I already posted short tutorial in a article where I left other useful resources for Windows Server 2012 R2 Evaluation – https://www.informaticar.net/?p=2422 but since I get this question asked a lot of times from my colleagues, I will make a separate article of it.
We are slowly moving to Windows Server 2016, so that means a lot of new LABs and testing.
Windows Server 2016 needs to be tested first, and then all the software we use on top of Microsoft Server OS.
Every IT guy should have testing environment, and things should not be tested in production. This is where Windows Server 2012 R2 Evaluation version is great help. I use Server 2012 R2 Evaluation versions in all of my LABs.
This LAB will be covering installation and configuration of HP Proliant G8/G9 agentless monitoring with System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2012 R2.
I already covered installation of SCOM here – https://www.informaticar.net/?p=2360
In this LAB, I`ll be covering installation of HP components for SCOM and configuration in both SCOM and on HP Proliant Server I want to monitor.
This LAB assumes that you already have Windows Server 2012 R2 installations in place. For this installation I`m using two instances of Windows Server 2012 R2.
One instance is Domain Controller (you should set up Domain Controller and DNS server) and the other will be System Center Operations Manager Server (installation of which this tutorial will be covering)