Discover Unix / Linux Servers and Deploy Agents

In this post I will go through basic configuration in System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, and the focus in this post will be on Discovering Unix\Linux Servers and Deploy Agents.
Steps are as the following:

Step	Description	Screenshot
	User local administrator privileges to log on to the SCOM 2007 R2 Root Management Server (SCOM) [Member of "OpsMgrAdmins" Group]. This account must also have system administrator privileges on the instance of SQL Server that will host the Operations Manager 2007 R2 database
1.	Open a command prompt as a Local Administrator and execute the following command: Winrm set winrm/config/client/auth @{Basic=”true”}
2.	Open the SCOM console. Highlight Administration and Click Discovery Wizard
3.	On the What do you want to manage page, Click and select Unix/Linux computers then Click Next
4.	On the Discovery Method page, Click Add
5.	On the Define discovery criteria dialog box, do the following: · Provide the IP address of the Unix/Linux Server · Provide the Credentials · Click OK
6.	On Discovery criteria page, do the following: · Select the Management Server · Check Enable SSH based discovery · Click Discover
7.	On the Discovery results page, Select the computer and click Next
8.	On the Deployment complete page, Click Done