Exploring MOM
I've been asked at work to evaluate several monitoring tools for high risk business critical high availibilty applications based on SQL Server. As we already have a deployed MOM in production along with the management pack for SQL Server, I thought I'd scroll up my sleaves and have a look...
Boy what a product! MOM, where have you been all my live? It takes a few days before you find your way around but is quite straight forward and doesn't need training (I think).
I'm pleased with the product for 2 reasons:
- I don't have to write any scripts anymore for monitoring a bunch of SQL servers. MOM functions as a single point of monitoring, reporting, alerts and so on.
- MOM enables you to design your own reports with Reporting Services which makes it a product with endless possibilities.
Some interesting links:
How to create a simple performance graph report for MOM 2005 using a counter.
Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 Management Pack Development Guide