Clustering and Operations Manager

Because there can be only a single OpsMgr database and a single Reporting data warehouse per management group, the databases are a single point of failure and should be protected from downtime. Utilizing Windows Server 2008 R2 clustering for SQL databases helps to mitigate the risk involved with the OpsMgr and reporting databases.

Note

Geo-clusters (multisite clusters) are also supported; however, the maximum round-trip latency for the network heartbeat connection must be less than 500ms. This is a technology requirement for Microsoft Cluster Services (MSCS), but a violation of the requirement in an Operations Manager environment might result in inadvertent failover of components.

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