Maximus Connectivity Monitoring
Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager
Multi-protocol connectivity testing for SCOM, including ping, HTTP, SSL/TLS, etc.
User manual: http://maxcoreblog.com/2021/01/14/maximus-connectivity-monitoring/
Making of article: http://maxcoreblog.com/2021/01/11/connectivity-monitoring-scom-management-pack-the-making-of/
How to add more tests: Example extension sample MP with detailed how-to-make instructions is available at https://github.com/MaxxVolk/Maximus.Connectivity.ExampleExtension.Monitoring
Main management pack features:
- All intuitive GUI driven configuration.
- Extendable: other management pack authors can add more tests, which will be picked up by UI.
- Embedded documentation.
Tests objects implemented in the current release:
- Ping (2 monitors and 1 performance collection rule)
- SSL Connection and Remote Certificate Validation (6 monitors)
- TCP Connect (1 monitor and 1 performance collection ru)
- HTTP Probe (1 monitor and 1 performance collection rule)
- DNS Name Resolution (1 monitor)
- SQL Server (4 monitors and 3 performance collection rule) via extension: https://github.com/MaxxVolk/Maximus.Connectivity.SQLExtension.Monitoring
The main idea behind this management pack is to create flexible infrastructure, which allows to create and configure a suitable monitoring sets for each destination. Say, for instance, if you have an SQL server, you can add it as a destination, then add 'Ping', 'DNS Resolution', 'SSL', 'TCP Connect', and 'SQL Synthetic transaction' test objects. For a mail server, you can create a destination and add 'Ping', 'DNS Resolution', 'SSL', 'TCP Connect', 'SMTP Send', and 'IMAP Receive' modules. Or, for an S3-compatible storage service you can make a set of 'Ping', 'DNS Resolution', 'SSL', 'TCP Connect', and 'S3 Synthetic Transaction'.
