Description of System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 support for Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Currently, it is not a supported scenario to run SQL Server 2008 together with System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1. Additionally, there is no planned support for scenarios where you run SQL Server 2008 together with the original release version of System Center Operations Manager 2007. For additional information, please visit https://support.microsoft.com/kb/958170