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Installing SCOM 2012 SP1
Installing SCOM 2012 SP1 – In this post we will see the step by step approach of installing SCOM 2012 SP1.So what is SCOM ? Operations Manager is a component of Microsof t System Center 2012, a sof tware thathelps you monitor services, devices, and operations f or many computers f rom a single console. In anycompany IT departments are responsible f or ensuring the perf ormance and availability of those crit icalservices and applications. That means that IT departments need to know when there is a problem, identif ywhere the problem is, and f igure out what is causing the problem, ideally bef ore the users of theapplications encounter the problems. Using Operations Manager in the environment makes it easier tomonitor multiple computers, devices, services, and applications.
The above inf ormation specif ied is too litt le to understand about SCOM 2012 SP1, so I suggest you to gothrough the Technet once so that you will have a good understanding about the SCOM 2012 SP1. Here arethe f ew links that should help you.
What’s New In SCOM 2012 SP1
Operations Manager Key Concepts
System Requirements For SCOM 2012 SP1
Deploying SCOM 2012 SP1
Operations Manager Infrastructure
It is very essential to know about the operations Manager and its f unctions. Bef ore we begin installingSCOM 2012 SP1, let us know f ew terminologies with respect to SCOM.
1) Management Group – A management group is a basic unit of f unctionality, a management groupconsists of a management server, the operational database, and the reporting data warehouse database.
2) Management Server – The role of the management server is to administer the management groupconf iguration, administer and communicate with agents, and communicate with the databases in themanagement group.
3) Operational Database – This a SQL server database that holds all the conf iguration data f or themanagement group and stores all monitoring data that is collected and processed f or the managementgroup.
4) SCOM Agent – A SCOM agent is a service that is installed on a computer. The agent collects data,compares sampled data to predef ined values, creates alerts, and runs responses. Every agent reports to amanagement server in the management group. You cannot monitor a computer if the SCOM agent is notinstalled.
5) Management Packs – Management packs def ine the inf ormation that the agent collects and returns tothe management server f or a specif ic application or technology.
Installing Operations Manager Prerequisites
Bef ore we start installing SCOM 2012 SP1, lets know the list of prerequisites that we need. Here are the listof prerequisites. Click on blue button to download the prerequisite.
Microsof t .NET Framework 4
Microsof t SQL Server 2008 R2
SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2
Microsof t Report Viewer
SCOM 2012 SP1 VHD
In this post we will be installing SCOM 2012 SP1 on a member server named SCOM.PRAJWAL.LOCAL andon the same server SQL Server will be installed. The server is installed with Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1Enterprise edit ion OS and has a memory of 4GB allocated to this virtual machine. We will be using aseparate user account named scomadmin to manage our SCOM 2012 server, this account is a member ofdomain admins group. Once you have downloaded the prerequisites install the prerequisites in the ordershown below in the screenshots.
Click on Server Manager, right click on Features and click on Add Features. On the selection page,select .NET Framework 3.5.1 Features and click on Next .
Install the f ollowing IIS Role Services and click on Next .
Static Content
Def ault Document
Directory Browsing
HTTP Errors
HTTP Logging
Request Monitor
Request Filtering
Static Content Compression
Web Server (IIS) Support
IIS Management Console
IIS 6 Metabase Compatibility
Windows Authentication
ASP.NET (both the 2.0 and 4.0 versions of ASP.NET are required.)
ISAPI Extensions and ISAPI Filters
Once the role services are installed successf ully, click on Close .
The next prerequisite that must be installed in .NET Framework 4. Download the installer and install thef ramework. Accept the license terms and click on Install.
Click on Finish once the installation is complete.
Note – After installing .NET Framework 4.0, install the report viewer 2010 that is one theprerequisite before installing SCOM 2012 SP1. The screenshots are not covered as its a two stepinstallation.
Installing SQL Server
SCOM 2012 SP1 requires two databases, one called as operational database which contains allconf iguration data f or the management group and stores all monitoring data that is collected andprocessed f or the management group and other called as data warehouse database which storesmonitoring and alerting data f or historical purposes. Data that is written to the Operations Managerdatabase is also written to the data warehouse database. The only dif f erence to note here is operationaldatabase retains short- term data (by def ault 7 days) and data warehouse database retains long-term data.
