Microsoft Windows Server Failover Clustering Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007

Brief Description

The Windows Server Failover Clustering Management Pack monitors the health of the Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 clusters. This management pack is designed to improve the availability, performance, and security of your Windows Server cluster deployment.

Overview

The Windows Server Failover Clustering Management Pack provides both proactive and reactive monitoring of your Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 cluster deployments. It monitors Cluster services components—such as nodes, networks, and resource groups—to report issues that can cause downtime or poor performance.

Feature Summary
Some of the conditions monitored by this management pack are as follows:

Configuration or hardware issues that interfere with starting the Cluster service
Connectivity problems that affect communication between cluster nodes or between a node and a domain controller
Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) settings that affect the cluster; for example, permissions needed by the computer account that is used by the cluster
Configuration issues with the network infrastructure needed by the cluster; for example, issues with Domain Name System (DNS)
Issues with the availability of a cluster resource, such as a clustered file share
Issues with the cluster storage

Release History:

3/6/2008 - Version 6.0.6277.0 - Original English release
4/2/2008 - Version 6.0.6277.1 - Updated version, see MP guide for details
2/12/2009 - Version 6.0.6505.0 - Introduced support for Windows Server 2008 clusters and addressed some issues from the previous release.
4/9/2009 – Version 6.0.6568.0 – Updated Management Pack and Management Pack Guide. Please refer to the Management Pack Guide for details.
10/21/2009 - Version 6.0.6720.0 – Added support for Windows Server 2008 R2 and addressed some issues from the previous release. Please refer to the Management Pack Guide for details.

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System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008

All management packs (MPs) included in this download are supported on System Center Operations Manager (OpsMgr) with Service Pack (SP) 1 and later. The Windows Server 2003 and 2008 specific management packs require that portions of the Windows Microsoft Windows Server Operating System Management Pack be imported as well. If the necessary MP’s are not present in the management group at the time of import then the import wizard will indicate which MPs are required. A link to download the Microsoft Windows Server Operating System Management Pack is available on the System Center Operations Manager 2007 Catalog (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/scp/opsmgr07.aspx) .

The Windows Server Cluster Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 is supported on the following configurations:

Windows Server 2003 operating systems with Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Service Pack 2 (SP2) on 32-bit and 64-bit servers.
Windows Server 2003 R2 operating systems with Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Service Pack 2 (SP2) on 32-bit and 64-bit servers.
Windows Server 2008 Enterprise and Windows Server 2008 Datacenter operating systems on 32-bit and 64-bit servers.
Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise and Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter operating systems on 32-bit and 64-bit servers.

The Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 specific Management Packs are not supported on the Windows Server 2008 Web and Standard operating systems because the Cluster service is not supported on these editions.