How to Disable and Enable an Operations Manager 2007 Connector

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Applies To: System Center Service Manager 2010 SP1

You can use the following procedure to disable or enable a System Center Operations Manager connector for System Center Service Manager 2010 Service Pack 1 (SP1).

For example, after you configure an Operations Manager connector, if you must perform maintenance operations on the Service Manager database, you can temporarily disable the connector and suspend the data import. You can resume the data import by re-enabling the connector.

For more information about how to delete a product connector from Operations Manager 2007, see Removing an Old Product Connector (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=188974) on Kevin Holman’s Operations Manager blog.

To disable an Operations Manager connector

  1. In the Service Manager console, click Administration.

  2. In the Administration pane, expand Administration, and then click Connectors.

  3. In the Connectors pane, select the Operations Manager connector that you want to disable.

  4. In the Tasks pane, under the connector name, click Disable.

  5. In the Disable Connector dialog box, click OK.

To enable an Operations Manager connector

  1. In the Service Manager console, click Administration.

  2. In the Administration pane, expand Administration, and then click Connectors.

  3. In the Connectors pane, select the Operations Manager connector that you want to enable.

  4. In the Tasks pane, under the connector name, click Enable.

  5. In the Enable Connector dialog box, click OK.

Windows PowerShellYou can use a Windows PowerShell command to complete these tasks. For information about how to use Windows PowerShell to enable and disable an Operations Manager 2007 connector, see Set-SCSMConnector (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=203119).

To validate the status change of an Operations Manager connector

  1. Wait 30 seconds. Then, in the Service Manager console, click Administration, and then click Connectors.

  2. In the Connectors pane, locate the connector for which you have changed the status, and verify the value in the Enabled column.

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