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3 Scalability with Dell EMC OpenManage Integration with Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC) for System Center
Operations Manager (SCOM)
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Revisions............................................................................................................................................................................. 2
Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................................................... 2
Table of contents ................................................................................................................................................................ 3
Executive summary ............................................................................................................................................................. 4
1 Monitoring more devices with OMIMSSC by using Proxy Management Servers (henceforth referred to as Dell EMC
Alert Relay Servers) ............................................................................................................................................................ 5
1.1 Overview of Proxy MS ........................................................................................................................................ 5
1.2 Benefits of Proxy MS .......................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3 Proxy MS system requirements .......................................................................................................................... 5
1.4 Setting up Proxy MS (henceforth referred to as Dell EMC Alert Relay Servers) to monitor multiple devices ... 6
1.4.1 Prerequisites for setting up Proxy MS for scaling up the number of monitored devices .................................... 6
1.4.2 Recommendations to configure Proxy MS ......................................................................................................... 6
1.4.3 Configure registry settings on the proxy management server ............................................................................ 6
1.4.4 Proxy management server registry configuration definitions ............................................................................. 7
1.5 Deployment scenarios and correlation between management server and Proxy MS ....................................... 7
1.6 Required configuration for SCOM 2012 R2 ........................................................................................................ 7
1.7 Required configuration for SCOM 2016 and later .............................................................................................. 8
1.8 Add proxy management servers to the proxy management server group (ProxyMSGroup) ........................... 11
1.8.1 Disable the discovery of iSM on the proxy management server ...................................................................... 12
1.9 Synchronize Dell proxy management server groups with OMIMSSC .............................................................. 12
1.10 Resolve errors when discovery of devices is unsuccessful by using the Resolve Sync Errors feature ........... 13
A Technical support and resources ............................................................................................................................... 14
A.1 Related resources ............................................................................................................................................ 14