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YoucanuseMicrosoftSystemCenterOperationsManager(SCOM)tomonitorthestateofVMwareView
components,includingViewConnectionServerinstancesandsecurityserversandViewservicesrunningon
thesehosts.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“ViewManagementPacks”onpage 51
“NameaViewConnectionServerGroup”onpage 52
“ImporttheViewMPs”onpage 52
“ViewDiscoveryScript”onpage 52
“RuntheDiscoveryScript”onpage 53
“DisplayDiscoveredObjects”onpage 53
“DisplayManagedObjects”onpage 53
“ViewsandMonitors”onpage 53
“EnableaProxyAgentonaServeronpage 55
“DisplayPerformanceData”onpage 56
“DisplayInformationAboutanAlert”onpage 56
“RestartaService”onpage 56
“ExcludeaDomainfromConnectivityMonitoring”onpage 56
“CloseAlerts”onpage 57
“ClassandRelationshipDefinitions”onpage 57
View Management Packs
TheViewmanagementpacks(MPs)requirethedefaultSystemMPthatisinstalledwithMicrosoftSCOMand
theMPforMicrosoftWindowsServerBaseOSSystemCenterOperationsManager2007.
TheViewMPsconsistsoffourindividualMPs:
VMware.View.Discovery.mpcontainstheagentthatdiscoversinstancesofViewServerinstallations.See
“ViewDiscoveryScript”onpage 52.
VMware.View.Monitoring.mpcontainstheviewsandmonitorsthatyoucanusewithViewinthe
OperationsManagerconsole.See“ViewsandMonitors”onpage 53.
Integrating with SCOM
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