This blog post demonstrates how to automate installation of SCOM 2016 and its requirements using PowerShell. If you’d like, you can also use it partly to install just software prerequisites or service accounts.
My demo lab is configured in the following way:
- SCOM Server – VM with up to 8Gb RAM, 4vCPU, Windows Server 2016
- SCOM VMs has an Internet Connection (to get Report Viewer/Runtime)
- SQL Server – VM with up to 4Gb RAM. Windows Server 2016
- Database Services, Full Text and Reporting Services – Native were installed on the SQL Server VM.
- These machines are also joined to the same domain
- SCOM media copied to the <systemdrive>\SCOM2016
- I checked the script using my domain administrator account
- Download link is available at the bottom
What does the script do?
- Downloads and installs Report Viewer Controls and required Runtime
New-Item $env:systemdrive\SCOM2016Reqs -ItemType Directory Invoke-WebRequest http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/1/2/A129F694-233C-4C7C-860F-F73139CF2E01/ENU/x86/ReportViewer.msi -OutFile $env:systemdrive\SCOM2016Reqs\ReportViewer.msi Invoke-WebRequest http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/E/E/FEE62C90-E5A9-4746-8478-11980609E5C2/ENU/x64/SQLSysClrTypes.msi -OutFile $env:systemdrive\SCOM2016Reqs\SQLSysClrTypes.msi Start-Process "$env:systemdrive\SCOM2016Reqs\SQLSysClrTypes.msi" /qn -Wait Start-Process "$env:systemdrive\SCOM2016Reqs\ReportViewer.msi" /quiet -Wait Write-Host "The Report Viewer Controls and Runtime have been installed" -ForegroundColor DarkCyan
- Creates required service accounts, SCOM administrator group in the specified OU and configures required permissions (local admin rights for the SCOM admin group)
Install-WindowsFeature RSAT-AD-PowerShell $adcn=(Get-ADDomain).DistinguishedName $dname=(Get-ADDomain).Name New-AdUser SCOM-AccessAccount -SamAccountName scom.aa -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText $svcpass -Force) -PasswordNeverExpires $true -Enabled $true -Path "OU=$ouname,$adcn" New-AdUser SCOM-DataWareHouse-Reader -SamAccountName scom.dwr -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText $svcpass -Force) -PasswordNeverExpires $true -Enabled $true -Path "OU=$ouname,$adcn" New-AdUser SCOM-DataWareHouse-Write -SamAccountName scom.dww -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText $svcpass -Force) -PasswordNeverExpires $true -Enabled $true -Path "OU=$ouname,$adcn" New-AdUser SCOM-Server-Action -SamAccountName scom.sa -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText $svcpass -Force) -PasswordNeverExpires $true -Enabled $true -Path "OU=$ouname,$adcn" New-AdGroup -Name SCOM-Admins -GroupScope Global -GroupCategory Security -Path "OU=$ouname,$adcn" Add-AdGroupMember SCOM-Admins scom.aa,scom.dwr,scom.dww,scom.sa Add-LocalGroupMember -Member $dname\SCOM-Admins -Group Administrators #SQL Server service accounts (SQLSSRS is a service reporting services account) New-AdUser SQLSVC -SamAccountName sqlsvc -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText $svcpass -Force) -PasswordNeverExpires $true -Enabled $true -Path "OU=$ouname,$adcn" New-AdUser SQLSSRS -SamAccountName sqlssrs -AccountPassword (ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText $svcpass -Force) -PasswordNeverExpires $true -Enabled $true -Path "OU=$ouname,$adcn" Write-Host "The service Accounts and SCOM-Admins group have been added to OU=$ouname,$adcn" -ForegroundColor DarkCyan
