How to Update SCOM Management Packs

In this post, I will show you how to update the Management packs in SCOM. Management packs in Operations Manager typically contain monitoring settings for applications and services.

Upon installing SCOM, Microsoft provides a collection of default management packs. Additionally, you have the option to import or export management packs as needed. . Management packs are designed to provide a useful monitoring experience for most environments.

As a best practice, when you acquire a new management pack, first import it into a pre-production environment. Test it thoroughly and if it functions correctly, proceed to import it into the production environment.

Working with Operations Manager Management Packs

If you are an IT professional who regularly works on SCOM management packs, Microsoft has published Management Pack Lifecycle which is basically an approach to working with management packs.

• Review and test the management packs in a pre-production setup.
• Tune the pack settings based on your requirements.
• Deploy the management packs in your production environment.
• Maintain the management packs.

How to Update SCOM Management Packs

Here are the steps to update Management Packs in SCOM or Operations Manager.

• Launch SCOM Console.
• In the Administration workspace, select the Management Packs option.
• Right click management packs and click Import Management Packs.

On the Select Management Packs page, click Add > Add from catalog.

Under the View option, click the drop-down and select Updates available for installed management packs and click Search. This will scan the installed management packs and report the ones for which the updates are available.

You should now see the management packs for which the updates are available. Choose the SCOM management pack that you wish to update and click the Add button.

The management packs you selected for updating are now shown on the screen. Click Install.

The selected management pack is updated successfully. In the below screenshot, the status ‘Imported‘ means the management pack is updated to the latest version. Click Close.