PartialDiscovery method of the MSFT_SMStorageDiscovery class

Starts the Microsoft storage service partial discovery process.

Syntax

Uint32 PartialDiscovery(
  [in]            String                host,
  [in, optional]  String                hostType,
  [in]            String                interopNamespace,
  [in]            String                username,
  [in]            String                password,
  [in, optional]  Uint32                discoveryLevel,
  [in]            Uint32                partialDiscoveryType,
  [in, optional]  String                targetObjectId,
  [in]            Uint32                targetObjectClassType,
  [out]           MSFT_SMJob        REF Job,
  [out, optional] MSFT_SMExtendedStatus ExtendedStatus
);

Parameters

host [in]

The name of the host to discover.

hostType [in, optional]

The type of the host to discover.

The possible values are.

host-resource ("host-resource")

smis-wmi ("smis-wmi")

smis-cimxml ("smis-cimxml")

interopNamespace [in]

The interoperation namespace used for the discovery process.

username [in]

The username used to authenticate with the SMI-S provider. If not provided, the storage service attempts to obtain these credentials from the configuration provider.

password [in]

The password used to authenticate with the SMI-S provider. If not provided, the storage service attempts to obtain these credentials from the configuration provider.

discoveryLevel [in, optional]

The depth of discovery.

The possible values are.

Top-Level (0)

Mid-Level (1)

AllExceptDiskDrives (2)

All (3)

partialDiscoveryType [in]

The type of search that will be performed during the operation.

The possible values are.

Full (0)

MSFT_SMSystem (1)

MSFT_SMStorageHardwareID (2)

MSFT_SMPool (3)

MSFT_SMVolume (4)

MSFT_SMEndpoint (5)

MSFT_SMiSCSIPortalEndpoint (6)

MSFT_SMStorageGroup (7)

MSFT_SMFCPort (8)

MSFT_SMFabric (9)

MSFT_SMSwitch (10)

MSFT_SMZoneSet (11)

MSFT_SMZone (12)

MSFT_SMZoneMembershipData (13)

MSFT_SMDiskDrive (14)

MSFT_SMProvider (15)

MSFT_SMPoolSetting (16)

targetObjectId [in, optional]

The ID of the object in which to run the discovery process.

targetObjectClassType [in]

The class type of the targetObjectId object.

The possible values are.

Unspecified (0)

MSFT_SMSystem (1)

MSFT_SMStorageHardwareID (2)

MSFT_SMPool (3)

MSFT_SMVolume (4)

MSFT_SMEndpoint (5)

MSFT_SMiSCSIPortalEndpoint (6)

MSFT_SMStorageGroup (7)

MSFT_SMFCPort (8)

MSFT_SMFabric (9)

MSFT_SMSwitch (10)

MSFT_SMZoneSet (11)

MSFT_SMZone (12)

MSFT_SMZoneMembershipData (13)

MSFT_SMDiskDrive (14)

MSFT_SMProvider (15)

MSFT_SMPoolSetting (16)

Job [out]

A reference to the MSFT_SMJob instance. May be NULL if the job is completed.

ExtendedStatus [out, optional]

An MSFT_SMExtendedStatus object that contains the results of this method call.

Return value

Success

0

Failed

1

Discovery already in progress

2

Job started

4096

Requirements

Minimum supported client
None supported
Minimum supported server
Windows Server 2012
Namespace
Root\Microsoft\Windows\Storage\SM
MOF
MsftStrgMan.mof
DLL
StorageService.dll

See also

MSFT_SMStorageDiscovery