How to Import a Management Pack in Essentials
Applies To: System Center Essentials 2010
A management pack configures System Center Essentials 2010 to monitor a specific application, service, or device. When a management pack is imported into Essentials 2010, it immediately begins monitoring a specific application, service, or device. No additional configuration is required.
To import a management pack from a disk
In the Essentials console, click Administration.
Right-click the Management Packs node, and then click Import Management Pack(s).
When the Import Management Packs dialog box appears, click Add, and then click Add from disk. If prompted to search the online catalog for dependencies that cannot be located locally, click Yes. Change to the directory that holds your management pack file. Select the management packs to import from that directory, and then click Open.
Note
Essentials 2010 cannot access the Microsoft Management Pack Catalog Web Service if your Windows Internet Explorer connection settings are not already configured for access to the Internet. You can add explicit configuration for a proxy server in your Internet Explorer Connections settings.
The Import Management Packs dialog box displays the management packs that you selected. Click Add or Remove to edit the list of management packs to be imported, and click Properties to view the details of a selected management pack. After you have finished selecting management packs, click Install.
Note
A message appears in the Status details window if you try to add a management pack that has already been imported.
After the import process is complete, and the dialog box displays an icon next to each management pack indicating success or failure of the importation, click Close.
The Management Packs pane of the Essentials console lists all imported management packs.
To import a management pack from the Microsoft Management Pack Catalog Web Service
In the Essentials console, click Administration.
Right-click the Management Packs node, and then click Import Management Pack(s).
When the Import Management Packs dialog box appears, click Add, and then click Add from catalog….
Note
Essentials 2010 cannot access the Management Pack Catalog Web Service if your Windows Internet Explorer Connections settings are not already configured for access to the Internet. You can add explicit configuration for a proxy server in your Internet Explorer connection settings.
Select the management packs that you want to import from the list of available management packs.
The Import Management Packs dialog box displays the management packs that you selected. Click Add or Remove to edit the list of management packs to be imported, and click Properties to view the details of a selected management pack. When you have finished selecting management packs, click Install.
Note
A message appears in the Status details window if you try to add a management pack that has already been imported.
After the import process is complete, and the dialog box displays an icon next to each management pack indicating success or failure of the importation, click Close.
The Management Packs pane of the Essentials console lists all imported management packs.
See Also
Concepts
Management Packs Node in Essentials