Do manually installed Agents failover?

Question

Hi, a very quick question that I can't find an answer for.
Does automatic failover work (once configured) for a SCOM agent that is manually installed?
I think they can't but would like confirmation.
Cheers

Answer 1

For SCOM 2012, all agents will automatic failover whether it is installed manually or not. you may also use the following powershell cmdlet to verify the auto failover of the agent
#Verify Failover for Agents reporting to MS1
 $Agents = Get-SCOMAgent | where {$_.PrimaryManagementServerName -eq 'MS1.DOMAIN.COM'}
 $Agents | sort | foreach {
 Write-Host "";
 "Agent :: " + $_.Name;
 "--Primary MS :: " + ($_.GetPrimaryManagementServer()).ComputerName;
 $failoverServers = $_.getFailoverManagementServers();
 foreach ($managementServer in $failoverServers) {
 "--Failover MS :: " + ($managementServer.ComputerName);
 Write-Host "";
Roger