How to Validate the Single-Computer Installation

Updated: May 13, 2016

Applies To: System Center 2012 SP1 - Service Manager, System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager, System Center 2012 - Service Manager

You can use the following procedures to validate the single-computer installation of System Center 2012 – Service Manager.

To validate the Service Manager management server installation

1. On the physical computer that hosts the Service Manager management server, verify that the Program Files\Microsoft System Center 2012\Service Manager\ folder exists.

2. Run services.msc, and then verify that the following services are installed, that they have a status of Started, and that the startup type is Automatic:

   • System Center Data Access Service

   • System Center Management

     Note

     
     For System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager, the System Center Management service was renamed to Microsoft Monitoring Agent.

   • System Center Management Configuration

To validate the Service Manager console installation

1. On the physical computer, click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft System Center, and then click Service Manager Console.

2. The first time that you run the Service Manager console, the Connect to Service Manager Server dialog box appears. In the Server name box, enter the computer name of the server that hosts the Service Manager management server.

3. The Service Manager console successfully connects to the Service Manager management server and starts.

To validate the data warehouse management server installation

• On the virtual machine, run services.msc, and verify that the following services are installed:

  • System Center Data Access Service

  • System Center Management

    Note

    
    For System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager, the System Center Management service was renamed to Microsoft Monitoring Agent.

  • System Center Management Configuration

To validate the Service Manager database

1. On the physical computer, click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft SQL Server 2008, and then click SQL Server Management Studio.

2. In the Connect to Server dialog box, follow these steps:

   1. In the Server Type list, select Database Engine.

   2. In the Server Name list, select the name of the computer that hosts the Service Manager database.

   3. In the Authentication list, select Windows Authentication, and then click Connect.

3. In the Object Explorer pane, expand Databases.

4. Verify that the ServiceManager database is listed.

5. Exit Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio.

To validate the data warehouse installation

1. On the physical computer that hosts the data warehouse databases, click Start, click All Programs, click Microsoft SQL Server 2008, and then click SQL Server Management Studio.

2. In the Connect to Server dialog box, complete these steps:

   1. In the Server Name list, type the computer name of the computer hosting Service Manager data warehouse databases. For this example, type localhost.

   2. In the Authentication list, select Windows Authentication, and then click Connect.

3. In the Object Explorer pane, expand Databases.

4. Verify that the DWDataMart, DWRepository, and DWStagingAndConfig databases are listed.

5. In the Object Explorer pane, click Connect, and then click Analysis Services.

6. In the Server Name list, type the computer name for the computer hosting the Service Manager data warehouse database. In this example, type localhost.

7. In the Object Explorer pane, expand the new entry for Analysis Services, and then expand Databases.

8. Verify that the DWASDataBase database is listed.

9. Exit Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio.