Virtual Server 2005 R2 MOM Management Pack Now Available...
Obviously, there's been a lot going on with Virtual Server 2005 R2 lately. In case you've been locked in a server room somewhere with no access to the outside world - IT'S FREE!!
Now, there's a VS 2005 R2 Management Pack for MOM that does all this and more:
Overview
This Management Pack provides monitoring and reporting for the following scenarios:
Virtual Server
• Monitors Virtual Server service availability
• Detects configuration errors
• Detects critical error conditions
• Provides a graphical mapping of virtual machines to their virtual machine hosts
Virtual Machines
• Monitors virtual machines’ health state based on status in Virtual Server, percentage of expected heartbeats, and unresolved errors
• Detects start and restoration failures
• Detects save failures
• Detects critical error conditions
• Monitors processor, memory, and disk utilization
Reports
• Identify good candidates for conversion to virtual machines based on specified memory and CPU requirements
• View performance history for a computer over a specified time period
• View a summary of virtual machine hosts and virtual machines
• View details for a virtual machine
• View CPU, memory, or disk usage for a virtual machine
