Gateway server and Management server in SCOM 2012

What are the main Different between Gateway server and Management server in SCOM 2012?
I have referred this , is there anything ?
http://blogs.technet.com/b/momteam/archive/2008/02/19/10-reasons-to-use-a-gateway-server.aspx

1) Management server can write data , gathered from agent, directly into operations manager database. Gateway server should forward data, collected from managed agent to management server.
2) In a unturst environment for example workgroup or untrust domain, and you do not want to deploy a certificate to every monitored agent, you should deploy gateway server rather than managment server.
Roger

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Windows client monitoring Management packs for SCOM 2012

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SCOM Gateway Server Upgrade from 2012 SP1 to R2

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I am upgrading our SCOM environment from 2012 SP1 to R2. But unable to upgrade the Gateway Server. The installation of R2 setup stops with error message: "The operation manager gateway can't be installed on a computer on which the Operation Manager
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Hi,
Have you followed the steps below to upgrade a gateway server:
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On the Operations Manager media, run Setup.exe.
In the Optional Installations area, click Gateway management server.
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Next.
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Upgrade.
On the Completing the System Center 2012 - Operations Manager Gateway Setup wizard page, click
Finish.
You may check below directory:
C:\Program Files\System Center 2012\Operations Manager
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Getting Error code -2130771961 while Discovering Cross platform server from SCOM 2012 r2.

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Hi Pandit,
Have you tried restarting the SCOM service on the management server that you are performing the discovery on? Refer below articles for more information.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/4966.troubleshooting-unixlinux-agent-discovery-in-system-center-2012-operations-manager.aspx
http://www.systemcentercentral.com/forums-archive/topic/scom-2012-r2-discovery-was-not-succesful-for-solaris/
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Logical Disk space on a virtual Computer (not a Server) in SCOM 2012

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a virtual workstation, as opposed to a real computer.   Since it's virtual, it's really online all the time.    Whether its right or wrong, they are using this virtual workstation sort of as a server. Anyway, they want me to
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Static Thresholds, Single Threshold. Then how can I direct the monitor at the C drive on the computer? I have to fill in the Object, Counter and Instanace. Normally I would click on the
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do so, it says "The network path was not found". If I click on the
... button next to the Computer field, it brings me to a Select Computer screen. In here, I am type in the computer name and then I click
Check Name and it does appear to find it, and it underlines the computer's name.    So I then click
OK to bring me back to the previous screen where it presents me with the same "The network path was not found" error immediately. So I can't seem to navigate to the computer in SCOM and select the C drive, as I would be able
to for a server.
I tried to sort of force it in, instead of browsing for the computer and selecting the C drive. I simply put
LogicalDisk in for the Object then Free Megabytes for the Counter, then
C: for the Instance (as shown in the attached screen print.
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Gateway Server in SCOM

Hi experts,
I need your advice on the below point
* It is recommended to keep Management server in the same datacenter. But in case if we got another datacenter with less network bandwidth, can we place GATEWAY server there though its a trusted zone. Please clarify.
Regards, Pratap

Hello Pratap,
If you need a gateway server, then it has to be in the another DataCenter and the agents in that same datacenter will point to the Gateway Server. The best part about this will be you do not need to install certificates on each server in that second data
center. All you need to do is configure certificates on the Gateway Server and the Management Server, where the Gateway Server will be pointing to.
And Since Bandwidth is an issue, if the agents from different datacenter point to the MS (in another DC) directly, then it will take up a lot of bandwidth for each agent however, if the communication is only between the Gateway Server and MS then that should
utilize less bandwidth.
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I have exchange 2013 and 2010 in my environment , Iwant monitor both in SCOM 2012,
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SCOM Gateway Server Issue

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I am having an issue related with my LAB Gateway server with SCOM 2012 SP1
I am having 2 Management server and 3 gateway server in my LAB. Now I am trying to install a new Gateway server. But its not showing in Management server list. Its showing as a SCOM Client. have any one faced this issue or any idea.
Your earlier response is appreciated.

