StartDiscovery method of the MSFT_SMStorageDiscovery class
Starts the Microsoft storage service discovery process.
Syntax
Uint32 StartDiscovery(
[in] String host,
[in, optional] String hostType,
[in] Boolean forceRediscovery = false,
[in] Uint32 discoveryLevel,
[in] String interopNamespace,
[in] String username,
[in] String password,
[out] MSFT_SMJob REF Job,
[out, optional] MSFT_SMExtendedStatus ExtendedStatus
);
Parameters
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host [in]
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The host to discover.
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hostType [in, optional]
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The type of the host to discover.
The possible values are.
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host-resource ("host-resource")
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smis-wmi ("smis-wmi")
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smis-cimxml ("smis-cimxml")
forceRediscovery [in]
True to force the storage service to re-discover the host, even when the information about the host is already in the cache; otherwise, False.
discoveryLevel [in]
Indicates the level of discovery to perform.
The possible values are.
Top-Level (0)
Mid-Level (1)
AllExceptDiskDrives (2)
All (3)
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.
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 calling this method.
Return value
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Success (0)
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Failed (1)
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Job started (4096)
Requirements
| Minimum supported client |
None supported |
| Minimum supported server |
Windows Server 2012 |
| Namespace |
Root\Microsoft\Windows\Storage\SM |
| MOF |
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| DLL |
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