System Center Essentials 2007 Help

• Getting Started with System Center Essentials
  • About System Center Essentials
  • Configuration of System Center Essentials
  • How to Purchase Additional Licenses for Managed Objects
  • How to Configure System Center Essentials to Support the Managed Services Provider
  • Troubleshooting Your Initial Configuration
  • How to Back Up and Restore Essentials 2007
• System Center Essentials Deployment Planning and Installation
  • About System Center Essentials Deployment
    • Selecting Database Locations
    • Storing Updates
    • Local Policy vs. Group Policy
    • Administration Account
    • WSUS Upgrade Changes
    • Error and Usage Reporting
    • Configuring Objects to Be Managed by System Center Essentials
  • System Requirements and Supported Platforms
  • Supported Deployment Topologies
  • Essentials 2007 SP1 Upgrade Guide
  • How to Install the Management Server
  • How to Change Windows Firewall Exceptions
  • How to Install a Remote Essentials 2007 Console
  • How to Uninstall System Center Essentials
  • How to Configure a Manually Installed Agent
  • How to Use a Command Line to Install and Uninstall System Center Essentials
  • How to Configure an ISA Server 2004 Firewall on Small Business Server
  • How to Prepare the Management Server to Manage Workgroup-joined Computers
  • How to Install Agents on Workgroup-joined Computers
  • Best Practices for Installing SQL Server 2005 with Essentials 2007
  • Best Practices for Installing Essentials 2007 on Small Business Server 2003
• System Center Essentials Console
  • About System Center Essentials Console
    • Computers Navigation Button in the System Center Essentials Console
    • Monitoring Navigation Button in the System Center Essentials Console
    • Updates Navigation Button in the System Center Essentials Console
    • Software Navigation Button in the System Center Essentials Console
    • Authoring Navigation Button in the System Center Essentials Console
    • Administration Navigation Button in the System Center Essentials Console
    • Reporting Navigation Button in the System Center Essentials Console
  • Monitoring Pane
    • Global Views
    • Agentless Exception Monitoring
    • Health Explorer
    • Maintenance Mode
  • Administration Pane
    • About the Administration Pane
      • Device Management
      • Settings
      • Security
        • Run As Profiles and Run As Accounts in System Center Essentials
        • Credential Types
        • Running a Task, Rule, or Monitor with Run As
      • Management Packs
      • Notifications
      • Maintenance Mode
      • Certificates
    • How to Use the Device Management Node in System Center Essentials
      • How to Administer the Management Server in System Center Essentials
        • How to Override the Heartbeat Failure Setting for the Management Server
        • How to Configure the Internet Proxy Settings for the Management Server
      • How to Administer an Agent-Managed Computer in System Center Essentials
        • How to Repair an Agent
        • How to Uninstall an Agent
        • How to Override Heartbeat Settings for an Agent
      • How to Configure a Network Device to Use a Different Proxy Agent
      • How to Open a View for a Managed Object
      • How to Delete a Managed Object from a Group
      • How to View the Properties of a Managed Object
    • How To Work with Management Packs
      • How to Import a Management Pack
      • How to Export Management Pack Customizations
      • How to Remove a Management Pack
      • How to Convert an Operations Manager 2005 Management Pack
    • How to Configure Notifications
      • How to Enable an E-Mail Notification Channel
      • How to Create a Notification Recipient
      • How to Create a Notification Subscription
    • How to Create a Run As Account
    • How to Create a Run As Profile
    • How to Import Certificates
    • How to Import a CA Certificate
    • How to Remove a Certificate that was Imported with the MOMCertImport Tool
    • How to Change the Credentials for the Action Account
  • Reporting Pane
  • Authoring Pane
    • Management Pack Templates and the Add Monitoring Wizard
    • Distributed Applications
    • Groups
    • Management Pack Objects
      • Attributes
      • Monitors
        • Self-Tuning Threshold Monitors
        • Static Threshold Unit Monitors
      • Object Discoveries
      • Rules
      • Tasks
      • Views
    • Targeting
    • Overrides
    • Web Application Editor
    • About Management Packs
• Computers, Computer Groups, and Discovery in System Center Essentials
  • About Computers, Computer Groups and Discovery
