How to Create an Override for a Rule

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

You can create an override for a property or configuration parameter for a rule. A property override changes the default value of a rule property, and a configuration override changes the default value of a custom configuration setting for a rule. If you want to create an override for a rule, use the ManagementPackRulePropertyOverride or ManagementPackRuleConfigurationOverride class. These classes are derived from the ManagementPackRuleOverride class.

Only the Enabled property can be overridden for rules. To figure out which parameters can be overridden, you must look at the definition of the rule in the Management Pack that defines the rule. All the parameters that can be overridden are defined in the OverrideableParameters element of the rule. You can also call the GetOverrideableParameters method to get the list of parameters programmatically.

The following example creates an override for the Enabled property of a rule.

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Collections.ObjectModel;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement;
using Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Administration;
using Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Common;
using Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Configuration;
using Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Monitoring;

namespace SDKSamples
{
    class Program
    {
        //---------------------------------------------------------------------
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            ManagementGroup                     mg;
            ManagementPack                      mp;
            MonitoringClassCriteria             classCriteria;
            MonitoringClass                     monitoringClass;
            MonitoringRuleCriteria              ruleCriteria;
            MonitoringRule                      rule;
            ManagementPackRulePropertyOverride  ruleOverride;

            mg = new ManagementGroup("localhost");

            mp = mg.GetManagementPacks("OverrideTestMP")[0];

            classCriteria = new MonitoringClassCriteria("Name='Microsoft.SQLServer.2005.Database'");

            monitoringClass = mg.GetMonitoringClasses(classCriteria)[0];

            ruleCriteria = new MonitoringRuleCriteria("DisplayName='Collect Database Free Space (%)'");

            rule = monitoringClass.GetMonitoringRules(ruleCriteria)[0];

            ruleOverride = new ManagementPackRulePropertyOverride(mp, "SampleRuleOverride");

            ruleOverride.Rule           = rule;
            ruleOverride.Property       = ManagementPackWorkflowProperty.Enabled;
            ruleOverride.Value          = "false";
            ruleOverride.Context        = monitoringClass;
            ruleOverride.DisplayName    = "SampleRuleOverride";

            mp.Verify();
            
            //Save the changes into the management pack.
            mp.AcceptChanges();
        }        
    }
}

Imports System
Imports System.Collections.Generic
Imports System.Text
Imports Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement
Imports Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Administration
Imports Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Common
Imports Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Configuration
Imports Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Monitoring


Namespace SDKSamples
    Class Program
        Public Overloads Shared Function Main(ByVal args() As String) As Integer

            Dim mg As ManagementGroup
            Dim mp As ManagementPack
            Dim monitoringClass As MonitoringClass
            Dim classCriteria As MonitoringClassCriteria
            Dim ruleCriteria As MonitoringRuleCriteria
            Dim rule As MonitoringRule
            Dim ruleOverride As ManagementPackRulePropertyOverride

            mg = New ManagementGroup("localhost")

            mp = mg.GetManagementPacks("OverrideTestMP")(0)

            classCriteria = New MonitoringClassCriteria("Name='Microsoft.SQLServer.2005.Database'")

            monitoringClass = mg.GetMonitoringClasses(classCriteria)(0)

            ruleCriteria = New MonitoringRuleCriteria("DisplayName='Collect Database Free Space (%)'")

            rule = monitoringClass.GetMonitoringRules(ruleCriteria)(0)

            ruleOverride = New ManagementPackRulePropertyOverride(mp, "SampleRuleOverride")

            ruleOverride.Rule = rule
            ruleOverride.Property = ManagementPackWorkflowProperty.Enabled
            ruleOverride.Value = "false"
            ruleOverride.Context = monitoringClass
            ruleOverride.DisplayName = "SampleRuleOverride"

            mp.Verify()

            ' Save the changes into the management pack.
            mp.AcceptChanges()

        End Function
    End Class
End Namespace