How to Discover Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) Topology

Search for	Example	Results
A single word	`cat`	Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats".
A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase.	`"cat food"` (quotation marks)	Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase.

Search for	Operator	Example
Two or more words in the same topic	`AND` `and` `+` (plus symbol) `&` (ampersand)	`cat AND dog` `"cat food"+milk` `"cat food"&"dog food"`
Either word in a topic	`OR` `or` `\|` (pipe)	`cat OR dog` `cat \| dog`
Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase	`NOT` `not` `!` (exclamation point)	`NOT cat` `! dog`
Topics that contain one string and do not contain another	`^` (caret)	`cat ^ mouse`
A combination of search types	`( )` parentheses	`cat + (dog \| mouse)` `cat \| dog + (! mouse)`

This task describes how to discover Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and includes the following steps:

Run the discovery

In the Universal Discovery window, activate the jobs in the following order:

Run the Host Connection by Shell job to create Shell CITs.
Run the Host Applications by Shell job to discover IIS Web Server CIs and IIS Application Pool CIs with corresponding Depend links to the managing process.
Run the IIS Applications by NTCMD or UDA job to discover the detailed topology of IIS.

After the connection is made, DFM copies the adsutil.vbs script on the remote machine. DFM retrieves IIS topology information from the output of this tool.

Microsoft IIS version 7.0 enables you to create an IIS application from a Web directory, as well as from a virtual directory (as in prior versions). Therefore, when DFM discovers such an application, DFM creates an IIS Web Directory CI.

To view required permissions: Universal Discovery > Discovery Modules/Jobs > Middleware > Web Servers > IIS > IIS Applications by NTCMD or UDA job. Details tab > Discovery Job Details pane. Click the View Permissions button. For details, see IIS Applications by NTCMD or UDA Job.

Note The IIS Web Dir CI is created only if there is an IIS Virtual Dir CI or a web.config file underneath in the topology, otherwise it is not reported.

For details on running jobs, refer to "Module/Job-Based Discovery" in the HPE Universal CMDB Data Flow Management Guide.