Office Project Server 2007 Management Pack Readme

Applies To: Office Project Server, Operations Manager 2007, Operations Manager 2007 R2

The Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 (Office Project Server 2007) Management Pack monitors the health of Office Project Server 2007 on computers that are running Office Project Server 2007 to improve the availability, performance, and security of your Office Project Server deployment.

This readme describes how to install the Office Project Server 2007 Management Pack in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007. For more information about the Office Project Server 2007 Management Pack and how to use it, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=89240.

Before You Import the Management Pack

Before you import the Office Project Server 2007 Management Pack, you must install the updated Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Backward Compatibility Management Pack, 6.0.5000.12. You can download the Backward Compatibility Management Pack at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=89473.

Note

If you do not install the updated Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Backward Compatibility Management Pack before you install the Office Project Server 2007 Management Pack, your installation will fail.

Supported Applications

The Office Project Server 2007 Management Pack monitors computers that are running Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. To function optimally, each system running Office Project Server 2007 must be managed by System Center Operations Manager 2007.

Note

You can run only one localized version of a converted Management Pack at a time. To use a version of the Management Pack for a different language, uninstall the Management Pack, and then install the version of the Management Pack for the desired language.

How to Import the Office Project Server 2007 Management Pack

Download the latest Office Project Server 2007 Management Pack files from https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=82105. By default, the installer places the Office Project Server 2007 Management Pack in its own folder in the following directory: C:\Program Files\System Center Management Packs.

The contents of the Office Project Server 2007 Management Pack are described in the following table.

File Name Description

Microsoft.Office.ProjectServer.2007.mp

Required for discovering and monitoring Office Project Server 2007 servers.

After you download the Office Project Server 2007 Management Pack, import it into System Center Operations Manager 2007.

To import the Office Project Server 2007 Management Pack

  1. In the Operations Console, on the Go menu, click Administration.

  2. In the navigation pane, expand Administration.

  3. Right-click Management Packs, click Import Management Packs, select Microsoft.Office.ProjectServer.2007 (Converted), and then click Open.

  4. Follow the instructions in the wizard.

For more information, see "How to Import Management Packs in Operations Manager 2007" in System Center Operations Manager 2007 Help.

Optional Configuration

After you import the Office Project Server 2007 Management Pack, it begins to discover and monitor computers without additional configuration. However, you can configure the Office Project Server 2007 Management Pack for your environment and your preferences. For example, some of the monitors or rules are disabled by default and can be enabled. Or, if the default performance-measuring rules degrade server performance with slow WAN links, they can be disabled.

To enable a monitor

  1. In the Operations Console, on the Go menu, click Authoring.

  2. In the navigation pane, expand Management Pack Objects, and then click Monitors.

  3. In the Monitors list, expand the target that you want until the monitor appears.

  4. Right-click the monitor that you want, point to Overrides, point to Override the Monitor, and then click For all objects of type: <type of object>.

  5. Under Override-controlled parameters, in the Override column, select the Enabled check box.

  6. In the Override Setting column, in the drop-down menu, click True, and then click OK.

To enable a rule

  1. In the Operations Console, on the Go menu, click Authoring.

  2. In the navigation pane, expand Management Pack Objects, and then click Rules.

    Note

    To show rules for the Office Project Server 2007 Management Pack only, on the toolbar, click Scope, and then under Target, select the check boxes for the Office Project Server 2007 components.

  3. Under Rules, right-click the rule that you want to turn off, point to Overrides, point to Disable the Rule, and then click For all objects of type: <type of object>.

For more information about the optional configurations for different monitoring scenarios, see the Microsoft Office Project Server 2007 Management Pack Guide at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=89240.