<s>
System	B-General_Concept
Center	I-General_Concept
Operations	I-General_Concept
Manager	I-General_Concept
(	O
SCOM	B-General_Concept
)	O
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	O
data	B-Operating_System
center	I-Operating_System
monitoring	O
system	O
for	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
and	O
hypervisors	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
works	O
with	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
Server	O
and	O
Unix-based	O
hosts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mission	O
Critical	O
Software	O
merged	O
with	O
NetIQ	B-Application
in	O
early	O
2000	O
,	O
and	O
sold	O
the	O
rights	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
in	O
October	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
renamed	O
into	O
Microsoft	B-General_Concept
Operations	I-General_Concept
Manager	I-General_Concept
(	O
MOM	O
)	O
-	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
next	O
version	O
of	O
MOM	O
:	O
It	O
was	O
called	O
Microsoft	B-General_Concept
Operations	I-General_Concept
Manager	I-General_Concept
2005	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Service	O
Pack	O
1	O
for	O
MOM	B-General_Concept
2005	I-General_Concept
was	O
released	O
in	O
July	O
2005	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	O
2003	O
Service	O
Pack	O
1	O
and	O
SQL	B-Language
Server	O
2000	O
Service	O
Pack	O
4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
required	O
to	O
support	O
SQL	B-Language
Server	O
2005	O
for	O
the	O
operational	O
and	O
reporting	O
database	O
components	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
renamed	O
the	O
product	O
System	B-General_Concept
Center	I-General_Concept
Operations	I-General_Concept
Manager	I-General_Concept
and	O
released	O
System	B-General_Concept
Center	I-General_Concept
Operations	I-General_Concept
Manager	I-General_Concept
2007	O
in	O
March	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	B-General_Concept
Center	I-General_Concept
Operations	I-General_Concept
Manager	I-General_Concept
2007	O
was	O
designed	O
from	O
a	O
fresh	O
code	O
base	O
,	O
and	O
although	O
sharing	O
similarities	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-General_Concept
Operations	I-General_Concept
Manager	I-General_Concept
,	O
is	O
not	O
an	O
upgrade	O
from	O
the	O
previous	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2009	O
System	B-General_Concept
Center	I-General_Concept
Operations	I-General_Concept
Manager	I-General_Concept
2007	O
had	O
a	O
so-called	O
“	O
R2	O
”	O
release	O
-	O
the	O
general	O
enhancement	O
was	O
cross	O
platform	O
support	O
for	O
UNIX	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
publishing	O
individual	O
service	O
packs	O
,	O
bug	O
fixes	O
to	O
the	O
product	O
after	O
System	B-General_Concept
Center	I-General_Concept
Operations	I-General_Concept
Manager	I-General_Concept
2007	O
R2	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
so-called	O
cumulative	O
updates	O
(	O
CUs	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
basic	O
idea	O
is	O
to	O
place	O
a	O
piece	O
of	O
software	O
,	O
an	O
agent	B-General_Concept
,	O
on	O
the	O
computer	O
to	O
be	O
monitored	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
agent	B-General_Concept
watches	O
several	O
sources	O
on	O
that	O
computer	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Windows	O
Event	O
Log	O
,	O
for	O
specific	O
events	O
or	O
alerts	O
generated	O
by	O
the	O
applications	O
executing	O
on	O
the	O
monitored	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
alert	O
occurrence	O
and	O
detection	O
,	O
the	O
agent	B-General_Concept
forwards	O
the	O
alert	O
to	O
a	O
central	O
SCOM	B-General_Concept
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
SCOM	B-General_Concept
server	O
application	O
maintains	O
a	O
database	O
that	O
includes	O
a	O
history	O
of	O
alerts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SCOM	B-General_Concept
server	O
applies	O
filtering	O
rules	O
to	O
alerts	O
as	O
they	O
arrive	O
;	O
a	O
rule	O
can	O
trigger	O
some	O
notification	O
to	O
a	O
human	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
an	O
e-mail	O
or	O
a	O
pager	B-Application
message	O
,	O
generate	O
a	O
network	O
support	B-Application
ticket	I-Application
,	O
or	O
trigger	O
some	O
other	O
workflow	O
intended	O
to	O
correct	O
the	O
cause	O
of	O
the	O
alert	O
in	O
an	O
appropriate	O
manner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SCOM	B-General_Concept
uses	O
the	O
term	O
management	O
pack	O
to	O
refer	O
to	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
filtering	O
rules	O
specific	O
to	O
some	O
monitored	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
other	O
software	O
vendors	O
make	O
management	O
packages	O
available	O
for	O
their	O
products	O
,	O
SCOM	B-General_Concept
also	O
provides	O
for	O
authoring	O
custom	O
management	O
packs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
SCOM	B-General_Concept
servers	O
can	O
be	O
aggregated	O
together	O
to	O
monitor	O
multiple	O
networks	O
across	O
logical	O
Windows	B-General_Concept
domain	I-General_Concept
and	O
physical	O
network	O
boundaries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rather	O
,	O
a	O
direct	O
TCP	O
connection	O
is	O
used	O
,	O
making	O
use	O
of	O
port	B-Protocol
5723	O
for	O
these	O
communications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
monitor	O
servers	O
which	O
are	O
running	O
at	O
Microsofts	O
Cloud	O
Infrastructure	O
Azure	B-Application
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
enable	O
Log	O
Analytics	O
Data	O
Sources	O
which	O
are	O
collecting	O
and	O
sending	O
their	O
data	O
to	O
on	O
premises	O
SCOM	B-General_Concept
Management	O
Servers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2020	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
the	O
plan	O
to	O
make	O
SCOM	B-General_Concept
a	O
fully	O
cloud	O
managed	O
Instance	O
at	O
their	O
Azure	B-Application
Environment	O
,	O
Codename	O
was	O
"	O
Aquila	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Operations	O
Manager	O
2007	O
the	O
product	O
includes	O
an	O
extensible	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
interface	I-Application
called	O
The	O
Command	O
Shell	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
customized	O
instance	O
of	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
PowerShell	I-Application
that	O
provides	O
interactive	O
and	O
script-based	O
access	O
to	O
Operations	O
Manager	O
data	O
and	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SCOM	B-General_Concept
can	O
be	O
extended	O
by	O
importing	O
management	O
packs	O
(	O
MPs	O
)	O
which	O
define	O
how	O
SCOM	B-General_Concept
monitors	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
default	O
,	O
SCOM	B-General_Concept
only	O
monitors	O
basic	O
OS-related	O
services	O
,	O
but	O
new	O
MPs	O
can	O
be	O
imported	O
to	O
monitor	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
SQL	B-Language
servers	I-Language
,	O
SharePoint	B-Protocol
,	O
Apache	B-Application
,	O
Tomcat	B-Language
,	O
VMware	O
and	O
SUSE	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whilst	O
a	O
fair	O
amount	O
of	O
IT	B-Application
infrastructure	I-Application
is	O
monitored	O
using	O
currently	O
available	O
MPs	O
,	O
new	O
MPs	O
can	O
be	O
created	O
by	O
end-users	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
monitor	O
what	O
is	O
not	O
already	O
covered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Management	O
Pack	O
creation	O
is	O
possible	O
with	O
the	O
System	B-General_Concept
Center	I-General_Concept
Operations	I-General_Concept
Manager	I-General_Concept
2007	O
R2	O
Resource	O
Kit	O
,	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
with	O
Authoring	O
Extensions	O
and	O
Visio	O
MP	O
Designer	O
.	O
</s>
