Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 Management Pack Readme

The Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 Management Pack monitors the health of Identity Integration Server on computers that are running Identity Integration Server 2003 to improve the availability, performance, and security of your Identity Integration Server deployment.

This readme describes how to install the Identity Integration Server Management Pack in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007. For more information about the Identity Integration Server Management Pack and how to use it, see the 2005 Microsoft Identity Integration Server Management Pack Guide at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=89240.

Before You Import the Identity Integration Server Management Pack

Before you import the Identity Integration Server Management Pack, you must install the updated Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Backward Compatibility Management Pack, 6.0.5000.12. You can download the Backward Compatibility Management Pack at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=89473.

Note

If you do not install the updated Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Backward Compatibility Management Pack before you install the Identity Integration Server Management Pack, your installation of the Identity Integration Server Management Pack will fail.

Supported Applications

The Identity Integration Server Management Pack monitors computers that are running Microsoft Identity Integration Server 2003 to function optimally, your computers must meet the following requirements:

• Each system running Identity Integration Server must be managed by System Center Operations Manager 2007.

Note

You can run only one localized version of a converted Management Pack at a time. To use a version of the Management Pack for a different language, uninstall the Management Pack, and then install the version of the Management Pack for the language that you want.

How to Import the Identity Integration Server Management Pack

Download the latest Identity Integration Server Management Pack files from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=82105. By default, the installer places the Identity Integration Server Management Pack in its own folder in the following directory: C:\Program Files\System Center Management Packs.

The contents of the Identity Integration Server Management Pack are as follows:

File Name

Description

Microsoft.IdentityIntegrationServer.mp

Required for discovering and monitoring Identity Integration Server servers.

After you download the Identity Integration Server Management Pack, import it into System Center Operations Manager 2007.

To import the Identity Integration Server Management Pack

1.     In the Operations Console, on the Go menu, click Administration.

2.     In the navigation pane, expand Administration.

3.     Right-click Management Packs, click Import Management Packs, select Microsoft.IdentityIntegrationServer (Converted), and then click Open.

4.     Follow the instructions in the wizard.

For more information, see "How to Import Management Packs in Operations Manager 2007" in System Center Operations Manager 2007 Help.

Optional Configuration

After you import the Identity Integration Server Management Pack, it begins to discover and monitor computers without additional configuration. You can, however, configure the Identity Integration Server Management Pack for your environment and your preferences. For example, some of the monitors or rules are disabled by default, and you can turn them on if you want to. Or, if the performance-measuring rules that are enabled by default degrade performance on your servers with slow WAN links, you can turn them off.

To enable a monitor

1.     In the Operations Console, on the Go menu, click Authoring.

2.     In the navigation pane, expand Management Pack Objects, and then click Monitors.

3.     In the Monitors list, expand the target that you want until the monitor appears.

4.     Right-click the monitor that you want, point to Overrides, point to Override the Monitor, and then click For all objects of type: <type of object>.

5.     Under Override-controlled parameters, in the Override column, select the Enabled check box.

6.     In the Override Setting column, in the drop-down menu, click True, and then click OK.

To enable a rule

1.     In the Operations Console, on the Go menu, click Authoring.

2.     In the navigation pane, expand Management Pack Objects, and then click Rules.

Note

To show rules for the Identity Integration Server Management Pack only, on the toolbar, click Scope, and then under Target, select the check boxes for the Identity Integration Server components.

3.     Under Rules, right-click the rule that you want to turn on, point to Overrides, point to Override the Rule, and then click For all objects of type: <type of object>.

4.     Under Override-controlled parameters, in the Override column, select the Enabled check box.

5.     In the Override Setting column, in the drop-down menu, click True, and then click OK.

To disable a rule

1.     In the Operations Console, on the Go menu, click Authoring.

2.     In the navigation pane, expand Management Pack Objects, and then click Rules.

Note

To show rules for the Identity Integration Server Management Pack only, on the toolbar, click Scope, and then under Target, select the check boxes for the Identity Integration Server components.

3.     Under Rules, right-click the rule that you want to turn off, point to Overrides, point to Disable the Rule, and then click For all objects of type: <type of object>.

For more information about the optional configurations for different monitoring scenarios, see the 2005 Microsoft Identity Integration Server Management Pack Guide at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=89240.