Azure stack hub - multihoming

Question

Can we multihome azure stack hub infra to two different SCOM 2025 management groups for testing?

Answer 1

Hi Swati; from the SCOM agent perspective, multihoming to two different SCOM 2025 management groups is supported; the same Windows agent can be configured as a member of multiple management groups and send monitoring data to both.

However, I would be careful with Azure Stack Hub infrastructure components; you should not manually install or modify agents on the Azure Stack Hub infrastructure unless that specific monitoring configuration is supported by Microsoft or by your hardware provider.

If you are referring to external systems used to monitor Azure Stack Hub, rather than installing agents directly on the infrastructure VMs, then using two management groups for a temporary test should generally be possible; import the same required management packs into both groups and make sure each group has its own Run As accounts, credentials and discovery configuration.

Also consider that both management groups will run the same discoveries, rules and monitors; this can create duplicate alerts and additional load, so I would keep the test limited and verify the impact before using it permanently.

For a production Azure Stack Hub infrastructure monitoring scenario, I would still confirm support with Microsoft before proceeding, especially if the configuration touches privileged endpoints or infrastructure-managed machines.