightSavingTime})
  }
  $times | Sort-Object Time | Format-Table -Property * -AutoSize
}

ConvertTimeZones.renametops1

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