Hi,
Whether the gateway server is listed under pending management, if it is, try to remove it from here before running the approval.
Please also go through the below similar thread for more details:
SCOM 2012 R2 Gateway installation error and no System Center Management server after install
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/ce6d0a73-c31d-4c26-85d4-d3cce35d48c3/scom-2012-r2-gateway-installation-error-and-no-system-center-management-server-after-install?forum=operationsmanagerdeployment
Please follow the below steps:
1) Validate that the gateway server can ping the Management Server that it will need to communicate with and can telnet to port 5723. Also validate that the OpsMgr Management Server can ping the Gateway server. If traffic doesn’t route between these systems,
or they cannot resolve each others names, or they cannot communicate on port 5723 the Gateway will not function.
2) Install the gateway server from the OpsMgr media (Gateway management server).
When installing, choose the Management Server that we have determined will be the primary Management Server for gateway servers in the environment and configure the gateway to run as local system.
3) Next if required in the OpsMgr console we delete the agent from pending management if it appears in that view.
4) Perform the approval of the gateway by transferring the Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.GatewayApprovalTool.exe from the installation media to the appropriate path to run it from (c:\program files\System Center Operations Manager 2012\Server is the default
location)
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Difference between Scom 2007 and Scom 2012 Gateway server setup.

Hi All,
Greetings!!
I would like to know the differences for gateway server setup in Scom 2007 and 2012 versions..
Are there any changes in the data collection or in the configuration? and also the prerequisites for it.
Please let me know these info..
Regards,
Gokul

There is no great different in settng up gateway server in SCOM 2007 R2 and SCOM 2012. As summary, it requires
1.Request certificates.
2. Import those certificates into the target computers by using the MOMCertImport.exe tool.
3. Distribute the Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.GatewayApprovalTool.exe to the management server.
4. Run the Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.GatewayApprovalTool.exe tool to initiate communication between the management server and the gateway
5. Install the gateway server.
However, the prerequisites has different between SCOM 2007 R2 and SCOM 2012
SCOM 2007 R2 gateway server support folloiwng OS
Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition with Service Pack 1 (SP1)
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Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition with SP1 or SP2
Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition with SP1 or SP2
Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition with SP1 or SP2
Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition with SP1 or SP2
Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition with SP1 or SP2
Windows Server 2008 Standard 32-Bit with SP1 or SP2
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Windows Server 2008 Enterprise 32-Bit with SP1 or SP2
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Memory: 2 GB of RAM or more
available Space: 20 GB of available hard disk space
NET Framework 2.0
Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) 6.0
SCOM 2012 Gateway server
Disk space: %SYSTEMDRIVE% requires at least 1024 MB free hard disk space.
Server Operating System: must be Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 Core Installation or Windows Server® 2012 R2.
Processor Architecture: must be x64.
Windows PowerShell version: Windows PowerShell version 2.0, or Windows PowerShell version 3.0.
Microsoft Core XML Services (MSXML) version: Microsoft Core XML Services 6.0 is required for the management server.
.NET Framework 4 is required if the Gateway server manages UNIX/Linux agents or network devices.
Roger

Operations Manager Failed to Access the Windows Event Log and management server is showing warning state

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I am monitoring AD server from SCOM 2012 R2. My management server goes into waning state. When i run Health explorer then it come back in the healthy state but after some time it again goes into warning state. After seeing alert i found that a alert is coming
again and again i.e. Operations Manager Failed to Access the Windows Event Log.The description of alert is mention below
The Windows Event Log Provider is still unable to open the DhcpAdminEvents event log on computer 'nc2vws12ad5.corp.nathcorp.com'.
The Provider has been unable to open the DhcpAdminEvents event log for 64080 seconds.
Most recent error details: The RPC server is unavailable.
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As i mentioned earlier the Alert resolution says the same points.
Can you give details on the below ?
Is there really a log named "Dhcpadminevents" in the MS's Event viewer ?
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this agent server under Add Group or Add Object.
I tried reconfigure the SCOM agent on this server and still no luck.
Could some one pls assist me to resolve this issue.
Here the Management server is SCOM 2012.
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Regards, Rajeev Parambil

Hi Yan Li,
Thanks for your reply.
Even I tried to do the same. No luck. Am attaching the same snif here for ref.
But at the same time I can see the different counter & its output details under "performance view".
refer the below snip.
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Limitations of SCOM 2012 Singel server environment

