A new version of the Virtual Server 2005 management pack for MOM 2005 has been released. Support for SQL 2005 reporting has been added.
This management pack will offer the following functionality to MOM 2005:
Virtual Server
- Monitors Virtual Server service availability
- Detects configuration errors
- Detects critical error conditions
- Provides a graphical mapping of virtual machines to their virtual machine hosts
Virtual Machines
- Monitors virtual machines’ health state based on status in Virtual Server, percentage of expected heartbeats, and unresolved errors
- Detects start and restoration failures
- Detects save failures
- Detects critical error conditions
- Monitors processor, memory, and disk utilization
Reports
- Identify good candidates for conversion to virtual machines based on specified memory and CPU requirements
- View performance history for a computer over a specified time period
- View a summary of virtual machine hosts and virtual machines
- View details for a virtual machine
- View CPU, memory, or disk usage for a virtual machine