Microsoft System Center DPM provides six standard reports that can be used for auditing and monitoring your production environment out of the box. With the integration of SCOM, the reporting infrastructure can be enhanced with the ability to create custom reports. The reporting framework integrates with SCOM via the DPM Central Console, so you can now even generate aggregated reports from numerous DPM Servers that are being managed by DPM Central Console.
To get Microsoft System Center DPM central reporting to work, you need to have done the following:
- You must have imported the required SCOM Management Pack, which was also carried out in a prior recipe in this chapter.
- You must have installed the DPM Central Console, which was also carried out in a prior recipe in this chapter.
- You must have ensured that the SCOM Data Warehouse is up and running. To verify this, ensure that all the SQL Server services with a service name containing the SCOM DB Instance name are...