Manage SCOM agent Part IV : Deploy Linux Agent 1

introduction

in previous article we have discussed how to deploy windows client

this article we will discuss how to deploy SCOM Linux client

network diagram

please have a look to pioneers.lab network diagram above :

we have SCOM server called SCOM142 with IP address 172.16.100.142

regarding SCOM client we have :

linux agent [suse OS ] :

SLES123 : Suse Linux Enterprise Server V15-SP1 with IP address 172.16.100.123
SLES124 : Suse Linux Enterprise Server V15-SP1 with IP address 172.16.100.124

Deploy SCOM linux Agent tasks

tasks of Deploy SCOM linux Agent include :

install MP Management Pack for SLES
enable firewall for secure shell SSH on SLES
add unprivileged account [linuxmon]
create resource pool for Linux agent
create run as linux monitoring account
create run as linux agent account
create linux action profile
create linux agent maintenance profile
create linux privileged profile
deploy linux agent from SCOM server
verify deploy linux agent

install MP Management Pack for SLES

The core Unix/Linux libraries are already imported when you install OpsMgr 2019,

but not the detailed MP’s for each OS version.

These are on the installation media, in the \ManagementPacks directory. Import the specific ones for the Unix or Linux Operating systems that you plan to monitor.

we will import two MP for suse linux 15

enable firewall for secure shell SSH

Linux agent is deployed and managed with remote secure shell SSH

if you enable firewall on Suse Linux server : then you have to make sure to open SSH to avoid failure

enable firewall on SLES

systemctl start firewalld

create firewall rule to enable ssh

firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=ssh

then reload firewall

firewall-cmd --reload

add unprivileged account [linuxmon]

SCOM linux agent is deployed and managed by privileged account [root] which already created during SLES installation

also SCOM linux agent is monitored by unprivileged account [limuxmon] :

we will create this account on SLES server

create resource pool for linux client

we have to create a Unix/Linux Monitoring Resource pool.

This pool will be used and associated with management servers that are dedicated for monitoring Unix/Linux systems in larger environments, or may include existing management servers that also manage Windows agents

we can use exist resource pool

BUT ,,,

it is a best practice to create a new resource pool for this purpose, and will ease administration, and scalability expansion in the future.

Under Administration, find Resource Pools in the console: