You can use the following steps in System Center Service Manager 2012 to register the System Center Data Warehouse to Operations Manager.

To register the data warehouse with Operations Manager

  1. By using an account that is a member of the Service Manager and data warehouse management administrators group, log on to the computer that hosts the Service Manager console.

  2. In the Service Manager console, select Data Warehouse.

  3. In the Administration pane, expand Data Warehouse, and then select Data Sources.

  4. In the Tasks list, click Register data source.

  5. In the Register Data Source wizard, on the Before You Begin page, click Next.

  6. On the Data Source Type page, select Operations Manager.

  7. Under Specify a Root Management Server area, type the following information:

    1. For Root Management server name, type the server name.

    2. For Operational database server, type the database server name.

    3. For Database name, type the name of the database.

  8. Click Next.

  9. On the Credentials page, you can accept the default entry in the Run as account list, and then click Next, or you can enter credentials from a user or group of your choice.

    Important
    The account you specify will be assigned administrative credentials on the Service Manager management server and granted Read permission on the Service Manager database. You can specify different credentials from other Service Manager management groups when registering with the data warehouse.
  10. On the Summary page you can review the settings you’ve chosen. Click Finish.

  11. On the Result page, when Data source registration complete. is displayed, click Finish.

To validate the Operations Manager registration process

  • In the Data Sources view, the new data source appears in the list of data sources with the data source type of Operations Manager. You might need to refresh your view to see the new data source.