Guide for System Center 2012 Monitoring Pack for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Internet Information Services 8

The System Center 2012 Monitoring Pack for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Internet Information Services 8 provides proactive and reactive monitoring of your Internet Information Services (IIS) 8 environment.

This monitoring pack provides an early warning to administrators on issues that could affect services so that administrators can investigate and take corrective action, if necessary. The monitoring pack helps to simplify the administrative environment by providing a single console for the administrator to perform a number of useful monitoring tasks. To help troubleshoot common issues, the monitoring pack contains helpful product knowledge and a way to extend this knowledge through adding your own company or organization knowledge related to an issue.

Document Version

This guide was written based on the 7.0.10165.0 version of the Internet Information Services 8 Management Pack.

Getting the Latest Monitoring Pack and Documentation

You can find the System Center 2012 Monitoring Pack Guide for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Internet Information Services 8 in the System Center Operations Manager Catalog.

Guide History

Release Date Changes

September 2012

Original release of this guide

July 2013

Updates to Supported Configurations, Before you Import the Monitoring Pack, and Appendix A: Monitors and Rules for Monitoring Packs

Changes in this Update

The July 2013 update (version 7.0.10165.0) of the System Center 2012 Monitoring Pack for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Internet Information Services 8 includes the following changes:

  • Added support for IIS 8.5 monitoring (on Windows Server 2012 R2).

  • Noted that to monitor IIS 8.5, you must install the latest version of the Windows 2012 Base Operating System Management Pack.

  • Revised monitors and rules in Appendix A: Monitors and Rules for Monitoring Packs.

Supported Configurations

The System Center 2012 Monitoring Pack for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Internet Information Services 8 supports monitoring Internet Information Services (IIS) 8 on Windows Server 2012, Internet Information Services (IIS) 8.5 on Windows Server 2012 R2, and supports 64-bit platforms. Additionally, this monitoring pack is supported on System Center 2012 R2.

This monitoring pack is supported in stand-alone environments and in network load balancing clusters. This monitoring pack is not supported on failover clusters in Windows Server 2012.