Monitoring Scenarios

The following table describes key monitoring scenarios that the VMM monitoring pack supports for Operations Manager administrators using the Operations console.

Monitoring scenario Description

Management server

  • Monitor VMM service availability.

  • Start and stop the VMM service.

  • View a Diagram view that maps relationships between elements managed by a VMM management server. The Diagram views are available in the Operations Console.

VMM database

  • Monitor database health and availability through the SQL Server management pack.

Managed hosts running Hyper-V

  • Monitor host availability.

  • Start and stop the VMM agent.

Hyper-V, VMware ESX, and Citrix XenServer virtual machines managed by VMM

  • Monitor health, availability, and performance of the virtual machines.

  • Perform the following tasks on deployed virtual machines: Start, Stop, Pause, Shut Down, Save State, Create Checkpoint.

Virtual Machine Manager library

  • Monitor library server availability.

  • Perform the following tasks on stored virtual machines: Start, Stop, Pause, Shut Down, Save State, Create Checkpoint.

Virtual machine self-service

  • Monitor availability of VMM Self-Service Portals.

  • Perform the following tasks on the Web sites through the IIS management pack: Pause Web Site, Start Web Site, List Web Site, Start Web Site Diagnostics, Start Computer Management Console.

VMware vCenter Server 4.1

  • Monitor and perform tasks on virtual machine hosts and host clusters running the following versions of VMware: ESXi 4.1, ESX 4.1, ESXi 3.5, and ESX 3.5.

  • VMware vCenter server and ESX hosts are discovered and displayed in Diagram views but are not monitored by Operations Manager except through PRO.

Citrix XenServer 6.0 or a later version

  • Monitor and perform tasks on virtual machine hosts.

  • Server hosts are discovered and displayed in Diagram views, but are not monitored by Operations Manager except through PRO.

IP address pool and MAC address pool

  • View alerts, performance, state, and health for IP address and MAC address pools.