Topic Last Modified: 2012-10-20

To install the Operations Manager agent files on the computer, complete the following steps.

  1. On your System Center setup media, double-click SetupOM.exe.

  2. In System Center Operation Manager setup, click Install Operations Manager Agent.

  3. In System Center Setup wizard, on the Welcome to the System Center Operations Manager Setup wizard page, click Next.

  4. On the Destination Folder page, select the folder where the Operations Manager Agent files will be installed, and then click Next.

  5. On the Management Group Configuration page, select Specify Management Group information, and then click Next.

  6. On the Management Group Configuration page, type the name of your Operations Manager Management Group in the Management Group Name box, and then type the host name of your Operations Manager server (for example, atl-scom-001) in the Management Server box. If you have changed the port number used by Operations Manager, then type the new port number in the Management Server Port box. Otherwise, leave the port at the default value of 5723 and click Next.

  7. On the Agent Action Account page, select Local System, and then click Next.

  8. On the Microsoft Update page, select I don't want to use Microsoft Update, and then click Next.

  9. On the Ready to Install page, click Install.

  10. On the Completing the System Center Operations Manager Setup wizard page, click Finish.

  11. Click Exit.

If you are using System Center 2007 R2, you can verify that the agent has been created by clicking Start, clicking All Programs, clicking System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, and then clicking Operations Manager Shell. In the Operations Manager Shell, type the following Windows PowerShell command, and then press ENTER:

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Get-Agent

A list of all your Operations Manager agents will appear onscreen.

If you are using System Center 2012, run this command from the Operations 2012 Manager Shell:

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Get-SCOMAgent