Current Scenario - Two physical sites - Two SCOM Management servers assigned to perform Network Monitoring.
Currently the proposed configuration is to have two separate Network Resource pools so that the network devices in each site is explicitly managed by the network resource pool local to that site. The question is, if one of the sites or network resource pools becomes unavailable, how do I continue to manage all the devices by failover?
Alternatively, and I may have answered my own question here, if I create one single network resource pool and encompass both SCOM Servers in that pool with an explicit discovery rule assigned to both servers to cover all network devices, that would provide the resiliency I need, but would the servers on each physical segment still manage the network devices local to them?
Also, I am aware that it is possible to assign an explicit rule to each server within a resource pool. In that scenario, if one of the servers in the resource pool becomes unavailable, does that mean that the network devices monitored by that server are no longer monitored?
Any advice on which solution to implement would be much appreciated. I understand that there are pro's and cons to all of the scenarios that I have listed. Any links to some more in-depth reading would also be appreciated.
Eddied