Linux systems under Microsoft Operations Manager
Posted: 11 Oct 2014, 16:32
Despite the healthy competition between Microsoft and Linux they have "always" been depending on each other.
So in some years Microsoft has even been one of the greatest contributors to the Linux kernel - not necessarily out of the goodness of their heart, but as a result of sound business interests.
One of these interests would be the Microsoft System Center Operations Manager
IT is designed to monitor and manage your computers - and these days not all computers run a Windows OS. It has a Computer and Device Management wizard that ideally recognizes all your computers and installs an agent on them.
Yet in some cases that does not work - "some cases" often being Linux and Unix systems. So what to do?
Microsoft has provided a detailed solution page that will help you on your way with your Linux and Unix computers:
http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2993901
There are systems on the Linux end too; to controll a computer/server park. Saltstack recently won best of VM world award and is great for managing server parks. But I have not managed to update any Windows installations with it even if I can deploy software.
In a pure Linux server configuration it does not make much sense to use Microsoft Operations Manager but in a mixed environment it is another matter.
So even though the friendly exchange of views ("Linux is communism and cancer"..."Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect" etc...) has a bit of temperature; they are actually working together.
So in some years Microsoft has even been one of the greatest contributors to the Linux kernel - not necessarily out of the goodness of their heart, but as a result of sound business interests.
One of these interests would be the Microsoft System Center Operations Manager
IT is designed to monitor and manage your computers - and these days not all computers run a Windows OS. It has a Computer and Device Management wizard that ideally recognizes all your computers and installs an agent on them.
Yet in some cases that does not work - "some cases" often being Linux and Unix systems. So what to do?
Microsoft has provided a detailed solution page that will help you on your way with your Linux and Unix computers:
http://support2.microsoft.com/kb/2993901
There are systems on the Linux end too; to controll a computer/server park. Saltstack recently won best of VM world award and is great for managing server parks. But I have not managed to update any Windows installations with it even if I can deploy software.
In a pure Linux server configuration it does not make much sense to use Microsoft Operations Manager but in a mixed environment it is another matter.
So even though the friendly exchange of views ("Linux is communism and cancer"..."Really, I'm not out to destroy Microsoft. That will just be a completely unintentional side effect" etc...) has a bit of temperature; they are actually working together.