Wednesday 22 June 2016

System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2 - PRO-Tips Configuration between SCOM & SCVMM - Part 5

Hello Everyone,

 In this blog, I will explain about configuring PRO-Tips between SCOM & SCVMM Servers. Before proceeding to steps, first understand what is PRO-Tips and why we configure between both mentioned servers.

 Let's start with basic understanding about PRO-Tips...

 To see SCOM Prerequisites & Installation Process, Click Here!

To see SCOM Post configurations, Click Here!

To see SCOM Console Overview, Click Here!

 To see SCOM Agent Installation Process, Click Here!

ABOUT PRO-Tips:


 PRO-Tips (Performance & Resource Optimization) is the feature of SCVMM which helps in generating some useful utilization reports like Capacity/Host/VM utilization with help of SCOM.
SCOM use SCVMM Management Packs to fetch the data for utilization and then generate the reports on different parameters based like weekly/monthly/daily or hours basis reports as per requirement.

 To generate such reports, we need to integrate both SCVMM and SCOM Servers.

PREREQUISITES:


 To configure PRO-Tips, there are some pre-requisites for both SCOM and SCVMM Servers which needs to complete on both servers respectively.

 Let's see pre-requisites for both Servers:

SCOM Server:


  • Import SCVMM Management Pack. (These are available on SCVMM Server in installation path with folder name as "Management Pack").
  • Add SCVMM Account to local administrator group.
  • Install SCVMM Console ONLY.
  • Install same update rollup number for SCVMM Console Only which You have installed on SCVMM Server if any.
  • Install SCOM agent on SCVMM Server.

SCVMM Server:



  • Add SCOM Action account to local administrator group.
  • Install SCOM Console ONLY.
  • Install same update rollup number for SCOM Console Only which You have installed on SCOM Server if any.

Let's see the configuration step by step...

PREREQUISITES CONFIGURATIONS:


SCOM SERVER:


 Add SCVMM Account to local administrator group.

Run SCVMM Setup on SCOM Server:

Click Install:

Select VMM Console and Click Next:

Accept License terms and click next:

Click Next:

Click Next:

Click Next:

Click Next:

Click Next

Click Install:

Click Close:

Install Update Rollup using command prompt for SCVMM Console only:

Check if Update Rollup is installed:

Connect of SCVMM Server using SCVMM Console on SCOM Server:

Connecting:

Open SCOM Console and check reporting tab that there is no SCVMM Reporting Folder:

SCVMM SERVER:


 Add SCOM Account to local administrator group:

Run SCOM Setup:

Click Install:

Select Operation Console only:

Click Next:

Click Next:

Accept License term and Click Next:

Click Next:

Click Next:

Click Install:

Click Close:

I haven't installed any update rollup for SCOM Server so I can directly connect to SCOM Server. If You have installed any Update rollup then first install that and then try to connect:

Connecting:


PRO-TIPS CONFIGURATIONS:


 Open SCVMM Console, Select Settings Tab, Click on System Center Settings, Select Operation Manager Service and Click on Properties in Home Menu Bar:

Click Next:

Provide SCOM Server FQDN:

Provide SCOM Server account details:

Click Finish:

Monitor Job:

Job Completed:

Go to Operation Manager Service Properties again and see the status:

Open properties of any host which is added in SCVMM Server and Check PRO State for that Host: (It should be inherit as shown below)

Open Reporting Tab in SCOM Console and You can see the "Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 Reports" Folder with different reports as shown below:

PRO-Tips configurations is completed here. 

 In my next post, I will show You some useful reports which are very helpful in understanding the status for infrastructure and applications running in your environment.

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Monday 20 June 2016

System Center Operation Manager 2012 R2/2016 - Blogs List

Hello Everyone,

Below are the blogs list for Microsoft System Center Operation Manager 2012 R2/2016* which helps You to follow them in sequence. I will keep adding new blog details about SCOM in below list.

BLOGS LIST:

SCOM 2016*:



SCOM 2012 R2:


System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2 - Prerequisites & Installation Process - Part 1!


System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2 - Post Configurations - Part 2!


System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2 - Console Overview - Part 3!

System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2 - SCOM Agent Installation process - Part 4!

System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2 - PRO-Tips Configuration between SCOM & SCVMM - Part 5!



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Saturday 11 June 2016

System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2 - SCOM Agent Installation process - Part 4

Hello Everyone,

In this blog post, I will explain about SCOM Agent installation methods and requirements. 
SCOM Agent is a small file which is installed on devices as a service to collect required information's based on configured values and share those information to SCOM which then generate alerts or notifications and helps in generating reports. 
For monitoring and collecting required information's, SCOM Agent service must be running on monitored device with latest updates.

 There are different methods for installing SCOM Agent.

 To see SCOM Prerequisites & Installation Process, Click Here!


To see SCOM Post configurations, Click Here!

 To see SCOM Console Overview, Click Here!

 Let's start with Methods and requirements for SCOM Agent Files...

SCOM Agent Installation - Methods & Requirements:


Below are the methods for SCOM Agent deployment with prerequisites:


Using Discovery Wizard in SCOM Console:


Prerequisites:
  • Computer device must be reachable over network in both direction using FQDN.
  • SCOM Agent installation account must be member of local administrator group on computer device.
  • Computer device must be domain joined.


Manual Deployment Using SCOM Setup File:


In this method, we may have different scenario like:
  • Machine is in same domain and same network segment: In this, there is no challenge. You only need to copy the SCOM Setup file to machine, run it, and click on Install Agent. Then provide FQDN for SCOM Management server, Installation Account and Default Port. NOTE: Installation account must be member of local administrator group on the machine.
  • Machine is in same domain but in different segment: In this, Machine must be reachable to SCOM with FQDN, Installation Account must be member of Local Administrator Account and all required ports must be open. Rest all steps are same as above scenario.


Manual Deployment using Command Line:


This method is mostly used for SCOM Agent installation on workgroup machines which are joined to Domain. 

For this method, You must create Trusted root certificate for both SCOM Machine and Computer machine. Both certificates must be installed in trusted root path for FQDN Authentication. 

Also, SCOM Server must be reachable using FQDN over network and all required ports must be opened. For this, You can enter SCOM Server IP and FQDN in host file of computer.


SCOM Server Required Port List:




These are the above methods and requirements for SCOM Agent installation. Below I will show you one of the above method step by step with screenshots for SCOM agent deployment.


SCOM Agent Deployment using Discovery Wizard:


Open SCOM Console, Click on Administration Tab, Right click on Device Management and Click on Discovery Wizard:


Select option which You want to manage, I have selected Windows Computers:

Select Advanced Discovery and Tick mark on verify discovered computer can be contacted:

Click on Browse, give the computer name which You want to monitor and click next:

Click on Discover:

 NOTE: If you have selected Management Server action account then be sure that this account is member of local administrator group on the computer device. Else provide other account details which has local administrator rights.

Select the discovered computer and click Next:

Click Finish:

Monitor Job:

Click Close once job is completed. If any issue then it will display error details with ID which helps You identifying the root cause for failure.

Now, You can see Managed device in Agent Managed section:

Monitor health status in Windows Computer:


This is the complete process for SCOM Agent deployment using discovery method.

 In my next post, I will explain about many other features like PRO-Tips configurations between SCVMM and SCOM, reporting etc.

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