System Requirements: Monitoring and Reporting in System Center 2012 and in System Center 2012 SP1
Updated: May 13, 2016
Applies To: System Center 2012 SP1 - Virtual Machine Manager, System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager
Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) can monitor the health and performance of virtual machines and their hosts. To do so, VMM integrates with Operations Manager and enables Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO). VMM also provides the capability to use the reporting functionality of Operations Manager. To use the forecasting reports, SQL Server Analysis Services must be installed on the Operations Manager reporting server.
VMM supports the following versions of Operations Manager:
| VMM Version | Supported Operations Manager Version |
|---|---|
| System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager | - Operations Manager 2007 R2 - System Center 2012 – Operations Manager |
| VMM in System Center 2012 SP1 | Operations Manager in System Center 2012 SP1 |
| VMM in System Center 2012 R2 | Operations Manager in System Center 2012 R2 |
Additional requirements:
The version of Analysis Services must be SQL Server Analysis Services 2008 SP2 or higher.
The version of the Operations Manager operations console that is installed on the VMM management server must match the version of Operations Manager with which you intend to integrate.
The version of the Operations Manager agent should be supported by the respective version of Operations Manager.
For more information, see Configuring Operations Manager Integration with VMM.