Step 2. Determine the Components Required for Monitoring Server (2007 R2 Beta)

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This section describes what components are required to use Monitoring Server in an Office Communications Server deployment.

Feature Components

Monitoring Server is a server role in Office Communications Server. To use this feature, install Office Communications Server on one or more servers, choosing the role of Monitoring Server during setup.

Monitoring Server also requires a Monitoring Server database using Microsoft® SQL Server®. The database can be collocated on the same computer as Monitoring Server, or on a different computer. For more details about supported Monitoring Server topologies, see Step 3. Identify the Technical Requirements for Deploying Monitoring Server

Scaling

When you deploy Monitoring Server, you associate it with one or more Enterprise pools, Standard Edition servers, and/or Mediation Servers. (To have Monitoring Server collect data from a Mediation Server, associate the Mediation Server with a pool that Monitoring Server is monitoring.) Monitoring Server then collects data from the servers you have associated it with. In a smaller network environment, one Monitoring Server can handle the load of multiple pools or servers.

If you have a larger environment, for best scalability, do not collocate the Monitoring Server with another server role, and deploy one Monitoring Server for each Enterprise pool.

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Concepts

Step 3. Identify the Technical Requirements for Deploying Monitoring Server