  • How to Discover and Prepare Objects for Management
  • How to Enable, Disable, and Schedule Computer Discovery
  • How to Create a Computer Group
  • How to Add or Remove Computers from a Computer Group
  • How to Stop Managing a Computer
  • How to Delete a Computer Group
  • How to Run a Task for a Computer
  • How to View Computers, Devices, and Computer Groups
  • How to View Computer and Computer Groups Reports
  • How to Search for Objects
  • How to Use Advanced Search to Find Objects
• Monitoring in System Center Essentials
  • How to View and Close an Alert
  • How to Work with Maintenance Mode
    • How to Put a Monitored Object into Maintenance Mode
    • How to Edit Maintenance Mode Settings for a Monitored Object
    • How to Stop Maintenance Mode on a Monitored Object
  • How to Create a View
  • How to Create a State View
  • How to Create a Diagram View
  • How to Manage Monitoring Data Using Scope, Search, and Find
  • How to Personalize a View
  • How to Create a Folder in the Monitoring Pane
  • How to Author with System Center Essentials
    • How to Use Management Pack Templates
      • How to Start the Add Monitoring Wizard
      • How to Start Monitoring an OLE DB Data Source
      • How to Start Monitoring a TCP Port
      • How to Start Monitoring a Web Application
      • How to Start Monitoring a Windows Service
      • How to Delete an Object Type Created with the Add Monitoring Wizard
    • How to Create a Distributed Application Service
    • How to Edit a Distributed Application Object
    • How to Create and Manage Groups
      • How to Start the Create Group Wizard
      • How to Create Groups
      • How to View the Members of a Group
      • How to View the State of Group Members
      • How to View a Diagram of a Group
      • How to Delete a Group
    • How to Create Monitors
      • How to Create an Aggregate Rollup Monitor
      • How to Create a Dependency Rollup Monitor
      • How to Create a Simple Windows Event Unit Monitor
      • How to Create a Correlated Windows Event Unit Monitor
      • How to Create a Log File Simple Event Detection Unit Monitor
      • How to Create a Self-Tuning Monitor
      • How to Create a Static Threshold Monitor
      • How to Create a Windows Services Unit Monitor
      • How to Create an SNMP Probe-Based Unit Monitor
      • How to Create a Monitor for SNMP Traps
    • How to Create Rules
      • How to Start the Create Rule Wizard
      • How to Create an Alert Generating NT-Event-Log-Based Rule in System Center Essentials
      • How to Create an Alert-Generating SNMP-Trap-Based Rule in System Center Essentials
      • How to Create an NT-Event-Log Event Collection Rule in System Center Essentials
      • How to Create an SNMP Event Collection Rule in System Center Essentials
      • How to Create an SNMP Trap Event Collection Rule in System Center Essentials
      • How to Create an SNMP Performance Collection Rule in System Center Essentials
      • How to Create a Windows Performance Collection Rule in System Center Essentials
      • How to Create a WMI Performance Collection Rule in System Center Essentials
      • How to Create a Probe-Based Event Collection Rule in System Center Essentials
      • How to Create a Probe-Based Performance Collection Rule in System Center Essentials
      • How to Edit Properties of a Rule in System Center Essentials
      • How to Disable a Rule in System Center Essentials
      • How to Delete a Rule in System Center Essentials
    • How to Monitor Using Overrides
      • How to Override a Monitor
      • How to Disable a Monitor or Rule Using Overrides
    • How to Use the Web Application Editor to Manage Synthetic Transactions
      • How to Capture a Web Application Recording
      • How To Set Health Criteria for a Request
      • How to Create or Edit a Request
      • How to Set Properties for a Web Application Object
    • How to Create a Custom Attribute
• Update Management in System Center Essentials
  • About Update Management
  • How to Configure Update Management
  • How to Configure Updates for Automatic Approval
  • How to Approve an Update for Deployment
  • How to Decline an Update
  • How to Create an Update Package
  • How to Uninstall an Update
  • How to Manually Synchronize Updates with Microsoft Update
  • How to Manage Updates
  • How to View Updates
  • How to View Synchronization Status
  • How to View the Status of a Deployed Update
• Software Deployment in System Center Essentials
  • About Software Deployment
  • How to Create a Package and Deploy Software
  • How to Create a Software Package That Contains a Response File
  • How to Approve Software for Deployment
