Working with Lenovo Hardware PRO Pack

The topics in this section describe how to use Lenovo Hardware PRO Pack.

Lenovo Hardware PRO Pack enhances the functionality of both Microsoft System Center Operations Manager and System Center Virtual Machine Manager, providing detailed information about managed Hyper-V, Virtual Server, BladeCenter and System x hardware.

Note

System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2012 no longer supports Virtual Server.

After you have installed Lenovo Hardware PRO Pack, these topics will assist you with learning more about using the Systems Center Operations Manager and System Center Virtual Machine Manager.

• Monitoring the health of hardware components and systems
• Using Health Explorer to identify and resolve problems

For more information about SCOM and SCVMM, refer to the Monitoring page of the Operations Manager Console as described in the topic Using the Operations Manager Console with Lenovo Hardware PRO Pack.

• Synchronizing System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 and System Center Operations Manager
  This topic provides the commands for synchronizing System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 and Systems Center Operations Manager.
• Synchronizing System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 and System Center Operations Manager
  This topic provides the commands for synchronizing Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 and Systems Center Operations Manager.
• Lenovo Hardware PRO Pack host discovery
  Host discovery latency is the amount of time it takes for a system to display in the Licensed SCVMM-Managed Hosts Status view after installing the Lenovo Hardware PRO Pack host.
• Monitoring the health of hardware components and systems
  This topic lists the components that Lenovo Hardware PRO Pack monitors and the steps that are necessary to facilitate monitoring. Component discovery and health monitoring depend on firmware support, hardware compatibility, and management software support. Therefore, all of the components are not always discoverable. If a component is not discovered, it cannot be monitored or managed.