Microsoft has released the following System Center 2012 Management Packs: System Center 2012 Management Pack for Network Load Balancing, System Center Management Pack for Windows Server 2012 Cluster, System Center 2012 Management Pack for Windows Deployment Services, and System Center 2012 Management Pack for Microsoft Windows Server File & iSCSI Services 2012



System Center 2012 Management Pack for Network Load Balancing

The Windows Server Network Load Balancing (NLB) Management Pack provides discoveries, monitors, alerts, and warnings to help the operator understand the state of NLB clusters and NLB servers running Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012. The Windows Server NLB Management Pack can provide early warnings that an operator can use to proactively monitor the state of the NLB servers in the computing environment.

Feature Summary

Monitor the NLB Node status.
Based on the status of individual cluster nodes, determine the overall state of the cluster.
Where an integration management pack exists, determine the health state of a cluster node by looking at the health state of the load balanced application, such as IIS.
Alert on errors and warnings that are reported by the NLB driver, such as an incorrectly configured NLB cluster.
Take the node out of the NLB cluster if the underlying load-balanced application becomes unhealthy, and add the node back to the cluster when the application becomes healthy again.

Release History

4/27/2009 - Initial release of the English version, version 6.0.6573.0
10/22/2009 - Updated release, version 6.0.6726.0, with added support for Windows 2008 R2. Please see the Management Pack Guide for details.
2/27/2013 - Updated release, version 7.0.8560.0, with added support for Windows Server 2012. Please see the Management Pack Guide for details.

System Center 2012 Management Pack for Network Load Balancing

System Center Management Pack for Windows Server 2012 Cluster

The Windows Server Failover Cluster Management Pack provides both proactive and reactive monitoring of your Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012 failover cluster deployments.

Feature Summary
Some of the conditions monitored by this management pack are as follows:

Configuration or hardware issues that interfere with starting the Cluster service
Connectivity problems that affect communication between cluster nodes or between a node and a domain controller
Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) settings that affect the cluster; for example, permissions needed by the computer account that is used by the cluster
Configuration issues with the network infrastructure needed by the cluster; for example, issues with Domain Name System (DNS)
Issues with the availability of a cluster resource, such as a clustered file share
Issues with the cluster storage

Release History:

3/6/2008 - Version 6.0.6277.0 - Original English release
4/2/2008 - Version 6.0.6277.1 - Updated version, see MP guide for details
2/12/2009 - Version 6.0.6505.0 - Introduced support for Windows Server 2008 clusters and addressed some issues from the previous release.
4/9/2009 – Version 6.0.6568.0 – Updated Management Pack and Management Pack Guide. Please refer to the Management Pack Guide for details.
10/21/2009 - Version 6.0.6720.0 – Added support for Windows Server 2008 R2 and addressed some issues from the previous release. Please refer to the Management Pack Guide for details.
2/27/2013 - Version 7.0.8560.0 – Added support for Windows Server 2012. Please refer to the Management Pack Guide for details.

System Center Management Pack for Windows Server 2012 Cluster

System Center 2012 Management Pack for Windows Deployment Services

The Windows Deployment Services Management Pack includes monitors, rules, views, tasks and knowledge for the monitoring of your Windows Deployment Services infrastructure for Windows Server 2012.

Feature Summary

Windows Server 2012 Support
Service Health Monitoring
State and Alert Views
Performance Monitoring
Alert Knowledge Base Information

Release History

2/27/2013 - Initial English release, version 7.0.8560.0

System Center 2012 Management Pack for Windows Deployment Services

System Center 2012 Management Pack for Microsoft Windows Server File & iSCSI Services 2012

System Center 2012 Management Pack for Microsoft Windows Server File & iSCSI Services 2012. This version of Management Pack for File Server 2012 includes the following changes:

DeDuplication – Stay current
FSRM
Support for clustered namespaces
Support for clustered replication group members
Agentless monitoring
More detailed product knowledge
Support for clustered replication group members
Agentless monitoring
iSCSI – iSCSI Target is built inbox first time in Server 2012. This is the first version integrated with File Server.
NFS – Stay current.
SMB – New

Release History

10/11/2012 - Original release, version 7.0.8560.0

System Center 2012 Management Pack for Microsoft Windows Server File & iSCSI Services 2012