  • How to Modify a Software Package
  • How to Delete a Software Package
  • How to Uninstall Deployed Software
  • How to View Software Packages
  • How to Schedule a Software Deployment
• Inventory in System Center Essentials
  • About Inventory
  • How to View Software Inventory
  • How to View Hardware Inventory
  • How to View Inventory Reports
• Agentless Exception Monitoring in System Center Essentials
  • How to Start or Stop Agentless Exception Monitoring
  • How to Change Group Policy Settings From the Command Line
• Reporting in System Center Essentials
  • About Reporting
  • How to Run a Report
  • How to Print a Report
  • How to Export a Report
• Technical Reference for System Center Essentials
  • Dialog Boxes in System Center Essentials
    • System Center Essentials Add Alternate Run As Account Dialog Box
    • Add Management Group Dialog Box
    • Add SMTP Server Dialog Box
    • Advanced Search Window
    • Alert Description Dialog Box
    • Alert Properties Dialog Box
      • Alert Context Tab
      • Company Knowledge Tab
      • General Tab
      • History Tab
      • Product Knowledge Tab
    • Alert Suppression Dialog Box
    • Baselining - Advanced Dialog Box
    • Change Proxy Agent Dialog Box
    • Choose Times Dialog Box
    • Configure Correlation Advanced Options Dialog Box
    • Confirm Delete Management Group Dialog Box
    • Confirm Delete Monitoring Agent Dialog Box
    • Confirm Delete Network Device Dialog Box
    • Confirm Disable Client Monitoring Dialog Box
    • Connect to Server Dialog Box
    • Create Group Wizard - Group Selection Dialog Box
    • Create Group Wizard - Object Exclusion Dialog Box
    • Create Group Wizard - Object Selection Dialog Box
    • Create New Component Group Dialog Box
    • Create View Dialog Box
    • Custom Alert Fields Dialog Box
    • Edit Consolidation Properties Dialog Box
    • Error Forwarding Filters Dialog Box
    • Formula Dialog Box
    • Global Agent Settings - Heartbeat Dialog Box
    • Global Management Group Settings - Alerts Dialog Box
      • Alert Resolution States Tab
      • Auto-Resolve Alerts Tab
      • Custom Alert Fields Tab
    • Global Management Group Settings - Database Grooming
    • Global Management Group Settings - Notification Dialog Box
      • Command Tab
      • E-mail Tab
      • Instant Messaging Tab
      • Short Message Service Tab
    • Global Management Group Settings - Privacy Dialog Box
      • CEIP Tab
      • Error Reporting Tab
      • Error Transmission Tab
      • Operational Data Reports Tab
    • Global Management Group Settings - Reporting Dialog Box
    • Global Management Server Settings - Heartbeat Dialog Box
    • Global Management Server Settings - Security Dialog Box
    • Import Management Packs Dialog Box
    • Maintenance Mode Settings Dialog Box
    • Management Pack Properties Dialog Box
      • Dependencies Tab
      • Knowledge Tab
      • Properties Tab
    • Management Server Properties Dialog Box
      • Agent Management Tab
      • Heartbeat Tab
      • Proxy Settings Tab
      • Security Tab
    • Manual Agent Install Dialog Box
    • Monitor Properties Dialog Box
      • Alerting Tab
      • Company Knowledge Tab
      • General Tab
      • Health Rollup Policy Tab
      • Product Knowledge Tab
    • Notification Command Channel Dialog Box
    • Notification Recipient Properties Dialog Box
      • General Tab
      • Notification Devices Tab
    • Object Types Dialog Box
    • Overrides Properties Dialog Box
    • Performance Mapper - Counter Dialog Box
    • Performance Mapper - Instance Dialog Box
    • Performance Mapper - Object Dialog Box
    • Performance Mapper - Value Dialog Box
    • Prerequisite Viewer
    • Request Properties Dialog Box
      • General Tab
      • HTTP Headers Tab
      • Performance Counter Tab
      • Monitoring Tab
      • Custom Error Tab
      • Custom Warning Tab
    • Request Result Details Dialog Box
      • Details Tab
      • HTTP Request Tab
      • HTTP Response Tab
    • Rule Properties Dialog Box
      • General Tab
      • Company Knowledge Tab
      • Configuration Tab
      • Product Knowledge Tab
    • Run As Account Properties Dialog Box
      • General Tab
      • Account Tab
      • Run As Profile Tab
    • Run As Profile Properties Dialog Box
      • General Tab
      • Run As Accounts Tab
    • Run Task Dialog Box
    • Scope MP Objects by Targets Dialog Box
    • Script Dialog Box
    • Script Parameters Window
    • Select Class Dialog Box
    • Select Event Log Dialog Box
    • Select Management Pack(s) to import Dialog Box
    • Select Performance Counter Dialog Box
