Download the Amazon Management Pack

System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2 or System Center Operations Manager 2012 SP1

Cumulative Update 1 or later. You must deploy the update to the management servers monitoring Amazon resources, as well as agents running the watcher nodes and agents to be monitored by the Amazon Management Pack. We recommend that you deploy the latest available Operations Manager updates on all computers monitoring Amazon resources.

Microsoft.Unix.Library MP version 7.3.2026.0 or later

Your data center must have at least one management server configured with Internet connectivity. The management servers must have the Microsoft .NET Framework version 4.5 or later and PowerShell 2.0 or later installed.

The action account for the management server must have local administrator privileges on the management server.

System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2

Microsoft.Unix.Library MP version 6.1.7000.256 or later

Your data center must have an agent-managed computer with Internet connectivity that you designate as the watcher node. The watcher node must have the following Agent Proxy option enabled: Allow this agent to act as a proxy and discover managed objects on other computers. The watcher node must have the Microsoft .NET Framework version 3.5.1 or later and PowerShell 2.0 or later installed.

The action account for the watcher node must have local administrator privileges on the watcher node.

You must ensure that your watcher node has the agent installed, has Internet access, and can communicate with the management servers in your data center. For more information, see Deploying Windows Agents in the Microsoft System Center documentation.