WMI request to get clustered Print Server queues

Hi guys,

I'm working on authoring Management Pack (MP) for SCOM 2012 for Print Servers and have several questions concerning clustered Print Servers, specifically clustered Print Server queues. I would appreciate if you could shed a light on this.

Currently Print Server MP requests Print Server queues fromWin32_Printer wmi branch, but this works only with non-clustered queues instances.It looks like for clustered instances I have to request another branch - Win32_ClusterShare. The wmi request is supposed to be called on target computer (cluster node) and used to discover (and as a result to create appropriate objects in SCOM) queues instances.

So I have a bunch of questions regarding:

1. Should "select * fromwin32_clustershare wheretype='1 or 2147483649'" be requestedon each cluster node or is itsomething common for cluster group (several cluster nodes)? 

2. Will "select * fromwin32_clustershare wheretype='1 or 2147483649'" contain enough information describing print queues on cluster / cluster node?

3. Win32_ClusterShare has two types which might be potentially used for cluster print queues discovery:

1='Print Queue'

2147483649='Print Queue Admin'

http://www.powertheshell.com/reference/wmireference/root/cimv2/win32_clustershare/

Which one should be used?

4. Is it possible that on one specific cluster node print queues information is returned by both Win32_Printer and Win32_ ClusterShare? I think, not, but would like to clarify.

5. Will requesting "select * fromwin32_clustershare wheretype='1 or 2147483649'" work for both Windows Server 2008 (R2) and Windows Server 2012 (R2)?

I’m wondering this, because I found changes in print role clustering implementation.

Below is the link how to install Print Server on Windows Server 2012:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134159.aspx

In Windows Server 2008 R2 there was available Print Server Cluster Role:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771509(v=ws.10).aspx

But it looks like Print Server clustering on Windows Server 2012 is performed differently:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj556311.aspx

Thanks in advance.

Igor Savchenko, VIAcode Consulting LLC (http://www.viacode.com/)