What happens in the background of the Workflow Analyzer (Part 2)

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As you can see in above picture in the TraceWorkflow windows, the WF analyzer put an override for the workflow on that instance. That one is downloaded here:

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And looks like this:

 <ManagementPack xmlns:xsd="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsl="https://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" ContentReadable="false" RevisionId="75134aa9-08be-401c-b2f6-a76ccedbdadc">
   <Manifest>
     <Identity>
       <ID>WorkflowTraceOverrideMP</ID>
       <Version>1.0.0.0</Version>
     </Identity>
     <Name>WorkflowTraceOverrideMP</Name>
     <References>
       <Reference Alias="Windows">
         <ID>Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.Discovery</ID>
         <Version>6.0.6972.0</Version>
         <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
       </Reference>
       <Reference Alias="Windows1">
         <ID>Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.Monitoring</ID>
         <Version>6.0.6972.0</Version>
         <PublicKeyToken>31bf3856ad364e35</PublicKeyToken>
       </Reference>
     </References>
   </Manifest>
   <Monitoring>
     <Overrides>
       <MonitorPropertyOverride ID="WorkflowDebugger.WorkflowTraceOverride" 
                                Context="Windows!Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.LogicalDisk" 
                                ContextInstance="90cacc22-0b3c-1781-797b-bf6ca90b3613" 
                                Enforced="false" Monitor="Windows1!Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.LogicalDisk.MBFreeSpace" 
                                Property="TraceEnabled">
         <Value>true</Value>
       </MonitorPropertyOverride>
     </Overrides>
   </Monitoring>
 </ManagementPack>

 

If you query the ContextInstance GUID in the OperationsManager database, you will find this:

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When the MP is downloaded on the agent:

 

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You can put the WFAnalyzer.exe here:

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And start it here:

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And you see the workflow running:

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If you look in process explorer you see the following command:

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"C:\Users\administrator.ORION\AppData\Local\Temp\2\tracefmtsm.exe" -rt "WorkflowTrace" -display -nosummary -o "C:\Users\administrator.ORION\AppData\Local\Temp\2\WorkflowTrace.log" -tmf "C:\Program Files\System Center Operations Manager 2007\Tools\All.tmf"

This will be used in the manual setup of the Workflow analyzer.