January 2015 Added a section for the new version changes. December 2014 (2 updates) Added a section for the new version changes. August 2014 Added a section for the new version changes. October 2013 Added a section for the new version changes and updated “Supported Configurations” section. June 2013 Added a section for the new version changes. April 2013 Added a section for the new version changes. September 2012 Added a section for the new version changes. May 2012 Added a section for the new version changes. October 2011 Added a section for the new version changes. September 2011 Changed title from “Windows Server Operating System Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007” to “System Center Management Pack for the Windows Server Operating System”. References to the “Windows Server Operating System Management Pack” in the guide have not been changed. Added a section for the new version changes Added “Upgrading an Operating System: How to Prevent Discovery Problems” section. Added “Appendix: Windows Server 2008 Rules and Monitors Disabled by Default” Added note to the “Management Logical and Physical Disks” topic to emphasize that the values for both percentage free space and MB free space must fall below the respective thresholds for health state to change. Added list of rules to “Appendix: Reports”. March 2010 Added a section for the new version changes November 2009 Guide update only – no changes to management pack
In “Changes in This Update”, changed “Modified logical disk discovery to exclude mount points, because numerous rules use performance counters that are not applicable to mount points.” to “Modified logical disk discovery to exclude hidden mount points, because numerous rules use performance counters that are not applicable to mount points.” Removed statement that agents must be installed on all computers from “Before You Begin” section. Fixed introductory paragraph in “Management Total Processor Performance” section. September 2009 Added a section for the new version changes. Added information on the new “Logical Disk Fragmentation Level” monitor to the “Key Management Scenarios” section. Added “Management Software Installation Failures” topic to the “Optional Configuration” section. Added content to “Objects the Windows Server Operating System Management Pack Discovers” topic. Added update requirements to “Supported Configurations”. Removed “Appendix: Monitors and Overrides for Management Packs”. October 2008 Documented the changes for the October release (version 6.0.6321.3) of this management pack. Changed “June 2008” in the Revision History table to “July 2008” to match the actual release date of the previous version, and added a section for the new version changes. June 2008 Added multiple new topics
Due to incompatibility issues in monitoring logic, several Cluster Shared Volumes MP bugs remained in version 6.0.7310.0. These are now fixed in the current version (see the complete list of bugs below). To provide compatibility with the previous MP versions, all monitoring logic (structure of classes’ discovery) was reverted to the one present in version 6.0.7297.0. Fixed bug: disk free space monitoring issue on Quorum disks in failover clusters; the monitor was displayed as healthy, but actually it did not work and no performance data was collected. Fixed bug: logical disk discovery did not discover logical disk on non-clustered server with Failover Cluster Feature enabled. Fixed bug: Clustered Shared Volumes were being discovered twice - as a Clustered Shared Volume and as a logical disk; now they are discovered as Clustered Shared Volumes only. Fixed bug (partially): mount points were being discovered twice for cluster disks mounted to a folder - as a cluster disk and as a logical disk. See section for details. Fixed bug: Cluster Shared Volume objects were being discovered incorrectly when they had more than one partition (applied to discovery and monitoring): only one partition was discovered, while the monitoring data was discovered for all partitions available. The key field is changed, and now partitions are discovered correctly; see section for details. Fixed bug: physical CPUs are now discovered on Windows Server 2008 R2 platforms; logical CPUs are no longer discovered, see section for details. Fixed bug: Windows Server 2008 Max Concurrent API Monitor did not work on Windows Server 2008 platform. Now, it is supported on Windows Server platforms starting from Windows Server 2008 R2. Fixed bug: when network resource name contained more than 15 symbols, the last symbols of the name were cut off, which was resulting in cluster disks and Cluster Shared Volume discovery issues. Cluster disk monitors alert messages: alert title might be disorienting and was corrected. Several bugs located in Cluster Shared Volumes MP were fixed (see below); error handling migrated to common recommended scenario. Enabled Quorum monitoring via changing the monitoring logic. The monitoring logic is splitting for Nano Server (with usage of PowerShell) and all other operation systems. Fixed bug: disk free space monitoring issue on Quorum disks in failover clusters; the monitor was displayed as healthy, but actually it did not work and no performance data was collected.
