I suspect this post is not going to get updated to reflect the details of System Center 2012 OpsMgr.  The reason is that the upcoming SP1 update for System Center 2012 will include built-in official support for CentOS, including CentOS 6.3.  A Beta version of System Center 2012 SP1 is already available for download, and the Beta version includes the CentOS support.

If you have further questions in this area, I recommend the OpsMgr Linux/UNIX public forum -- see social.technet.microsoft.com/.../threads.  This public forum has a fair amount of activity and is probably seen by a wider range of people than the comments on this blog post.

Hi Robert,

i am looking for a solutin to integrate CentOS 6.3 into SCOM 2012. Do you have experiance with the "newer" SCOM and CentOS?

Best Regards

Ralf

Note that these scripts will not be carried over to System Center 2012 OpsMgr.  The 2012 version has a new set of Powershell cmdlets that implement pretty much the same functionality as these scripts.  So in 2012 you should use the cmdlets, which are documented and supported as part of the product.

Please use discretion when using the DiscoverUnixAgent.ps1 script.  If you run the script “DiscoverUnixAgent.ps1”, and run it for a server that is already managed but managed by a different MS than the MS you are passing to the script, it will insert a duplicate agent, which can result in unexpected behavior.

If by chance this does occur, you can remove the duplicate from the console, but it will remove both instances, so the agent must be redisocered again.

Hi Guys,

I successfully imported the management pack and was able to discover the CentOs Linux machine. But the state remains "Not monitored". Is there a way to check if agents are sending data to server or troubleshoot the problem. Please help.