    • Select a Target Type Dialog Box
    • Select Time Range Dialog Box
    • Select Windows Service Dialog Box
    • Specify Schedule Period Dialog Box
    • Task Status Dialog Box
    • Uninstall Agents Dialog Box
    • Web Application Properties Dialog Box
      • General Tab
      • Watcher Node
      • Performance Criteria
      • Performance Counter
  • Wizards in System Center Essentials
    • Add Monitoring Wizard
      • Enter and Test OLE DB Data Source Settings Page
      • Enter and Test Port Settings Page
      • Enter and Test Web Address Page
      • General Properties Page
      • Monitoring Type Page
      • Service Name Page
      • Summary Page
      • Watcher Nodes Page
      • Web Application Monitoring Settings Summary Page
    • Agent Setup Wizard
      • Welcome Page
      • Destination Folder Page
      • Change Installation Folder Page
      • Disk Space Requirements Page
      • Management Group Configuration Page
      • Agent Action Account Page
      • Ready to Install Page
    • Agent Uninstall Wizard
    • Computer and Device Management Wizard
      • Introduction Page
      • Auto or Advanced? Page
      • Discovery Method Page
      • Administrator Account Page
      • Discovery Progress Page
      • select Objects to Manage Page
      • summary Page
    • Create Attribute Wizard
      • General Properties Page
      • Choose a Discovery method Page
      • Specify the registry attribute to be collected Page
      • WMI Configuration Page
    • Create a New Aggregate Rollup Monitor Wizard
      • General Properties Page
      • Health Rollup Policy Page
      • Configure Alerts Page
    • Create a New Dependency Rollup Monitor Wizard
      • General Properties Page
      • Configure Monitor Dependency Page
      • Configure Health Rollup Policy Page
      • Configure Alerts Page
    • Create Group Wizard
      • General Properties Page
      • Explicit Members Page
      • Dynamic Members Page
      • Subgroups Page
      • Excluded Members Page
    • Create a Management Pack Wizard
      • General Properties Page
      • Knowledge Page
    • Create Notification Device Wizard
      • Channel Page
      • Schedule Page
      • General Page
    • Create Rule Wizard
      • Application Log Data Source Page
      • Build Event Expression Page
      • Configure Alerts Page
      • Configure the object identifier settings for SNMP probe module Page
      • Configure the trap OIDs to collect Page
      • Event Log Name Page
      • Optimized Performance Collection Settings Page
      • Performance Mapper Page
      • Performance Object, Counter and Instance Page
      • Rule Name and Description Page
      • Script Page
      • Select a Rule Type Page
      • WMI Configuration Page
    • Create Run As Account Wizard
      • Introduction Page
      • General Page
      • Account Page
    • Create Run As Profile Wizard
      • Introduction Page
      • General Page
      • Run As Accounts Page
    • Create Task Wizard
      • Task Type Page
      • General Properties Page
      • Command-Line Page
      • Script Page
    • Create a unit monitor Wizard
      • Application Log Data Source Page
      • Baselining Configuration Page
      • Build Event Expression Page
      • Change in Threshold Value Page
      • Configure Alerts Page
      • Configure Health Page
      • Correlation Settings Page
      • Event Log Name Page
      • General Properties Page
      • Missing Correlated Events Configuration Page
      • Missing Events Settings Page
      • Monitor Type Page
      • Performance Object, Counter and Instance Page
      • Repeated Event Detection Configuration Page
      • Auto Reset Timer Page
      • Threshold Comparison Settings Page
      • Threshold Range Page
      • Threshold Value Page
      • Script Page
      • Service Name Page
    • Feature Configuration Wizard
      • Introduction Page
      • Proxy Server Page
      • Group Policy Setup Page
      • Firewall Exceptions Page
      • Configure Remote Assistance Page
      • Error Monitoring Page
      • Configure Error Forwarding Page
      • Daily Health Report Page
      • Scheduled Discovery Page
      • Feature Configuration Progress Page
      • Completion Page
    • New Software Package Wizard
    • Repair Agent Wizard
      • Administrator Account Page
      • Agent Action Account Page
    • System Center Essentials Setup Wizard
    • Update Management Configuration Wizard
      • Introduction Page
      • Proxy Server Page
      • Synchronization Progress Page
      • Products Page
      • Update Languages Page
      • Classifications Page
      • Auto Approvals Page
      • Summary Page
  • The Command Shell