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YoucanuseMicrosoftSystemCenterOperationsManager(SCOM)tomonitorthestateofVMwareView
components,includingViewConnectionServerinstancesandsecurityserversandViewservicesrunningon
thesehosts.
Thischapterincludesthefollowingtopics:
“ViewManagementPacks”onpage 55
“NameaViewConnectionServerGroup”onpage 56
“ImporttheViewMPs”onpage 56
“ViewDiscoveryScript”onpage 56
“RuntheDiscoveryScript”onpage 57
“DisplayDiscoveredObjects”onpage 57
“DisplayManagedObjects”onpage 58
“ViewsandMonitors”onpage 58
“EnableaProxyAgentonaServeronpage 60
“DisplayPerformanceData”onpage 60
“DisplayInformationAboutanAlert”onpage 60
“RestartaService”onpage 60
“ExcludeaDomainfromConnectivityMonitoring”onpage 60
“CloseAlerts”onpage 61
“ClassandRelationshipDefinitions”onpage 61
View Management Packs
TheViewmanagementpacks(MPs)requirethedefaultSystemMPthatisinstalledwithMicrosoftSCOMand
theMPforMicrosoftWindowsServerBaseOSSystemCenterOperationsManager2007.
TheViewMPsconsistsoffourindividualMPs:
VMware.View.Discovery.mpcontainstheagentthatdiscoversinstancesofViewServerinstallations.See
“ViewDiscoveryScript”onpage 56.
VMware.View.Monitoring.mpcontainstheviewsandmonitorsthatyoucanusewithViewinthe
OperationsManagerconsole.See“ViewsandMonitors”onpage 58.
Integrating with SCOM
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