System Center Management Pack for Windows Server Cluster

The Windows Server Failover Cluster Management Pack provides both proactive and reactive monitoring of your Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 failover cluster deployments.

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.
• 2/27/2013 - Version 6.0.7005.0 – Added support for Windows Server 2012. Please refer to the Management Pack Guide for details.
• 10/18/2013 - Version 6.0.7063.0 – Added support for Windows Server 2012 R2. Please refer to the Management Pack Guide for details.

Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2

The Windows Server Failover Cluster Management Pack supports failover clusters 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, Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise, Windows Server 2008 Datacenter, and Windows Server 2008 R2 Datacenter operating systems on 32-bit and 64-bit servers.
• Windows Server 2012 Standard and Windows Server 2012 Datacenter operating systems on 64-bit servers.
• Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter operating systems on 64-bit servers.

This management pack is also supported on the Server Core installation option of the Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 operating systems.

Note :
The Windows Server Failover Cluster Management Pack is not supported on the Windows Server 2008 R2 Web and Standard operating systems because the Cluster service is not supported on these editions.