SCOM Synthetic Transactions

Wondering if anyone can help with this. Ive setup Lync with a SQL 2008 Db, SCOM and a synthetic transaction node. All seems to be working apart from the ST's. I see the following in the operation manager application event log...
UrlWatcherDiscovery.ps1 :
-Script Name:      Communication Server MP Url Watcher Discovery
-Run as account:   nt authority\network service
-Execution Policy: Bypass
Value of Source Id is {26DC881B-95B7-D85A-C9EC-B01CD4BE2E30}.
Value of ManagedEntity Id is {6598B4A8-7718-CF67-ECD8-A3C679029E00}.
Value of Target Computer is STNODE.LyncLab.Local.
Lync Server Module is added
An exception occured during discovery script, Exception : Could not connect to SQL server : [Exception=System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Login failed for user 'LYNCLAB\STNODE$'.
   at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionPool.GetConnection(DbConnection owningObject)
   at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionFactory.GetConnection(DbConnection owningConnection)
   at System.Data.ProviderBase.DbConnectionClosed.OpenConnection(DbConnection outerConnection, DbConnectionFactory connectionFactory)
   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection.Open()
   at Microsoft.Rtc.Common.Data.DBCore.PerformSprocContextExecution(SprocContext sprocContext)].
There is a documented procedure in the MP helpfile which details the use of an SPN on SQL. But. Only if your SQL services are running as a domain account. Which mine aren't. They are running as Network Service.
From Help File...
If you are running SQL Server services using a domain account, you may get a failure “Login failed for user 'NT AUTHORITY\ANONYMOUS LOGON' .
In this case the recommend solution is to configure a SPN (Service Principal Name) for SQL Instance hosting the database. For example:
setspn.exe –a MSSQLSvc/sqlserver1.contoso.com:1433 sqlserver1
where sqlserver1.contoso.com is the FQDN of the SQL Server, and 1433 is the port, and sqlserver is the hostname/accountname for the SPN, or
setspn.exe –a MSSQLSvc/sqlserver1.contoso.com:RTCINST
sqlserver1
where sqlserver1.contoso.com is the FQDN of the SQL Server, and RTCINST is the instance name, and sqlserver is the hostname/account name of the SPN.
Please refer to the SQL and setspn.exe documentation for detail on setting up an SPN.
I've found this to be very much undocumented so am assuming others must be using ST's without error... Not sure where i'm going wrong. Any help much appreciated.
Cheers
Dave

Well. They say time is a healer. And this seemed to be the case. With no changes whatsoever, just a few service restarts, everything fired into life. To anyone else experiencing this error. Ensure your synthetic transaction
watcher node is a member of the RTCUniversalReadOnlyAdmins group, that and that the node has been restarted. Then try fully restarting SCOM and the synth node. Hope this helps someone else.
PortWatcherDiscovery.ps1 :
-Script Name: Lync Server MP Port Watcher Discovery
-Run as account: nt authority\network service
-Execution Policy: Bypass
Value of Source Id is {EB59D368-7D0B-91B6-E14A-2CF889E6BFA9}.
Value of ManagedEntity Id is {6598B4A8-7718-CF67-ECD8-A3C679029E00}.
Value of Target Computer is STNODE.LyncLab.Local.
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McuFactorySipPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:444] is discovered.
RegistrarSipPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:5061] is discovered.
RegistrarWebPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:444] is discovered.
QoeSipPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:5061] is discovered.
WebsitePrimaryHttpPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:80] is discovered.
WebsitePrimaryHttpsPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:443] is discovered.
WebsiteExternalHttpPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:80] is discovered.
WebsiteExternalHttpsPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:443] is discovered.
[ReachPrimaryPsomServerPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:8060]] is excluded from port monitoring.
[ReachExternalPsomServerPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:8061]] is excluded from port monitoring.
AppSharingPortStart [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:49152] is skipped. Monitoring UDP Ports is not supported.
ImSipPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:5062] is discovered.
ImWebPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:444] is discovered.
[DataPsomPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:8057]] is excluded from port monitoring.
[MeetingPsomPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:8058]] is excluded from port monitoring.
AudioVideoSipPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:5063] is discovered.
AppSharingSipPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:5065] is discovered.
DataWebPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:444] is discovered.
MeetingWebPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:444] is discovered.
AudioVideoWebPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:444] is discovered.
AppSharingWebPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:444] is discovered.
AudioPortStart [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:49152] is skipped. Monitoring UDP Ports is not supported.
VideoPortStart [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:57501] is skipped. Monitoring UDP Ports is not supported.
AppSharingPortStart [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:49152] is skipped. Monitoring UDP Ports is not supported.
[MediationServerPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:5070]] is excluded from port monitoring.
[MediationSipClientTlsPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:5067]] is excluded from port monitoring.
MediaCommunicationPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:49152] is skipped. Monitoring UDP Ports is not supported.
CasSipPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:5073] is discovered.
CaaSipPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:5072] is discovered.
[TestBotPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:5076]] is excluded from port monitoring.
CpsSipPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:5075] is discovered.
RgsSipPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:5071] is discovered.
RgsWcfMtlsPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:8404] is discovered.
PdpSipPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:5080] is discovered.
PdpTurnPort [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:448] is discovered.
AudioPortStart [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:49152] is skipped. Monitoring UDP Ports is not supported.
VideoPortStart [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:57501] is skipped. Monitoring UDP Ports is not supported.
AppSharingPortStart [lyfpool01.lynclab.local:49152] is skipped. Monitoring UDP Ports is not supported.
Found an unsupported Role 'FileStore'.
Found an unsupported Role 'ExternalServer'.

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