Essentials Monitoring Configuration
Applies To: System Center Essentials 2010
During the initial configuration of System Center Essentials 2010 features in the Configure Essentials Wizard, you were prompted to select which applications you wanted Essentials 2010 to monitor. If you selected Automatic Discovery, Essentials will recommend for import management packs that define the performance, health, and alert thresholds for monitored applications and will notify you when management packs are available for new software detected in your environment. You can also manually select which applications to monitor and change these settings at any time in the Essentials console.
To configure Essentials 2010 to automatically detect new applications that can be monitored
To open Management Configuration settings in the Essentials console, click the Administration button.
In the Administration Overview pane, click the Recommended Management Pack scan Disabled/Enabled link displayed under Monitoring Configuration.
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You can also click Settings in the Administration pane, and then click Recommended Management Packs to open the Management Configuration dialog box and change these settings.
Under Automatic Discovery, clear the check box if you do not want to be notified when management packs are available. You can also select not to be notified for applications you have rejected.
Click OK to save your changes, and close the Management Configuration dialog box.