Configuring the First Source Management Group

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To configure a source management group to communicate with the destination management group, complete the following steps:

  • Install the Microsoft Connector Framework and the MOM Product Connector components.

  • Enable the alert forwarding rule and associate its rule group with a computer group.

  • Import Management Packs.

  • Export any custom rule groups, and then import them into the destination management group.

Installing the Microsoft Connector Framework and MOM Product Connector on the First Source Management Group

Install the Microsoft Connector Framework and MOM Product Connector on a Management Server in the first source management group.

Note

You can use SSL encryption to secure the data being forwarded between the source and destination management groups. For more information, see the Microsoft Operations 2005 Security Guide.

To Install the Microsoft Connector Framework and MOM Product Connector

  1. Log on to a Management Server in the first source management group.

  2. Double-click Setup.exe on the product CD.

  3. In the Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Setup Resources dialog box, click Install Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 to start the MOM 2005 Setup Wizard.

  4. On the Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Maintenance page, click Modify, and then click Next.

  5. On the Custom Setup page, expand MOM 2005 Management Server.

  6. Click the down arrow next to MOM Connector Framework, and then click This component will be installed on local hard disk.

  7. Click the down arrow next to MOM Product Connector, click This component will be installed on local hard disk, and then click Next.

  8. The Prerequisite Check page indicates whether you have met the requirements for installing the MOM database components.

  9. On the Data Access Server Account page, enter the Data Access Server (DAS) account that you used to install MOM in this management group. Setup uses the DAS account for the MMPC service account.

    Important

    You must add the DAS account used for the MMPC service account on the source management group to the MOM Service group on the destination Management Server. This is done so that the service can insert forwarded alerts into the MOM Database in the destination management group.

  10. On the Ready to Modify the Program page, click Install.

Note

If you install the MCF and MMPC on additional Management Servers in the source management group, these will automatically be used for MMPC service fail-over.

Enabling the Alert Forwarding Rule and Associating Its Rule Group with a Computer Group

After installing the Microsoft Connector Framework and MOM Product Connector on a Management Server in the source management group, you must enable the alert forwarding rule in the MOM 2005 Management Pack.

To enable the alert forwarding rule in the MOM 2005 Management Pack

  1. Open a MOM Administrator console that is connected to a Management Server in the source management group.

  2. In the console tree, expand Microsoft Operations Manager, expand Management Packs, expand Rule groups, expand Microsoft Operations Manager, and then expand Operations Manager 2005.

  3. In the Operations Manager 2005 folder, expand Connector Framework, expand Mark Alerts for forwarding to MOM Master management group, and then click Alert Rules.

  4. In the details pane, double-click Mark Alerts for forwarding to the MOM Master management group

  5. On the General tab, select the This rule is enabled check box, and then click OK.

Important

Make sure that the script for this rule uses the correct Resolution State ID if you are using one that is different form the default (150). The script is not automatically updated by MOM and must be changed manually.

Before MOM deploys rules to managed computers, you must:

  • Associate the rule’s rule group with the computer group or groups that you want its rules to apply to.

  • Commit the configuration change to send the updated rules to computers in the targeted computer groups.

To associate the rule group with a computer group and commit the configuration change

  1. In the console tree, right-click Mark Alerts for forwarding to MOM Master management group, and then click Associate with Computer Group.

  2. On the Computer Groups tab, click Add.

    Note

    You must associate at least the following Computer Groups with this rule:

    Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Agents

    Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Servers

    Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 Agents (if on a mixed environment with MOM 2000 agents)

  3. In the Select Item dialog box, click the computer group that you want to associate the alert forwarding rule with, and then click OK.

    You can add any computer group or groups. For purposes of this example, it is assumed that you choose Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Servers and Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Agents.

  4. In the console tree, right-click Management Packs, and then click Commit Configuration Change.

Creating a MOM-to-MOM Connector on the First Source Management Group

You must now configure a MOM-to-MOM Connector for the source management group to communicate with the destination management group.

