SCOM monitoring is based on the Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). SCOM is a suite of software used for monitoring, configuring, deploying, and managing the many components of a Windows-based IT infrastructure. SCOM is used by IT departments to monitor the performance and availability ofapplications, devices, and servers simultaneously, and display the findings on a single console.
SCOM monitoring provides information about the status of different aspects of your IT environment, such as:
- Computer health
- Antivirus software
- Operating systems
- Server hardware
- Applications
- Packet loss
- Latency
Administrators can configure which objects they want monitored and set the thresholds to trigger SCOM alerts, so you can discover issues as they arise.
While SCOM is a powerful tool, you may need to purchase and deploy many different SCOM management packs to monitor third-party applications and devices not from Microsoft. This means non-Microsoft technologies like Oracle, VMware, Citrix, and SAP require their own System Center management pack. The result is SCOM monitoring can become overly complicated as IT administrators try to navigate the many packs they need to purchase, manage, deploy, and maintain.
