Ports Required for Agent Push Installation for Windows Computers/Servers Monitoring using SCOM console

I have observed that people face Ports related issues many times. So here, I have listed all the Ports Requirements require for Agent Push Installation for Windows Computers/Servers using Discovery Wizard in SCOM console.

      Source Server                                 Destination Server                  Ports
Agent-Managed computers            SCOM Management Server          5723/TCP
SCOM Management Server          Agent-Managed computers            137/UDP, 138/UDP, 139/TCP,
                                                                                                              445/TCP, 135/TCP.


Note:- If the ports mentioned below are not opened between Agent-Managed Computers and SCOM Management Server, then this discovery wizard will not be able to push SCOM agent on those computers using Discovery Wizard in SCOM console.

• RPC/DCOM High ports (for Windows Server 2000/2003 OS) Ports 1024-5000 Protocol: TCP/UDP
• RPC/DCOM High ports (for Windows Server 2008/2008 above OS) Ports 49152-65535 Protocol: TCP/UDP

Steps for Agent Push Installation using SCOM Console-

i)          Log on to the Operations console with an account that is a member of the Operations Manager Administrators role.

ii)         Click Administration.

iii)                 At the bottom of the navigation pane, click Discovery Wizard.

iv)                 On the Discovery Type page, click Windows computers. Click Next.

          

v)                  Select Advanced discovery, continue with the following steps.

a.       In the Computer and Device Classes list, select Servers Only.

b.      In the Management Server list, click the Management server or Gateway server to discover the computers.

vi)                 Click Next.

vii)               On the Discovery Method page, Select Browse for, or type-in computer names, and click Browse, specify the names of the computers that you want to manage, and then click OK.  

       

viii)              Click Next.

ix)                 On the Administrator Account page, Select Other user account and then type the username and password, and then select the Domain from the list.  

x)                  Click Discover to display the Discovery progress page.

       

xi)                 On the Select Objects to Manage page, do the following:

a. Select the computers that you want to be agent-managed computers.

b. In the Management Mode list, click Agent and then click Next.

             

xii)               Click Next.

xiii)              On the Summary page, review the Installation directory. Leave Agent Action Account set to the default, Local System and click Finish. 

           

            xiv)   In the Agent Management Task Status dialog box, the Status for each selected computer changes from Queued to Success; the computers are ready to be managed. Click Close.
               

Hope it helps!

If any improvement is required in this post, please post your comments/feedback so that we can provide much better solutions.