Antigen 9.0 Management Pack Readme

Applies To: Antigen, Operations Manager 2007

The Microsoft Windows Antigen 9.0 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 monitors the health and availability of computers running Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) and later.

The Microsoft Windows Antigen 9.0 Management Pack readme describes how to install the Windows Antigen 9.0 Management Pack in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007.

Before You Import the Management Pack

Before you import the Windows Antigen 9.0 Management Pack, you must install the updated Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Backward Compatibility Management Pack, version 6.0.5000.16. You can download the Backward Compatibility Management Pack at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=98874.

Supported Applications

The Windows Antigen 9.0 Management Pack monitors computers running Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003. For the Windows Antigen 9.0 Management Pack to function optimally, your computers must meet the following requirement:

• Each server cluster must be managed by System Center Operations Manager 2007.

How to Import the Windows Antigen 9.0 Management Pack

Download the latest Windows Antigen 9.0 Management Pack files at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=82105. By default, the installer places the Windows Antigen 9.0 Management Pack in its own folder in the following directory: C:\Program Files\System Center Management Packs.

The contents of the Windows Antigen 9.0 Management Pack are as follows.

After you download the Windows Antigen 9.0 Management Pack, import it to System Center Operations Manager 2007.

To import the Antigen 9.0 Management Pack

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

2. In the navigation window, expand Administration.

3. Right-click Management Packs, click Import Management Packs, select Microsoft.Antigen.v9. (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 Windows Antigen 9.0 Management Pack, it begins to discover and monitor computers without additional configuration. However, you can configure the Windows Antigen 9.0 Management Pack for your preferences. For example, rules disabled by default can be enabled. Or, if the default enabled performance-measuring rules degrade server performance, you can disable them. Use the following procedure to enable a rule.

To enable a rule

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

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

   Note

   To show rules for the current Management Pack only, on the toolbar, click Scope, and then under Target, select the check boxes for the desired components.

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

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

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

Use the following procedure to disable a rule.

To disable a rule

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

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

   Note

   To show rules for the current Management Pack only, on the toolbar, click Scope, and then under Target, select the check boxes for the desired components.

3. Under Rules, right-click the rule 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 and different monitoring scenarios, see the Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Management Pack Guide at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=89240.