To configure a MOM-to-MOM Connector to communicate with the destination management group

  1. Open a MOM Administrator console that is connected to a Management Server in the source management group.

  2. In the console tree, expand Administration, right-click Product Connectors, and then click Create MOM-to-MOM Connection to start the Create MOM-to-MOM Connector Wizard.

  3. On the Specify Connector properties page, enter a name for the connector, select a resolution state ID to uniquely identify alerts from this source management group, and specify how often data is sent to the destination management group.

  4. On the Add MOM Master Management Group page:

    In the Target MOM Management Server box, type the computer name of the Management Server in the destination management group where you installed the MOM Connector Framework.

    – Or –

    In the Target MOM Web Service box, type the URL of the web service in the destination management group using the following syntax:

    • http://[ComputerName]:[port number]/connectorserviceV2.asmx.

      Where ComputerName is the computer name of the Management Server in the destination management group where you installed the MOM Connector Framework and port number is the TCP port setting. The default port setting is 1271.

    Note

    If you used a different TCP port than 1271 for the MOM Connector Framework, you must use the Target MOM Web Service option. This is also true if you are using SSL encryption with Connectors.

  5. On the Forwarding Properties page, configure the appropriate properties, and then click Next.

  6. On the Failover Configuration page, configure additional web services in the designated destination management group.

    If you have more than one Management Server in the designated destination management group, you can install the MOM Connector Framework to create additional web services on those Management Servers. You can then use this wizard page to configure failover to one or more of those web services, in the event that the primary web service becomes unavailable.

  7. On the Confirmation page, review your selections. If you want to change any of your selections, click Back. To close the wizard and create the MOM-to-MOM connector, click Next, and then click Finish.

Verifying and Testing the MOM-to-MOM Connector on the first source Management Group

After you have created the MOM-to-MOM Connector, you should verify that the connector is present and working.

First verify that the connector appears in the MOM Administrator console on both the source and the destination management groups. In the MOM Administrator console, expand Administration, and then click Product Connectors. In the details pane, you should see the Product Connector that you just created.

Testing communication between the source and destination management groups

To verify that alerts are being forwarded correctly, generate an event that triggers an alert in the source management group. One way to do this is to install a MOM agent on a non-critical computer in the source management group and then shutdown that computer. This will generate a Critical Error alert that will appear in the MOM Operator console for the source management group. That alert also should be forwarded to the destination management group and appear in its MOM Operator console.

To verify that alerts are being forwarded to the destination management group

  1. Generate an event that triggers an alert in the source management group.

  2. Open the MOM Operator console in the source management group.

  3. In the Alert Views pane, click Alerts.

  4. In the Alerts list pane, verify that an alert appears.

  5. Open the MOM Operator console in the destination management group.

  6. In the Global folder of the Alerts pane, click Alerts.

  7. In the Alerts list pane, verify that the same alert appears.

  8. Click the alert In the Alerts list pane, and then in the details pane, click the History tab. You should see that MOM forwarded the alert from the source destination group.

If the same alert appears in the MOM Operator console of the destination management group, alerts are being forwarded. If you do not see the same alert, carefully review the steps in this chapter.

Test Alert Resolution Synchronization

If you enabled alert synchronization, you can verify that alert resolution is being synchronized correctly by resolving an alert in the MOM Operator console of the destination management group and then verifying that the alert is resolved on the source management group. The synchronization might take a minute or two, depending upon network speed and conditions.

To verify that alert resolution is synchronized correctly

  1. Open the MOM Operator console in the destination management group.

  2. In the Global folder of the Alerts pane, click Alerts.

  3. In the Alerts list pane, locate an alert that MOM has forwarded from a source management group.

  4. Right-click the alert, point to Set Alert Resolution State, and then click Resolved.

  5. In the Resolve Alerts dialog box, enter any comments, and then click OK.

  6. Open the MOM Operator console in the source management group.

  7. In the Global folder of the Alerts pane, click Alerts.

  8. In the Alerts list pane, verify that the alert no longer appears. You might need to refresh the view.