ACS PArt II : install and Configure ACS on SCOM server

in previous article we have got an overview about [ACS ] Audit Collection Services ,

and we see how it’s integrated with SCOM server 2019 ,even it could be installed on different server

thi article : we will discuss ACS installation and configuration , and how to configure client computer to send event log to ACS reporting server

please have alook to network diagrm above

ACS will ne installed on SCOM142.pioneers.lab which will host ACS Database also

server SCOM142.pioneers.lab will act as ACS collector

ACS forwarder could be installed on any server in DMZ network and any client in LAN subnet like [IT65.pioneers.lab ]

Open Port number 51909[better to open it from GPO ]
ACS support ONLY SQL x64 , but NOT x32bit
Microsoft Data Access Components MDAC (latest version) : here
ACS is part of SQL reporting services à we have to configure [SQL server reporting services SSRS] and [SCOM reporting ] before configure ACS
Make sure SQL reporting manager is working with two sites
http://SQLservername/reports_instancename >> which in our case http://SCOM142/Reports_SCOMINSTANC
http://SQLservername/reportserver_instancename which in our case http://SCOM142/ReportServer_SCOMINSTANCE
IIS virtual directory [reportserver] will be used to upload report that will collect data from client event viewer

open SCOM2019 setup DVD > install

to verify ACS installed > open SQL management studio > new DB created

now it’s time to deploy report from SCOM setup DVD into ACS DB that was created above >

you will notice there NO Audit report deployed YET

to make sure that Audit report has been uploaded à run internet explorer as administrator à open site of sql report service [ http://scom142/reportserver_SCOMINSTANCE] >> report folder [has been uploaded above ]

in this article we have seen how to enable and run ACS on windows OS client

next article we ill see how to configure ACS for Linux OS [specifically Suse SLES ]