How to Connect to an SDK Service by Using the Current Credentials

Applies To: Operations Manager 2007 R2, Operations Manager 2007 SP1, System Center Operations Manager 2007

An Operations Manager SDK client application can connect to the SDK Service by using the credentials of the current user.

Note

The current user's account must be included in an Operations Manager user-role profile. For more information, see How to Connect an Operations Manager SDK Client to the SDK Service

Example

The following example demonstrates how to connect to an SDK Service by using the credentials of the current user. The example also shows how to handle some common connection failures.

/// <summary>
/// Connects to an SDK Service by using the current user's credentials.
/// </summary>
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement;
using Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Common;
using System.ServiceProcess;
using System.Text;

namespace SDKSamples
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Attempting to connect to the SDK Service by using the current user's credentials.");

            try
            {
                ManagementGroup mg = ManagementGroup.Connect("localhost");
                if (mg.IsConnected)
                    Console.WriteLine("Connection succeeded.");
                else
                    throw new InvalidOperationException("Not connected to an SDK Service.");
            }
            catch (ServerDisconnectedException sde)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("\nConnection failed. " + sde.Message);
                if (sde.InnerException != null)
                    Console.WriteLine(sde.InnerException.Message);
                
                // Call custom method to prompt the user for credentials if needed.
                
            }
            catch (ServiceNotRunningException snr)
            {
                Console.WriteLine(snr.Message);

                // Make one attempt to start the service.
                System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController sc = new 
                    ServiceController("MOMSDK", "localhost");

                Console.WriteLine("Attempting to start the SDK Service on " + "localhost" + ".");
                sc.Start();

                // Wait 20 seconds for it to enter the Running state.
                sc.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Running, new TimeSpan(0, 0, 20));

                if (sc.Status == ServiceControllerStatus.Running)
                {
                    ManagementGroup mg = new ManagementGroup("localhost");
                    Console.WriteLine("Connection succeeded.");
                }
                else
                {
                    throw new InvalidOperationException("Unable to restart and connect to the SDK Service.");
                }
            }
        }
    }
}

' Connects to an SDK Service by using the current user's credentials.
Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement
Imports Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Common
Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System.ServiceProcess
Imports System.Text

Namespace SDKSamples
    Class Program

        Public Overloads Shared Function Main(ByVal args() As String) As Integer
            Console.WriteLine("Attempting to connect to the SDK Service by using the current user's credentials.")

            Try
                Dim mg As ManagementGroup = ManagementGroup.Connect("localhost")
                If mg.IsConnected Then
                    Console.WriteLine("Connection succeeded.")
                Else
                    Throw New InvalidOperationException("Not connected to an SDK Service.")
                End If
            Catch sde As ServerDisconnectedException
                Console.WriteLine(ControlChars.Lf + "Connection failed. " & sde.Message)
                If Not (sde.InnerException Is Nothing) Then
                    Console.WriteLine(sde.InnerException.Message)
                End If
                ' Call custom method to prompt the user for credentials if needed.
            Catch snr As ServiceNotRunningException
                Console.WriteLine(snr.Message)

                ' Make one attempt to start the service.
                Dim sc = New ServiceController("OMSDK", "localhost")

                Console.WriteLine("Attempting to start the SDK Service on localhost.")
                sc.Start()

                ' Wait 20 seconds for it to enter the Running state.
                sc.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus.Running, New TimeSpan(0, 0, 20))

                If sc.Status = ServiceControllerStatus.Running Then
                    Dim mg As New ManagementGroup("localhost")
                    Console.WriteLine("Connection succeeded.")
                Else
                    Throw New InvalidOperationException("Unable to restart and connect to the SDK Service.")
                End If
            End Try
        End Function 'Main
    End Class 'Program
End Namespace 'SDKSamples

Instead of explicitly calling the Connect method, you can also instantiate a new ManagementGroup object by using the new keyword, as shown in the following example.

mg = new ManagementGroup(serverName);

Is the same as:

mg = ManagementGroup.Connect(serverName);

See Also

Concepts

Getting Started Developing an SDK Client Application

Other Resources

How to Connect an Operations Manager SDK Client to the SDK Service