Guide for System Center Hyper-V Monitoring Pack for Windows Server 2012

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Applies To: System Center 2012 - Operations Manager

This guide was written based on version 6.2.6638.0 of the Hyper-V Monitoring Pack for Windows Server 2012.

Guide History

Release Date Changes

December 19, 2012

Original release of this guide

Supported Configurations

This monitoring pack requires System Center 2012 – Operations Manager or later. A dedicated Operations Manager management group is not required.

The Hyper-V Monitoring Pack monitors the Hyper-V role on the 64-bit edition of the following operating systems:

  • Windows Server 2012 Standard

  • Windows Server 2012 Datacenter

The following table details the supported configurations for the Hyper-V Monitoring Pack for Windows Server 2012.

Configuration Support

Operations Manager

System Center 2012 – Operations Manager

Clustered servers

Yes

Agentless monitoring

No

Prerequisites

The Hyper-V Monitoring Pack for Windows Server 2012 has the following dependencies:

  • System Center 2012 – Operations Manager

  • Microsoft.Windows.HyperV.Library, version 6.2.6638.0

  • Microsoft.Windows.Library, version 7.5.8500.0

  • System.Library, version 7.5.8500.0

  • Microsoft.SystemCenter.Library, version 7.0.8427.0

  • Microsoft.Windows.HyperV.2012.Discovery, version 6.2.6638.0

  • Microsoft.Windows.Server.Library, version 6.0.6989.0

  • Microsoft.Windows.Server.2012.Discovery, version 6.0.6989.0

  • Microsoft.Windows.HyperV.2012.Monitoring, version 6.2.6638.0

  • System.Health.Library, version 7.0.8427.0

  • System.Performance.Library, version 7.0.8427.0

  • System.Virtualization.Library, version 6.1.7221.0

Optional Configuration

To take advantage of the full monitoring functionality of the Hyper-V Monitoring Pack for Windows Server 2012, enable the following:

  • Hyper-V 2012 Replica Windows Firewall Rule Monitor

  • Hyper-V 2012 RemoteFX Virtual Machine Resolution Monitor

Files in this Monitoring Pack

The Hyper-V Monitoring Pack for Windows Server 2012 includes the following files:

  • Microsoft.Windows.HyperV.2012.Discovery.mp

  • Microsoft.Windows.HyperV.2012.Monitoring.mp

  • Microsoft.Windows.HyperV.Library.mp

  • EULA.rtf (Microsoft end-user license agreement)

  • OpsMgr_MP_WS_HyperV.docx (monitoring pack guide)