SCOM Trick 6 – VMware monitoring

A question that pops up a lot is if we can monitor VMware with SCOM. There are actually several options that deliver different levels of monitoring.

  • Veeam Nworks. A very complete third party SCOM add-on.
    http://www.veeam.com/vmware-microsoft-esx-monitoring.html
  • Bridgeways VMware monitoring MP.
    http://www.bridgeways.ca/virtualization_mps.php
  • Vizioncore (Quest).
    http://vizioncore.com/product/Management-Pack-for-VMware
  • SNMP and Syslog from SCOM
    http://www.scom2k7.com/monitoring-vmware-esx-using-a-scom/
  • Jalasoft
    http://www.jalasoft.com/Web/Product/Product.aspx?id=38

I am sure there are more possibilities, but these are the most well-known I think.
My personal favorite is still Nworks as the most complete and robust system.
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