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(Available MB) Memory History (Page Reads per Sec)  Memory History (Page Writes per Sec)  Memory History (Pages per Sec)  Operating System     Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.LogicalDisk.FreeSpace.Collection Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.LogicalDisk.AvgDiskSecPerRead.Collection Microsoft.Windows.Server.2008.LogicalDisk.AvgDiskSecPerWrite.Collection Paging File History  Collection Collection
Pool History (Paged Bytes)  Appendix: Windows Server 2008/2012 Rules and Monitors Disabled by Default The following table lists the rules and monitors for Windows Server 2008 that are disabled by default. Rule/monitor Why disabled When to enable Discover Windows CPUs This discovery is disabled based on customer feedback. A majority of our customers do not monitor Windows CPUs by default. Enable this discovery rule when CPUs need to be discovered and monitored. Discover Windows Disk Partitions This discovery is disabled based on customer feedback. A majority of our customers do not monitor Windows disk partitions by default. Enable this discovery rule when Windows disk partitions need to be discovered and monitored. Discover Network Adapters (Both Enabled and Disabled) There are two different discoveries for network adapters; Discover Network Adapters (Enabled) and Discover Network Adapters (Both Enabled and Disabled). Since they both discover enabled network adapters, both should not be enabled at the same time. Enable this discovery rule when disabled network adapters need to be discovered. Discover Windows Physical Disks This discovery is disabled based on customer feedback. A majority of our customers do not monitor Windows physical disks by default. Enable this discovery rule when Windows physical disks need to be discovered and monitored.
(Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 Network Adapter) Network Adapter Connection Health This monitor is disabled based on customer feedback. A majority of our customers do not monitor network adapter connection health by default. Enable this monitor if network adapter connection health monitoring is required. (Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 Network Adapter) Percent Bandwidth Used Read This monitor is disabled based on customer feedback. A majority of our customers do not monitor percent bandwidth used read performance information on network adapters by default. Enable this monitor if percent bandwidth used read performance monitoring is required. (Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 Network Adapter) Percent Bandwidth Used Write This monitor is disabled based on customer feedback. A majority of our customers do not monitor percent bandwidth used write performance information on network adapters by default. Enable this monitor if percent bandwidth used write performance monitoring is required. (Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 Operating System) Percentage of Committed Memory in Use This monitor is disabled based on customer feedback. A majority of our customers do not monitor percentage of committed memory in use performance information by default. Enable this monitor if percentage of committed memory in use performance monitoring is required. (Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 Operating System) Total DPC Time Percentage This monitor is disabled based on customer feedback. A majority of our customers do not monitor total DPC time percentage performance information by default. Enable this monitor if total DPC time percentage performance monitoring is required. (Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 Operating System) Total Percentage Interrupt Time This monitor is disabled based on customer feedback. A majority of our customers do not monitor total percentage interrupt time Enable this monitor if total percentage interrupt time performance monitoring is required.
performance information by default. (Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 Physical Disk) Average Physical Disk Seconds Per Read This monitor is disabled based on customer feedback. A majority of our customers do not monitor average physical disk seconds per read performance information on physical disks by default. Enable this monitor if average physical disk seconds per read performance monitoring is required. (Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 Physical Disk) Physical Disk Percent Idle Time This monitor is disabled based on customer feedback. A majority of our customers do not monitor physical disk percent idle time performance information on physical disks by default. Enable this monitor if physical disk percent idle time performance monitoring is required. (Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 Processor) CPU DPC Time Percentage This monitor is disabled based on customer feedback. A majority of our customers do not monitor CPU DPC time percentage performance information on CPUs by default. Enable this monitor if CPU DPC time percentage performance monitoring is required. (Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008 Processor) CPU Percentage Interrupt Time This monitor is disabled based on customer feedback. A majority of our customers do not monitor CPU percentage interrupt time performance information on CPUs by default. Enable this monitor if CPU percentage interrupt time performance monitoring is required. rule for the Average Disk Queue Length 2008 and 2012 This collection rule is disabled based on customer feedback. Most of our customers do not collect the average disk queue length performance information by default. Enable this collection rule if average disk queue length performance collection is required.
rule for Average Disk Seconds Per Read 2008 and 2012 This collection rule is disabled based on customer feedback. Most of our customers do not collect the average disk seconds per read performance information by default. Enable this collection rule if average disk seconds per read performance collection is required. Collection rule for Average Disk Seconds Per Write 2008 and 2012 This collection rule is disabled based on customer feedback. Most of our customers do not collect the average disk seconds per write performance information by default. Enable this collection rule if average disk seconds per write performance collection is required. Collection rule for Disk Bytes Per Second 2008 and 2012 This collection rule is disabled based on customer feedback. Most of our customers do not collect the disk bytes per second performance information by default. Enable this collection rule if disk bytes per second performance collection is required. Collection rule for Disk Reads Per Second 2008 and 2012 This collection rule is disabled based on customer feedback. Most of our customers do not collect the disk reads per second performance information by default. Enable this collection rule if disk reads per second performance collection is required. Collection rule for Disk Writes Per Second 2008 and 2012 This collection rule is disabled based on customer feedback. Most of our customers do not collect the disk writes per second performance information by default. Enable this collection rule if disk writes per second performance collection is required. Disk Read Bytes Per Second 2008 and 2012 (Logical Disk) This collection rule is disabled based on customer feedback. Most of our customers do not collect the disk read bytes per second performance information on logical disks by default. Enable this collection rule if disk read bytes per second performance collection is required.
