SCOM Dashboards - Part 5 - Installing the Service Level Dashboard (SLD 2.0)

Before reading this post, please ensure you have reviewed my previous posts on SCOM Dashboarding from the links below:

SCOM Dashboards - The Intro
SCOM Dashboards - Part 1 - Installing WSS 3.0
SCOM Dashboards - Part 2 - Installing the Dashboard Solution Accelerator
SCOM Dashboards - Part 3 - Customizing the Dashboard Banner and Logo
SCOM Dashboards - Part 4 - Customizing the Dashboard Tabs

Download the Service Level Dashboard 2.0 from the following URL:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyId=1d9d709f-9628-46a8-952b-a78f5dd2bdd9&displaylang=en

Export the contents of the ZIP file to a folder on your SCOM management server

Import the Management pack highlighted below into SCOM

From the Management Server that is hosting the WSS 3.0 and SCOM dashboard websites, run the installer highlighted below with administrator rights.

Copy the URL from the URL field below so we can use this to quickly logon to the SLD for the first time

Open Internet Explorer and browse to the URL for the SLD that was noted during the install - typically something like: http://managementservername:51918

Click on 'Site Settings' to modify the users and groups allowed to access the website

Select 'People and Groups'

Now click on 'Add Users' to add new users to your group

Add the users or groups and select 'Full Control', then click 'OK'

From the SLD Home page, click on the options below to add previously created service level objects for your distributed applications into the SLD

Click on the available Service Levels from the list and then select 'Apply Filter'

When you go back to your home page, you should see something like the screen below

This completes the installation of your Service Level Dashboard 2.0. In Part 6 of this series, I will demonstrate how to add SQL queries to your SCOM dashboard and create web parts with them.