Guide for System Center Monitoring Pack for WS-Management and SMASH Device Discovery
Applies To: System Center 2012 - Operations Manager
This guide was written based on version 7.0.8707.0 of the System Center Monitoring Pack for WS-Management and SMASH Device Discovery.
Guide History
| Release Date | Changes |
|---|---|
April 2, 2012 |
Original release of this guide |
Guide Contents
This guide for the System Center Monitoring Pack for WS-Management and SMASH Device Discovery contains supported configurations and the monitoring pack scope, as well as the following information:
Supported Configurations
This monitoring pack requires System Center 2012 - Operations Manager or later. A dedicated Operations Manager management group is not required.
This monitoring pack creates the ability to discover WS-MAN and SMASH enabled devices and allows for monitoring of these devices.
The following table details the supported configurations for the System Center Monitoring Pack for WS-Management and SMASH Device Discovery:
Configuration |
Support |
Operations Manager |
System Center 2012 - Operations Manager |
Clustered servers |
Not applicable |
Agentless monitoring |
Yes – only agentless monitoring is supported |
Virtual environment |
Not applicable |
Monitoring Pack Scope
This monitoring pack supports monitoring of up to 500 WS-MAN and SMASH enabled devices per management server, but depending on the management server hardware and any additional WS-Management/SMASH Management Packs such as those from vendors, this number may vary.
Files in this Monitoring Pack
The System Center Monitoring Pack for WS-Management and SMASH Device Discovery includes the following file:
- WS-ManagementAndSMASHDeviceDiscoveryTemplate.msi