How to Connect VMM with Operations Manager

1. In the VMM console, open the Settings workspace.

2. In the Settings pane, click System Center Settings, and then click Operations Manager Server.

3. On the Home tab, in the Properties group, click Properties.

   Note
   If the Operations Manager connection has already been established, clicking Properties opens the Operation Manager Settings dialog box. If this dialog box appears and does not describe the correct connection, remove the current connection before you enter the correct information.

4. Review the information in the Introduction page, and then click Next.

5. In the Connection to Operations Manager page, enter the Server name for your root management server (System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2) or a management server in the management group (System Center 2012 – Operations Manager), and select an account to use to connect. You can use the VMM server service account or specify a Run As account.

   Important
   This account must be a member of the Operations Manager Administrator role.

6. Select Enable Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO), if desired.

7. Select Enable maintenance mode integration with Operations Manager, if desired.

   When hosts are placed in maintenance mode using the VMM management server, Operations Manager places them in maintenance mode as well. In this mode, the Operations Manager agent suppresses alerts, notifications, rules, monitors, automatic responses, state changes, and new alerts.

   Operations Manager automatically places virtual machines in maintenance mode when they are moved to the VMM library.

8. Click Next.

9. Enter credentials for Operations Manager to connect with the VMM management server, and then click Next.

   This account will be added to the Administrator user role in VMM.

10. Review the information in the Summary page, and click Finish.

You can view the status of the new connection in the Jobs workspace.

Verify that the integration is complete by opening the Operations console in Operations Manager and selecting the Monitoring workspace. In the navigation pane, review the following entries:

• Virtual Machine Manager
  
  Includes health and performance information for virtual machines, hosts, and VMM servers.
  
  
• Virtual Machine Manager Views
  
  Displays diagrams for managed systems.
  
  

  Note
  The diagrams themselves will not be available until several hours after you complete this procedure.

When you use the preceding procedure to set up integration with Operations Manager, the monitoring pack for Virtual Machine Manager is imported into Operations Manager. For more information about the monitoring pack, see Guide for System Center Monitoring Pack for System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager.

1. Open the Operations console.

2. Import the following management packs from the ‘\\<Operations Manager installation>\ManagementPacks’ folder:

   • Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.Storage.Library
     
     
   • Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.Storage.2012.Discovery.mp
     
     
   • Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.Storage.2012.Monitoring.mp
     
     
   • Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.Storage.Dashboard.mpb
     
     

1. Open the Operations console.

2. Import the following management pack from the Operations Manager installation folder:

   Setup\AMD64\MPLP\Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.Network.Dashboard.*.mp

1. Open the Operations console.

2. Import the following management packs from the ‘\\<Operations Manager installation>\Setup\AMD64\MPLP’ folder:

   • Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.Storage.Library.*.mp
     
     
   • Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.Storage.2012.Discovery.*.mp
     
     
   • Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.Storage.2012.Monitoring.*.mp
     
     
   • Microsoft.SystemCenter.VirtualMachineManager.Storage.Dashboard.*.mp
     
     

1. To get the version number of the VMM management pack, check the most recent version of the Guide for System Center Monitoring Pack for System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager.

   You can see the current version number of the monitoring pack in the Operations console. Open the Administration workspace. In the Administration pane, click Management Packs. Scroll down to find the VMM monitoring packs, such as System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Discovery.

2. On the VMM management server, click Start, type regedit in the Search programs and files text box or in a Command Prompt window, and then press Enter.

   If the User Account Control dialog box appears, click Yes to continue.

   Caution
   Serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. We recommend that you back up the registry before proceeding. For information about how to back up the registry, see Windows Server Backup Step-by-Step Guide for Windows Server 2008 R2.

3. In Registry Editor, locate the following registry key:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager Server/Setup

4. Under the key, if necessary, update the string value CompatibleMPVersion to the new version number, and then close Registry Editor.

1. On the VMM management server, update the registry to reflect the version number of the new management pack files, and then restart the System Center Virtual Machine Manager service.

   Note
   To obtain the version number of the monitoring pack, check the most recent version of the Guide for System Center Monitoring Pack for System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager.

2. On the VMM management server, open the management packs directory. By default, the directory location is C:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center 2012\Virtual Machine Manager\ManagementPacks.

3. Back up the existing .mp files.

4. Extract the new .mp files to the management pack directory, overwriting the existing .mp files.

5. If you have already integrated Operations Manager with VMM, in the VMM console, in the Settings workspace, remove the Operations Manager server by using the procedure in this topic.

6. Connect to the Operations Manager server, by using the procedure in this topic.

After the connection has been set up, open the Settings workspace. In the Settings pane, click System Center Settings. In the results pane, right-click Operations Manager Server, and then click Properties. On the Management Pack page, verify the installed version of the management packs.

1. In the VMM console, open the Settings workspace.

2. In the Settings pane, click System Center Settings, right-click Operations Manager Server, and then click Remove.

   When prompted, verify that you want to remove the server.

You can check the progress of the removal in the Jobs workspace.

Note
The VMM management packs are not removed from Operations Manager, but any Connectors that have been added are removed. (A Connector is a custom service or program that makes it possible for Operations Manager to communicate with other software.)