Run SCOM Discovery task manually

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Sometimes it takes up to 24 hours to discover a new component or new installed role. If there is no time to wait 24 hours to complete this discovery you can do this manually.
There is a nice task in the SCOM console to get this discovery started.

First search the Discovery ID and Instance ID. This can be done with some PowerShell one-liners:

Then search the “Trigger On Demand Discovery” button in your SCOM Console.
Is placed under the folder -> Operations Manager -> Agent Details -> Agent Health State -> Select Object -> Task plane (scroll down) -> Trigger on demand discovery

Then Override the task parameters with your id found in the steps above:
Override Task Parameters SCOM

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