/// <summary>
/// Using the static ManagementGroupConnector this method pulls the monitoring state
/// for the Community Pack Update Monitor
/// </summary>
/// <returns>The <see cref="MonitoringState"/> object that represents the Community Pack Update Monitor.</returns>
private MonitoringState GetPackUpdateMonitorState()
{
// Filter to the Root Management Server Emulator role, there is only one instance of this class so the criteria can be simple.
ManagementPackClass rootManagementServerClass = ManagementGroupConnector.CurrentManagementGroup.EntityTypes.GetClass(Guid.Parse("1a9387f0-6fe5-5527-a2cb-73f2f6be6bc7"));
MonitoringObjectGenericCriteria monitoringObjectCriteria = new MonitoringObjectGenericCriteria("FullName like 'Microsoft.SystemCenter%'");
IObjectReader <MonitoringObject> monitoringObjects = ManagementGroupConnector.CurrentManagementGroup.EntityObjects.GetObjectReader <MonitoringObject>(monitoringObjectCriteria, rootManagementServerClass, ObjectQueryOptions.Default);
MonitoringObject rootManagementServerInstance = monitoringObjects.GetData(0);
// For the instance of the Root Management Server Emulator we need to cross that with the Monitor to get the exact monitoring state item
ManagementPackMonitorCriteria monitorsCriteria = new ManagementPackMonitorCriteria("Name = 'Community.ManagementPackCatalog.PackStatusMonitor'");
ManagementPackMonitor updateManagementPackMonitor = ManagementGroupConnector.CurrentManagementGroup.Monitoring.GetMonitors(monitorsCriteria)[0];
// Creating a list of one item we pull the current monitoring state of the Update Status monitor
var monitorList = new List <ManagementPackMonitor>();
monitorList.Add(updateManagementPackMonitor);
MonitoringState packStatus = rootManagementServerInstance.GetMonitoringStates((IEnumerable <ManagementPackMonitor>)monitorList)[0];
return(packStatus);
}