DFS File System Management pack for Windows 2012 R2/2008/2003 - Step by Step Install

DFS File System Management pack for Windows 2012 R2/2008/2003

• File system is one of the biggest thing in any company.
• And Monitoring Distributed File System is one great Challenge.
• Microsoft has given a Management pack to Monitor the File system on Windows 20012 R2,2008 R2 and 2003.
• You can download the MP from here-->Click here
• The File Services management pack retrieves events and other health information generated by the services that make up the File Services role. Some of the role service management packs included in the File Services Management Pack also track important operational parameters such as the use of the Distributed File System (DFS) Replication staging area and the number of replication conflicts generated.
  In addition to the overall File Services role, this management pack monitors the following role services:
  • DFS Namespaces
  • DFS Replication
  • File Server (the Server service for SMB file sharing)
  • File Server Resource Manager (the service used for File Server Resource Manager and File Classification Infrastructure)
  • Services for Network File System 
• Following are the supported OS

• Monitored Computer	Support
  Windows Server 2012	Supported
  Windows Server 2008 R2	Supported
  Windows Server 2008	Supported
  Windows Server 2003	Supported
  Windows 8	Supported

• Importing the MP is straight forward.Just Download all the MP's from above link.
• Open SCOM console go to Administration --> Management Pack--> Right Click and select Import Managemet Pack.
• Select from Disk Option and the select all the MP's that are Downloaded.
• Please note that you have to remove older vesriosn of DFSS Replication management packs prior to installing the NEW DFS Replication management pack.