Defining Management Groups

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OpsMgr uses the concept of management groups to logically separate geographical and organizational boundaries. Management groups enable you to scale the size of OpsMgr architecture or politically organize the administration of OpsMgr.

At a minimum, each management group consists of the following components:

• An operations database

• An optional reporting database

• A Root Management Server

• Management agents

• Management consoles

OpsMgr can be scaled to meet the needs of different-sized organizations. For small organizations, the OpsMgr components can be installed on one server with a single management group. In large organizations, on the other hand, the distribution of OpsMgr components to separate servers enables the organizations to customize and scale their OpsMgr architecture. Multiple management groups provide load balancing and fault tolerance within the OpsMgr infrastructure. Organizations can set up multiple management servers at strategic locations to distribute the workload among them.

Note

The general rule of thumb with management groups is to start with a single management group and add more management groups only if they are absolutely necessary. Administrative overhead is reduced, and there is less need to re-create rules and perform other redundant tasks with fewer management groups.

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