Joe, 1) SCE does take over for WSUS although you can still access the WSUS console from a SCE server for certain activities.
2) Yes there is a slimmed down OM agent that gets installed to managed clients during discovery. This agent does not apply to SNMP devices you choose to manage. 3) You can monitor anything SNMP related as well as all Windows services and many different applications that have MPs (management packs) written for them. There is an IIS MP and a SQL MP. There are also vendor specific MPs from Dell, HP and IBM for monitoring servers and their hardware. 4) The server MPs will show you whatever the particular vendor makes available, so it is hard to be specific. The basic Windows OS monitors will show things like HDDs that are almost full etc. 5) There is some basic network monitoring of network devices built into SCE via the SNMP monitors. And there are additional 3rd party Cisco MPs that you can use to get more specific info from your hardware. (Not sure about non-Cisco MPs at this point. If you think of any other questions feel free to let me know. Tim Microsoft MVP - SCOM/SCE 2007 From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 5:39 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Non-Open Source Network Monitoring Tools SCE looks pretty much on target. Couple of questions, if anyone knows the answers: 1) So SCE takes over for WSUS, is this correct? 2) Is there any agent installed on client machines during discovery? 3) What types of things can you monitor for the web monitoring/Db monitoring? 4) Will this product let me know if a HDD looks to be going bad in any of my machines, client and/or server? 5) Is there any bandwidth type monitoring available here, or should I stick with MRTG/PRTG for that? That's all I can think of off the top of my head, after watching their little video... Joe Heaton ________________________________ From: Tim Vander Kooi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 3:02 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Non-Open Source Network Monitoring Tools SCE 2007. ;-) Tim From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 10:31 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Non-Open Source Network Monitoring Tools OpsMgr 2007 Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com From: Joe Heaton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 11:14 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Non-Open Source Network Monitoring Tools Need some input on recommendations for a network monitoring package. Small network, less than 20 servers at our central site, a few HP/Cisco switches, and 3 servers in remote offices, going over a WAN link provided by our ISP. I'd like something that's going to give me server health, network health, possible troubleshooting tools, etc. Something that's going to be able to tell me before a hard drive actually fails, so I can proactively repair. Something that might tell me that I'm suffering from some broadcast storm on one of my switches, etc. Let me know if more info is needed to make a recommendation. Have to stay away from Open Source. Joe Heaton AISA Employment Training Panel 1100 J Street, 4th Floor Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 327-5276 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
