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How to Disable and Enable a System Center Operations Manager Connector

 

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 disable or enable a System Center Operations Manager connector for System Center 2012 – Service Manager and validate the changes.

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 System Center Operations Manager, see Removing an Old Product Connector on Kevin Holman’s System Center 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.

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.

Windows PowerShellYou can use Windows PowerShell commands to complete these tasks and other related tasks, as follows:

  • For information about how to use Windows PowerShell to start a Service Manager connector, see Start-SCSMConnector.

  • For information about how to use Windows PowerShell to retrieve connectors that are defined in Service Manager and view their status, see Get-SCSMConnector.

  • For information about how to use Windows PowerShell to update the properties of a Service Manager connector, see Update-SCSMConnector.