Multi-protocol connectivity testing for SCOM, including ping, HTTP, SSL/TLS, etc.

User manual: http://maxcoreblog.com/2021/01/14/maximus-connectivity-monitoring/

Making of article: http://maxcoreblog.com/2021/01/11/connectivity-monitoring-scom-management-pack-the-making-of/

How to add more tests: Example extension sample MP with detailed how-to-make instructions is available at https://github.com/MaxxVolk/Maximus.Connectivity.ExampleExtension.Monitoring

Main management pack features:

• All intuitive GUI driven configuration.
• Extendable: other management pack authors can add more tests, which will be picked up by UI.
• Embedded documentation.

Tests objects implemented in the current release:

• Ping (2 monitors and 1 performance collection rule)
• SSL Connection and Remote Certificate Validation (6 monitors)
• TCP Connect (1 monitor and 1 performance collection ru)
• HTTP Probe (1 monitor and 1 performance collection rule)
• DNS Name Resolution (1 monitor)
• SQL Server (4 monitors and 3 performance collection rule) via extension: https://github.com/MaxxVolk/Maximus.Connectivity.SQLExtension.Monitoring

The main idea behind this management pack is to create flexible infrastructure, which allows to create and configure a suitable monitoring sets for each destination. Say, for instance, if you have an SQL server, you can add it as a destination, then add 'Ping', 'DNS Resolution', 'SSL', 'TCP Connect', and 'SQL Synthetic transaction' test objects. For a mail server, you can create a destination and add 'Ping', 'DNS Resolution', 'SSL', 'TCP Connect', 'SMTP Send', and 'IMAP Receive' modules. Or, for an S3-compatible storage service you can make a set of 'Ping', 'DNS Resolution', 'SSL', 'TCP Connect', and 'S3 Synthetic Transaction'.