Hi All,
We are monitoring Hyper-v(25) and Lync server in SCOM 2012, Lync servers(12) are deployed in different domain and monitoring via GW. Rest of the components like Management server, DB, DW and SSRS are hosted in a single server.
Currently we are monitoring around 38 agents in our environment, I just want to know what is the limitation of agent count?
As per MS recommedation, we can monitor maximum 3000 agents per Management server. But for the below configuration , how many agents we can monitor?
Server Hardware Configuration is below..
Intel Xenon(R) CPU
24 GB RAM & 20 GB Paging file
Note - Currently Server is consuming 80% of physical memory.
Thanks in advance.
Regards
Karthick M

As you have MS, OpsDB, OpsDWH, SSRS - all in one Server, your memory consumption is higher, for monitoring 38 agents you can go with
0-500 agents configuration which can obtained by sizing helper tool for SCOM
(Total: 2) (1) management server managing up to 500 agents, plus (1) management server for HA, managing up to 5 SDK users total
(Total: 2) Operations Database Server, Operations Data Warehouse Server, Web Console Server & SQL Server Reporting Services Server - 1 DB (+1 for HA)
DB Size
Number of Days for Data Retention
7
Number of Server Computers
500
Number of Network Devices
0
Number of APM-enabled Computers
0
Total Size (MB)
8208.97
Total Size (GB)
8.02
Total Size (GB) with 50% Buffer
12.02
DW Size
Number of Days for Data Retention
365
Number of Server Computers
500
Number of Network Devices
0
Number of APM-enabled Computers
0
Total Size (MB)
331598.55
Total Size (GB)
323.83
Total Size (GB) with 10% Buffer
356.21
Please refer SCOM sizing helper tool
http://blogs.technet.com/b/momteam/archive/2012/04/02/operations-manager-2012-sizing-helper-tool.aspx
Hope this helps
Faizan

SCOM 2012 Global Architecture, One management group or multiple?

Hi Folks,
I work for a global firm, we have multiple data caters in different regions. America, UK, Australia, China etc etc. We are looking to roll out SCOM 2012 for monitoring all systems. Our environment
1,000 Windows servers
All servers on the same Active Directory domain
10 Mbps links between data centers.
My question is around whether to use multiple management groups or one? I’ve seen recommendations for both. For example
In the Infrastructure Planning and Design guide for SCOM 2012 it is stated:
“A centralized management model with large remote locations works best with a management group in each region and a local management group (which provides a consolidated view of alerts and status) in the parent location. In this case, the centralized management
group connects through the software development kit (SDK) and functions as an additional console on each of the connected management groups.”
However moderators in this forum have stated
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“If you go with multiple Management Groups then you would need to add on a fair number of SQL licenses plus additional hardware. “
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create rules for each Management Group- correct. Same
with overrides. It could add a lot of administrative overhead. “
It would seem easier to just deploy one management group with the management servers in one datacenter but I’m concerned with performance. I’ve heard
stories about SCOM deployments architected in this way not performing well because of network latency. i.e admins from all regions besides the region local to the SCOM deployment not wanting to use SCOM because application performance is too slow.
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MH

1) My question is around whether to use multiple management groups or one?
Factors to consider in determine the number of Management group
• Scaling
• Agents separated from their management server by WAN-speed network links
• Political, administrative or security requirements within the organization requiring separate management groups.
• A view of AD DS topology required across multiple forests.
• A dedicated management group required for auditing purposes.
• Disaster recovery functionality required.
• Consolidated views of connected management groups required in Operations Manager.
• Operations Manager integration with the VMM console.
With refer to your situation
a) 1,000 Windows servers
b) All servers on the same Active Directory domain
c) 10 Mbps links between data centers.
It is suggest that one Management group is required.
2) It would seem easier to just deploy one management group with the management servers in one datacenter but I’m concerned with performance
It is recommend that you should deploy Gateway server in region office which has more than 10 agents.
• Gateway server reduce network bandwidth utilization. Agents located across WAN links consume network bandwidth, potentially affecting service delivery to and from the remote location. A gateway server can consolidate the traffic.
Roger

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