Installation and configuration guide for Opslogix Ping Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager
Installation guide
Welcome to the Opslogix Ping Management Pack Installation Guide. Before proceeding with the installation, please take a moment to carefully review the license agreement attached in the installation folder.
Software Prerequisites:
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager:
The Opslogix Ping Management Pack requires one of the following versions:
System Center Operations Manager 2016
System Center Operations Manager 180x
System Center Operations Manager 2019
System Center Operations Manager 2022
System Center Operations Manager 2025
Importing the Management Pack
Before importing the Opslogix Ping Management Pack make sure that you have the following files available:
OpsLogix.BaseLibrary.mp
OpsLogix Ping Management Pack v3.0.x.x for OpsMgr 2012.mpb
To import the Opslogix Ping Management Pack complete the following steps:
- Navigate to the Administration section of the Operations Manager Console
Right click Management Packs -> Import Management Packs… -> Add -> Add from Disk
Browse to the location where you unpacked the Opslogix Ping Management Pack
Click Open -> Import -> Add From Disk
Import the .mp , .mpb or .xml Management Pack files from the software package as shown above.
Configurating the ”Ping IMP Configuration Dashboard”
In the SCOM console select Administration and the select “Ping IMP Configuration Dashboard” under the Opslogix MP Configuration folder.
Before you can configure devices that are pinged by the Management Pack, you need to configure a host from which the device is pinged. In the Opslogix Ping Management Pack such a host is called a “Source Host”.
In the “Ping IMP Configuration Dashboard” select any host in the “Available sources” list and click the “Add” button, the host will now appear in the “Added sources” list.
After you have configured at least one “Source Host” you can start adding devices to ping. Devices are called “Targets” in the Ping Management Pack. A target is added by selecting a “Source host” and then entering the FQDN or IP address of a Target in the “Target IP address” textbox (on the right-hand side of the console) and clicking the “Add” button in the “Targets” section.
You can optionally choose to use a different descriptive name in the “Target display name” textbox if you would like a different display name.
If you would like to import multiple Targets without having to add them manually through the console, you can select a “Source Host” (to which you would like to add multiple Targets) and use the “Import” button to import a CSV file of Targets.
The CSV should be in the format:
DisplayName;Hostname
Similarly, you can export the Targets of a “Source Host” by clicking the “Export” button.
Advanced configuration
The monitor that performs the ICMP Ping, has two overridable parameters. These can be used to specify how many ping replies can be missed at what interval, before an alert is raised.
- In the SCOM console
- Go to Monitoring
- Select “Status” under the Opslogix, Ping, Targets folder
- Right click the device and select Open, Health Explorer
- Select “Target Host Ping Check” under Entity, Availability
- Select the Overrides from the menu, then Override the Monitor, then for the object: [name]
- Put a checkmark in the override column for the settings you want to override for this object
- Save it to the “Opslogix IMP – Ping Management Pack (Overrides)” management pack
- Click OK
NumberOfNoRepliesAllowed
This setting determines how many “ping replies” can be missed before raising an alert.
Interval
This setting determines how many seconds are waited before performing the next ICMP Ping.
