Use the following procedures to configure the status system for
Configuration Manager.
All major System Center 2012
Configuration Manager components generate status messages. The
Configuration Manager status system operates without configuration
by using default settings that are suitable for most environments.
However, you can configure the following:
- Status Summarizers: Configure the frequency
of status messages that generate a status indicator change for the
components that are tracked. There are four summarizers:
- Application Deployment Summarizer
- Application Statistics Summarizer
- Component Status Summarizer
- Site System Status Summarizer
- Status Filter Rules: You can create custom
status filter rules and modify the default rules.
 Note |
| Status filter rules do not support the use of environment
variables to run external commands. |
- Status Reporting: Configure the status
reporting for server and client components.
The status system maintains separate configurations for each
site so you must edit the status system for each site.
Use the following sections to configure the Configuration
Manager status system:
Configure Status Summarizers
Use the following procedures to edit the status
summarizers at each site.
To configure status summarizers
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In the Configuration Manager console, click
Administration.
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In the Administration workspace, expand Site
Configuration, click Sites, and then select the site for
which you want to configure the status system.
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On the Home tab, in the Settings group,
click Status Summarizers.
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In the Status Summarizers dialog box, select the
status summarizer that you want to configure, and then click
Edit to open the properties for that summarizer. If you are
editing the Application Deployment or Application Statistics
summarizer, proceed with step 5. If you are editing the Component
Status skip to step 6. If you are editing the Site System Status
summarizer, skip to step 7.
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Use the following steps after you open the property
page for either the Application Deployment Summarizer or the
Application Statistics Summarizer:
- On the General tab of the summarizers properties page
configure the summarization intervals and then click OK to
close the properties page.
- Click OK to close the Status Summarizers dialog
box and complete this procedure.
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Use the following steps after you open property pages
for the Component Status Summarizer:
- On the General tab of the summarizers’ properties page
configure the replication and threshold period values.
- On the Thresholds tab, select the Message type
you want to configure, and then click the name of a component in
the Thresholds list.
- In the Status Threshold Properties dialog box, edit the
warning and critical threshold values, and then click
OK.
- Repeat steps 6.b and 6.c as needed and when you are finished,
click OK to close the summarizer properties.
- Click OK to close the Status Summarizers dialog
box and complete this procedure.
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Use the following steps after you open the property
pages for the Site System Status Summarizer:
- On the General tab of the summarizers’ properties page
configure the replication and schedule values.
- On the Thresholds tab, specify values for the Default
thresholds to configure default thresholds for critical and
warning status displays.
- To edit the values for specific Storage objects, select
the object from the Specific thresholds list, and then click
the Properties button to access and edit the storage objects
warning and critical thresholds. Click OK to close the
storage objects properties.
- To create a new storage object, click the Create Object
button and specify the storage objects values. Click OK to
close the objects properties.
- To delete a storage object, select the object and then click
the Delete button.
- Repeat steps 7.b through 7.e as needed. When you are finished,
click OK to close the summarizer properties.
- Click OK to close the Status Summarizers dialog
box and complete this procedure.
Configure Status Filter Rules
Use the following procedures to create new status
filter rules, modify the priority of rules, disable or enable
rules, and delete unused rules at each site.
To create a status filter rule
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In the Configuration Manager console, click
Administration.
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In the Administration workspace, expand Site
Configuration, click Sites, and then select the site
where you want to configure the status system.
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On the Home tab, in the Settings group,
click Status Filter Rules. The Status Filter Rules
dialog box opens.
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Click Create.
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In the Create Status Filter Rule Wizard, on the
General page, specify a name for the new status filter rule
and message-matching criteria for the rule, and then click
Next.
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On the Actions page, specify the actions to be
taken when a status message matches the filter rule, and then click
Next.
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On the Summary page review the details for the
new rule, and then complete the wizard.
| Note |
| Configuration Manager only requires that the new status filter
rule has a name. If the rule is created but you do not specify any
criteria to process status messages, the status filter rule will
have no effect. This behavior allows you to create and organize
rules before you configure the status filter criteria for each
rule. |
To modify or delete a status filter
rule
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In the Configuration Manager console, click
Administration.
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In the Administration workspace, expand Site
Configuration, click Sites, and then select the site
where you want to configure the status system.
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On the Home tab, in the Settings group,
click Status Filter Rules.
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In the Status Filter Rules dialog box, select
the rule that you want to modify and then take one of the following
actions:
- Click Increase Priority or Decrease
Priority to change the processing order of the status filter
rule. Then select another action or go to step 8 of this procedure
to complete this task.
- Click Disable or Enable to
change the status of the rule. After you change the status of the
rule, select another action or go to step 8 of this procedure to
complete this task.
- Click Delete if you want do delete the
status filter rule from this site, and then click Yes to
confirm the action. After you delete a rule, select another action
or go to step 8 of this procedure to complete this task.
- Click Edit if you want to change the
criteria for the status message rule, and continue to step 5 of
this procedure.
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On the General tab of the status filter rule
properties dialog box, modify the rule and message-matching
criteria.
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On the Actions tab, modify the actions to be
taken when a status message matches the filter rule.
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Click OK to save the changes.
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Click OK to close the Status Filter Rules
dialog box.
Configure Status Reporting
You can use the following procedure to modify how
status messages are reported to the Configuration Manager status
system. You can configure both server and client component
reporting, and specify where status messages are sent.
 Warning |
| Because the default reporting settings are appropriate for most
environments, change them with caution. When you increase the level
of status reporting by choosing to report all status details you
can increase the amount of status messages to be processed which
increases the processing load on the Configuration Manager site. If
you decrease the level of status reporting you might limit the
usefulness of the status summarizers. |
To configure status reporting
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In the Configuration Manager console, click
Administration.
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In the Administration workspace, expand Site
Configuration, click Sites, and then select where you
want to configure the status system.
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On the Home tab, in the Settings group,
click Configure Site Components, and select Status
Reporting.
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In the Status Reporting Component Properties
dialog box, specify the server and client component status messages
that you want to report or log:
- Configure Report to send status messages to the
Configuration Manager status message system.
- Configure Log to write the type and severity of status
messages to the Windows event log.
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Click OK.
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