Deploying Windows Agents
Applies To: Operations Manager 2007 R2, Operations Manager 2007 SP1
The first step in monitoring your environment is to deploy agents. Your network architecture will greatly influence which monitoring options you use and how you plan the deployment of your agents. Be aware of whether you are managing systems on the other side of a firewall from your management group, or are managing systems that don’t participate in a Kerberos trust with the management group.
Note
If you add or delete a new virtual server on a cluster after a Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 agent is installed, the agent will not recognize the changes and new virtual servers will not be reported. For the agent to recognize the virtual server, you must restart the System Center Management service on the node where the virtual server is active.
You can use any of the following methods to deploy agents:
The Discovery Wizard (through the Operations console)
The Agent Setup Wizard
The MOMAgent.msi program, from the command line
Active Directory, to assign agents to a management group
The following sections provide detailed steps for each of these methods.
The following tasks are described in this topic:
| Task | Where to find information |
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Discover systems |
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Deploy agents using the Setup wizard |
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Deploy agents from the command |
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Assign agents using Active Directory |
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Manage newly installed agents |
Process Manual Agent Installations in Operations Manager 2007 |