The FIRST step is to create a Unix/Linux Monitoring Resource pool. This restart is required to allow each MS to deploy the agent files locally.Ĭreate a resource pool for monitoring Unix/Linux servers ***NOTE: You will need to restart the Microsoft Monitoring Agent service on all Management Servers that will monitor Linux systems, after importing these management packs, before continuing. 0 which was from the SCOM 2016 UR2 timeframe. The * LATEST* version of these MP’s ( and the ones you should be using) are located for download at:ĭownload those, and then import any relevant updated libraries. Once these above are imported – THEN we can update to the most current ones available for those MP’s that have updates: Here is an example of the MP’s I will import, which is all the important core libraries, and includes Red Hat, SUSE, and Universal Linux (CentOS, Debian, Oracle, Ubuntu) Import the specific ones for the Unix or Linux Operating systems that you plan to monitor.Īdditionally, there is a download location for Unix/Linux MP’s which have been *UPDATED*, however, the updated MP’s do not contain all Unix/Linux packs, so you should always START by importing the relevant management packs from the SCOM 2016 Media. These are on the installation media, in the \ManagementPacks directory. The core Unix/Linux libraries are already imported when you install OpsMgr 2016, but not the detailed MP’s for each OS version.