Memory % Committed Bytes in Use 2008 and 2012 This collection rule is disabled based on customer feedback. Most of our customers do not collect the memory % committed bytes in use performance information by default. Enable this collection rule if memory % committed bytes in use performance collection is required. Page File Percentage Use 2008 and 2012 This collection rule is disabled based on customer feedback. Most of our customers do not collect the page file percentage use performance information by default. Enable this collection rule if page file percentage use performance collection is required. A Service or Driver Failed to Start This alert rule is disabled based on customer feedback. A majority of our customers do not alert on a generic failure such as “A Service or Driver Failed to Start” by default. Enable this alert rule if a generic failure such as “A Service or Driver Failed to Start” monitoring is required. A Service Terminated Unexpectedly This alert rule is disabled based on customer feedback. A majority of our customers do not alert on a generic failure such as “A Service Terminated Unexpectedly” by default. Enable this alert rule if a generic failure such as “A Service Terminated Unexpectedly” monitoring is required. A Share Configuration is Invalid This alert rule is disabled based on customer feedback. A majority of our customers do not alert on a generic failure such as “A Share Configuration is Invalid” by default. Enable this alert rule if a generic failure such as “A Share Configuration is Invalid” monitoring is required. A Software Update Installation Failed This alert rule is disabled based on customer feedback. A majority of our customers do not alert on a generic failure such as “A Software Enable this alert rule if a generic failure such as “A Software Update Installation Failed” monitoring is required.
second performance information by default. Pages Input Per Second This collection rule is disabled based on customer feedback. Most of our customers do not collect the pages input per second performance information by default. Enable this collection rule if pages input per second performance collection is required. Commit Limit This collection rule is disabled based on customer feedback. Most of our customers do not collect the commit limit performance information by default. Enable this collection rule if commit limit performance collection is required. Pool Paged Resident Bytes This collection rule is disabled based on customer feedback. Most of our customers do not collect the pool paged resident bytes performance information by default. Enable this collection rule if pool paged resident bytes performance collection is required. System Cache Resident Bytes This collection rule is disabled based on customer feedback. Most of our customers do not collect the system cache resident bytes performance information by default. Enable this collection rule if system cache resident bytes performance collection is required. Cache Data Map Hits Percent This collection rule is disabled based on customer feedback. Most of our customers do not collect the cache data map hits percent performance information by default. Enable this collection rule if cache data map hits percent performance collection is required. Physical Disk Average Disk Queue Length 2008 and 2012 This collection rule is disabled based on customer feedback. Most of our customers do not collect the physical disk average disk queue length Enable this collection rule if physical disk average disk queue length performance collection is required.
time performance information by default. Disk Read Bytes Per Second 2008 and 2012 (Physical Disk) This collection rule is disabled based on customer feedback. Most of our customers do not collect the disk read bytes per second performance information by default. Enable this collection rule if disk read bytes per second performance collection is required. Physical Disk Write Bytes Per Second 2008 and 2012 This collection rule is disabled based on customer feedback. Most of our customers do not collect the physical disk write bytes per second performance information by default. Enable this collection rule if physical disk write bytes per second performance collection is required. Average Physical Disk Read Queue Length 2008 and 2012 This collection rule is disabled based on customer feedback. Most of our customers do not collect the average physical disk read queue length performance information by default. Enable this collection rule if average physical disk read queue length performance collection is required. Average Disk Write Queue Length 2008 and 2012 (Physical Disk) This collection rule is disabled based on customer feedback. Most of our customers do not collect the average disk write queue length performance information by default. Enable this collection rule if average disk write queue length performance collection is required. Physical Disk Split I/O Per Second 2008 and 2012 This collection rule is disabled based on customer feedback. Most of our customers do not collect the physical disk split I/O per second performance information by default. Enable this collection rule if physical disk split I/O per second performance collection is required. Processor % DPC Time 2008 and 2012 This collection rule is disabled based on customer feedback. Most of our customers do not collect the processor % DPC Enable this collection rule if processor % DPC time performance collection is required.