Working with Gateway servers can be pretty frustrating the first time out, you really need to read through all the documented steps before you dive in.
The main steps to watch are:
- Use Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.GatewayApprovalTool.exe before you install the gateway
- Generate the certifcates through your CA for each management server and the gateway server, then import them using MOMCertImport.exe
- After importing the certifcates, you may need to restart the Health Services in order to pick up the new certifcates
The other thing to keep in mind is that for any managed object being handled by a Gateway server the Gateway is responsible to handling the workflows, so this means you need to:
- configure winrm to handle basic authentication (winrm set winrm/config/client/auth @{Basic="true"})
- ensure the Gateway can resolve a DNS name for the IP of the server being discovered
- If you are using the BidgeWays Unix/Linux deployment mechanism ensure you run the installer on the Gateway server so that the deployment packages are available for use.
The entire deployment procedure is available through technet at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb432149.aspx and once you get things running it works very well in terms of being able to monitor your unix/linux (and windows of course) servers running int he DMZ or across the WAN.
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