Probe Action Modules

Probe Action Modules

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Updated: April 15, 2013

Applies To: System Center Operations Manager 2007

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This exercise has been updated to include a procedure for Visual Studio Authoring Extensions in the latest version of the Management Pack Authoring Guide on the TechNet Wiki.

Probe action modules resemble data source modules because they collect information and pass it into the data stream. A probe action module is also not intended to change the agent in any way. The difference is that a probe action requires some trigger to start it.

Probe action module

Probe action modules accept a single input from the data stream and produce a single output data stream. The input could be data from another module, or it could be a simple trigger for probe action modules that do not require input data.

Probe action modules are directly used in monitor types for On Demand Detection and can be used in Diagnostics and Recoveries. All those workflow types provide a trigger that is required to initiate the probe action. Probe action modules are most frequently used within composite data source modules. Many of the data source modules that are included in the management pack libraries actually contain probe action modules to perform their core functionality.

Common Probe Action Modules

The following table lists common probe action modules. This is not a complete list of all probe action modules that are available. However, they are the most common probe action modules that management pack authors will directly use in building custom workflows and modules.

 

Module Name	Management Pack	Function	Input Data Type	Output Data Type
Microsoft.Windows.PowerShellDiscoveryProbe	Microsoft.Windows.Library	Runs a Windows PowerShell discovery script.	System.BaseData	System.DiscoveryData
Microsoft.Windows.PowerShellPropertyBagProbe	Microsoft.Windows.Library	Runs a Windows PowerShell monitoring script. Requires input data.	System.BaseData	System.PropertyBagData
Microsoft.Windows.PowerShellPropertyBagTriggerOnlyProbe	Microsoft.Windows.Library	Runs a Windows PowerShell monitoring script. Does not require input data.	None	System.PropertyBagData
Microsoft.Windows.ScriptPropertyBagProbe	Microsoft.Windows.Library	Runs a monitoring script.	System.BaseData	System.PropertyBagData
Microsoft.Windows.WmiProbe	System.Library	Runs WMI query to retrieve data. Requires input data.	System.BaseData	System.PropertyBagData
Microsoft.Windows.WmiTriggerProbe	Microsoft.Windows.Library	Runs WMI query to retrieve data. Does not require input data.	None	System.PropertyBagData
System.CommandExecuterProbe	System.Library	Run a command line program.	System.BaseData	System.CommandOutput
System.PassThroughProbe	System.Library	Use to provide input to non-trigger probe action modules for on demand monitor type workflows.	None	System.BaseData