Guide for Monitoring Pack for System Center 2012 - App Controller

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Applies To: System Center 2012 - App Controller, System Center 2012 - Operations Manager

This guide was written based on version 1.0.1200.0 of the Monitoring Pack for System Center 2012 - App Controller.

Guide History

Release Date Changes

April 26, 2012

Original release of this guide

Supported Configurations

This monitoring pack requires System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 or later. A dedicated Operations Manager management group is not required.

This monitoring pack supports all configurations of System Center 2012 - App Controller that are described in the System Requirements for App Controller. This includes clustered SQL Server and App Controller servers installed behind a Network Load Balancer (NLB).

This monitoring pack requires the SQL Server 2008 management pack for monitoring the App Controller database and the Windows Internet Information Services (IIS) 7 management pack for monitoring the App Controller website.

The following table details the supported configurations for the Monitoring Pack for System Center 2012 - App Controller:

Configuration

Support

Database

SQL Server 2008 R2

Website

IIS 7

Clustered servers

Yes

Agentless monitoring

Not supported/not tested

Before You Import the Monitoring Pack

The following requirements must be met to run this monitoring pack:

  • Microsoft SQL Server Discovery Management Pack must be installed for this monitoring pack to discover the database used by App Controller.

  • Windows Server Internet Information Services 7 Management Pack to monitor the Internet Information Services environment used by App Controller.

As a best practice, you should import the following monitoring packs:

  • Windows Server Management Pack for the operating system you are using. The Windows Server Management Packs monitor aspects of the operating system that influence the performance of computers running App Controller, such as disk capacity, disk performance, memory utilization, network adapter utilization, and processor performance.

  • Monitoring Pack for System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager to monitor the Virtual Machine Manager management servers to which App Controller connects.

Files in this Monitoring Pack

The Monitoring Pack for System Center 2012 - App Controller includes the following files:

File Display Name Description

Microsoft.SystemCenter.2012.AppController.mp

System Center 2012 App Controller

Contains the object types and groups and monitoring for App Controller.

The monitoring pack also includes:

  • Microsoft Software License Terms (EULA.RTF)

  • System Center 2012 - App Controller Management Pack Guide (System Center 2012 - App Controller Management Pack Guide.doc).