Starts an asynchronous operation to discover devices in a specified IP address range. Namespace: Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Administration
Assembly: Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.OperationsManager (in microsoft.enterprisemanagement.operationsmanager.dll)

Usage

Visual Basic
Dim instance As ManagementServer
Dim discoveryConfigurations As IList(Of DeviceDiscoveryConfiguration)
Dim callback As AsyncCallback
Dim state As Object
Dim returnValue As IAsyncResult

returnValue = instance.BeginExecuteDeviceDiscovery(discoveryConfigurations, callback, state)

Syntax

Visual Basic
Public Function BeginExecuteDeviceDiscovery ( _
		discoveryConfigurations As IList(Of DeviceDiscoveryConfiguration), _
		callback As AsyncCallback, _
		state As Object _
) As IAsyncResult
C#
public IAsyncResult BeginExecuteDeviceDiscovery (
		IList<DeviceDiscoveryConfiguration> discoveryConfigurations,
		AsyncCallback callback,
		Object state
)
C++
public:
IAsyncResult^ BeginExecuteDeviceDiscovery (
		IList<DeviceDiscoveryConfiguration^>^ discoveryConfigurations, 
		AsyncCallback^ callback, 
		Object^ state
)
J#
public IAsyncResult BeginExecuteDeviceDiscovery (
		IList<DeviceDiscoveryConfiguration> discoveryConfigurations, 
		AsyncCallback callback, 
		Object state
)
JScript
public function BeginExecuteDeviceDiscovery (
		discoveryConfigurations : IList<DeviceDiscoveryConfiguration>, 
		callback : AsyncCallback, 
		state : Object
) : IAsyncResult

Parameters

discoveryConfigurations

Describes the devices to discover.

callback

An AsyncCallback delegate that references a user-defined method to call when the discovery operation is complete.

state

A user-defined object that you can use to pass information about the state of the asynchronous operation to the method specified by the callback parameter.

Return Value

An IAsyncResult instance that you can use to check the status of the asynchronous operation.

Remarks

After you call this method to asynchronously discover network devices, you must call the EndExecuteDeviceDiscovery method to complete the operation. If the discovery process has not yet finished, the method blocks until discovery is complete.

You can determine whether the discovery process has completed by using the IsCompleted property of the IAsyncResult instance returned by this method.

If you specify a user-defined callback method (in the callback parameter), this method is automatically called when discovery is complete. The specified callback method must accept a IAsyncResult instance as a parameter.


Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP

Target Platforms

Windows Server 2008,Windows Server 2003,Windows Vista,Windows XP

See Also