Managing Discovery and Agents

 

Updated: May 13, 2016

Applies To: System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 - Operations Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 - Operations Manager

System Center 2012 – Operations Manager can monitor computers running Windows, UNIX, and Linux operating systems. For a list of the supported operating system versions, see Supported Configurations.

To begin monitoring, computers must be discovered. For a description of the discovery process, see “How Objects Are Discovered and Monitored” in Key Concepts.

Comprehensive monitoring requires that an agent be installed on the discovered computer. This section explains how to discover computers, install agents on discovered computers, and configure agents. It also provides instructions for uninstalling agents. For information about monitoring computers without installing an agent, see Agentless Monitoring in Operations Manager and Client Monitoring Using Agentless Exception Monitoring in Operations Manager.

Note

For problems with discovery, see Troubleshooting Discovery in Operations Manager.

Managing Discovery and Agents topics

• Operations Manager Agent Installation Methods

• Install Agent on Windows Using the Discovery Wizard

• Install Agent on UNIX and Linux Using the Discovery Wizard

• Install Agent Using the MOMAgent.msi Setup Wizard

• Install Agent Using the Command Line

• Install Agent and Certificate on UNIX and Linux Computers Using the Command Line

• Managing Certificates for UNIX and Linux Computers

• Process Manual Agent Installations

• Applying Overrides to Object Discoveries

• Configuring Agents

• Examples of Using MOMAgent Command to Manage Agents

• Upgrading and Uninstalling Agents on UNIX and Linux Computers

• Upgrading Agents on UNIX and Linux Computers Using the Command Line

• Manually Uninstalling Agents from UNIX and Linux Computers

• Uninstall Agent from Windows-based Computers

Other resources for this component

• TechNet Library main page for Operations Manager

• Operations Guide for System Center 2012 - Operations Manager

• How to Discover Network Devices in Operations Manager

• Managing Access in Operations Manager

• Operations Manager Monitoring Scenarios

• Getting Information from Operations Manager

• General Tasks in Operations Manager

• Maintenance of Operations Manager