Optional Configuration

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After you import the BranchCache Management Pack, the navigation pane of the Monitoring pane displays the object types that are discovered automatically. For a list of object types, see Understanding Management Pack Operations. You can modify the default discovery configuration of objects discovered by the BranchCache Management Pack. Use the overrides feature of Operations Manager 2007 to change configuration settings.

The discoveries for all object types in the BranchCache Management Pack are enabled by default. You can disable the setting for automatic discovery in the Authoring pane in the Operations Console.

To use an override to change the setting for automatic discovery

  1. In the Authoring pane, expand Management Pack Objects, and then click Object Discoveries.

  2. On the Operations Manager toolbar, click Scope, and then filter the objects that appear in the details pane to include only SQL Server® objects.

  3. In the Details pane, click the object type you want to change.

  4. On the Operations Manager toolbar, click Overrides, click Override the Object Discovery, and then do one of the following:

    • For a group, click **For all objects of type:**ObjectTypeName

    • For all objects of another type, click **For a specific object of type:**ObjectTypeName

  5. In the Override Properties dialog box, click the Override box for the Enabled parameter you want to change.

  6. Under Management Pack, click New to create an unsealed version of the management pack, and then click OK.

    After you change the override setting, the object type is automatically discovered and appears in the Monitoring pane under BranchCache. For information about setting overrides, see Overrides in Operations Manager 2007.

When you import the BranchCache Management Pack onto Windows Vista® systems, disable the following rules to prevent alerts on missing performance counters because these performance counters are not present in Windows Vista:

  • Microsoft.Windows.BranchCache.ClientBase.Performance.SMB.ApplicationBytesFromCache

  • Microsoft.Windows.BranchCache.ClientBase.Performance.SMB.ApplicationBytesFromServer

  • Microsoft.Windows.BranchCache.ClientBase.Performance.SMB.ApplicationBytesFromServerNotCached

  • Microsoft.Windows.BranchCache.ClientBase.Performance.SMB.BranchCacheHashBytesReceived

  • Microsoft.Windows.BranchCache.ClientBase.Performance.SMB.BranchCacheBytesRequestedFromServer

  • Microsoft.Windows.BranchCache.ClientBase.Performance.SMB.BranchCacheBytesReceived

  • Microsoft.Windows.BranchCache.ClientBase.Performance.SMB.OfflineFilesServiceStarted