Updated MP: SQL Server Monitoring MP, version 6.3.173.0

I wanted to download the SQL Server Monitoring MP by using the Catalog through the SCOM R2 Console. However, the SQL MP wasn’t there to be found:

That’s strange. Normally when this is happening, there is an update of that MP being pushed out by Microsoft which takes a while to go around the globe. So it’s time to visit the MP Catalog website. And yes, there it is, the NEW SQL Server Monitoring MP:

So the SQL Server MP is updated. Nice! Since from now SQL Server 2012 is officially supported (taken directly from the website):

Other changes are:

New features:

• AlwaysOn Monitoring
  • Automatically discover and monitor availability groups, availability replicas, and availability databases for hundreds of computers.
  • Health roll-up from availability database to availability replicas.
  • Detailed knowledge with every critical health state to enable faster resolution to a problem.
• Seamless integration with Policy based management (PBM)
  • Auto-discover custom PBM polices targeting AlwaysOn and database components.
  • Rollup of health of policy execution within the SQL monitoring pack under extended health.
• Support for Mirroring and Replication Monitoring (only applicable to SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 version of management pack)
  • Discover mirroring databases, witness, and mirroring group.
  • Monitor database mirror state, database mirror witness state, and mirroring partners’ state.
  • Custom diagram view to visually represent the primary and the mirrored databases.
  • Approximately twenty rules to detect replication events.
• Improved Freespace monitoring with mount point support

So a very good MP even got better! Very good job guys! The new SQL Server Monitoring MP can be downloaded from here.