Choosing you SQL Server Edit ion :- Microsof t SQL server 2008 or previous edit ions are not supported.The supported SQL editions f or installing SCOM 2012 SP1 are SQL 2008 R2 SP1, SQL Server 2008 R2SP2, SQL Server 2012, SQL Server 2012 SP1. Both Enterprise and Standard Editions of SQL server aresupported by SCOM 2012 SP1. In this post we will be installing SQL Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition f irstand then install SQL server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2.
Few things to consider bef ore you install SQL Server.
1) Operations Manager does not support hosting its databases or SQL Server Reporting Serviceson a 32-bit edit ion of SQL Server.
2) Using a different version of SQL Server for different Operations Manager features is notsupported. The same version should be used for all features.
3) SQL Server collation sett ings for all databases must be one of the following:SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS, French_CI_AS, Cyrillic_General_CI_AS, Chinese_PRC_CI_AS,Japanese_CI_AS, Tradit ional_Spanish_CI_AS, or Latin1_General_CI_AS. No other collation sett ingsare supported.
4) Clustering of management servers is not supported in System Center 2012 Service Pack 1(SP1), Operations Manager.
5) The SQL Server Agent service must be started, and the startup type must be set to automatic.We will be doing this before we start installing SCOM 2012 SP1.
Mount the SQL Server 2008 R2 DVD and click on Installation and click on New installation or addfeatures to an existing installation.
Click on SQL Server Feature Installation and click on Next .
Click on Select All and click on Next .
Instance Configuration – Click on Default Instance and click on Next .
Note – If you are creating a Named Instance , then SQL server uses dynamic ports, so you must also makethe f ollowing changes. Launch the SQL Server Configuration Manager, expand SQL Server NetworkConfiguration. Click on Protocols f or Instance (Instance is your Named Instance). On the right side pane,right click on theTCP/IP and click on Properties. Click on IP Addresses tab and scroll down to the bottomand under the IPALL, set TCP Portvalue to 1433. Click on Apply and af ter this change you mustrestart SQL Server Service.
On the Server Configuration page, click on Use same account for all SQL server service . On the newdialog box that opens choose the user account and click on OK. In this post we will be using scomadminuser account to run the SQL services. Click on Next .
Click on Install the native mode default configuration and click on Next .
The setup takes f ew minutes to complete, once the SQL server is installed successf ully, click on Close .
Next, we will install SQL server 2008 R2 service pack 2, the installation is simple, launch the setup f ile,accept the license terms and click on Next .
The def ault Instance is selected automatically, so click on Next .
We have installed the SQL server 2008 R2 service pack 2 successf ully. Click on Close .
SCOM web console requires ISAPI and CGI Restrictions in IIS to be enabled f or ASP.NET 4.0. Launch theServer Manager, click on Web Server (IIS), click on Internet Information Services. Now right click onISAPI and CGI Restrictions and click on Open Feature .
Right click on ASP.NET v4.0.3 and click on Allow. Under the Restriction column, you should see theASP.NET v4.0.3 as allowed.
Mount the Operations Manager 2012 SP1 DVD and on the start up screen click on Install.
We will install all the f eatures on this server, so select Management Point , Operations Console , WebConsole , Reporting Server. Click on Next .
We will leave the installation location to def ault and click on Next .
All the prerequisites have passed, so we can proceed with installation. Click on Next .
We will create a new management group and this server will be a part of this new management group.Provide a name to the management group and click on Next .
Operational Database – If you had created a named instance during the SQL server setup then providethe server name\instance to connect to the instance. Since we have setup the SQL server with def aultinstance, we have to just provide the server name, and database would be created by SCOM automatically.The name of the database created here is OperationsManager with a DB size of 1000MB. Click on Next .
Data Warehouse Database – f you had created a named instance during the SQL server setup thenprovide the server name\instance to connect to the instance. Since we have setup the SQL server withdef ault instance, we have to just provide the server name, and database would be created by SCOMautomatically. The name of the database created here is OperationsManagerDW with a DB size of1000MB. Click on Next .
Select the SQL server instance and click on Next .
Note – The SQL Server Agent service must be started, and the startup type must be set toautomatic.
Select Default Website f or Web Console and click on Next .
Select Mixed Authentication f or authentication to be used with Web console, click on Next .
Microsof t recommends to use a separate account to run each services, in this post we will use the sameaccount (PRAJWAL\scomadmin) to run all the services. Click on Next .
On the Installation Summary Page, click on Install.
Alright, we see that the Operations Manager 2012 SP1 setup is complete. Click on Close . We have installedthe SCOM 2012 SP1, the next step is to conf igure it and install scom agents on the computers. We shallsee this in the coming posts.