- Configures SQL Server by creating required Windows Firewall rules and adding SCOM-Admins group to the administrators on the server
$secpasswd = ConvertTo-SecureString $sqlpass -AsPlainText -Force
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ("$dname\$sqluser", $secpasswd)
$psrem = New-PSSession -ComputerName $sqlsrv -Credential $cred
Invoke-Command -Session $psrem -ScriptBlock{
Install-WindowsFeature RSAT-AD-Powershell
Set-NetFirewallRule -Name WMI-WINMGMT-In-TCP -Enabled True
New-NetFirewallRule -Name "SQL DB" -DisplayName "SQL Database" -Profile Domain -Direction Inbound -LocalPort 1433 -Protocol TCP -Action Allow
New-NetFirewallRule -Name "SQL Server Admin Connection" -DisplayName "SQL Admin Connection" -Profile Domain -Direction Inbound -LocalPort 1433 -Protocol TCP -Action Allow
New-NetFirewallRule -Name "SQL Browser" -DisplayName "SQL Browser" -Profile Domain -Direction Inbound -LocalPort 1434 -Protocol UDP -Action Allow
New-NetFirewallRule -Name "SQL SRRS (HTTP)" -DisplayName "SQL SRRS (HTTP)" -Profile Domain -Direction Inbound -LocalPort 80 -Protocol TCP -Action Allow
New-NetFirewallRule -Name "SQL SRRS (SSL)" -DisplayName "SQL SRRS (SSL)" -Profile Domain -Direction Inbound -LocalPort 443 -Protocol TCP -Action Allow
New-NetFirewallRule -Name "SQL Instance Custom Port" -DisplayName "SQL Instance Custom Port" -Profile Domain -Direction Inbound -LocalPort $sqlserverport -Protocol TCP -Action Allow
New-NetFirewallRule -Name "SQL Server 445" -DisplayName "SQL Server 445" -Profile Domain -Direction Inbound -LocalPort 445 -Protocol TCP -Action Allow
New-NetFirewallRule -Name "SQL Server 135" -DisplayName "SQL Server 135" -Profile Domain -Direction Inbound -LocalPort 135 -Protocol TCP -Action Allow
Add-LocalGroupMember -Member $arg[0]\SCOM-Admins -Group Administrators} -ArgumentList $dname
Write-Host "The SQL Server $sqlsrv has been configured" -ForegroundColor DarkCyan
- Installs Web Console prerequisites (ISS and so on)
Install-WindowsFeature NET-WCF-HTTP-Activation45,Web-Static-Content,Web-Default-Doc,Web-Dir-Browsing,Web-Http-Errors, ` Web-Http-Logging,Web-Request-Monitor,Web-Filtering,Web-Stat-Compression,Web-Mgmt-Console,Web-Metabase,Web-Asp-Net,Web-Windows-Auth Write-Host "The Web Console prerequisites have been installed" -ForegroundColor DarkCyan
- Installs the SCOM Server (OMServer, OMConsole and OMWebConsole).
$arglist= @("/install /components:OMServer,OMConsole,OMWebConsole /ManagementGroupName:$mgmtgroup /SqlServerInstance:$sqlsrv\$sqlinstancename /SqlInstancePort:$sqlserverport",
"/DatabaseName:OperationsManager /DWSqlServerInstance:$sqlsrv\$sqlinstancename /DWDatabaseName:OperationsManagerDW /ActionAccountUser:$dname\scom.sa",
"/ActionAccountPassword:$svcpass /DASAccountUser:$dname\scom.aa /DASAccountPassword:$svcpass /DataReaderUser:$dname\scom.dwr",
"/DataReaderPassword:$svcpass /DataWriterUser:$dname\scom.dww /DataWriterPassword:$svcpass /WebSiteName:""Default Web Site""",
'/WebConsoleAuthorizationMode:Mixed /EnableErrorReporting:Always /SendCEIPReports:1 /UseMicrosoftUpdate:1 /AcceptEndUserLicenseAgreement:1 /silent')
Start-Process -FilePath $env:systemdrive\SCOM2016\setup.exe -ArgumentList $arglist -Wait
Write-Host "The SCOM has been installed. Don't forget to license SCOM" -ForegroundColor DarkCyan
- Once SCOM is installed, verify installation logs located at <username>\AppData\Local\SCOM\LOGS\OpsMgrSetupWizard.txt .
Additionally, don’t forget to set a valid SCOM 2016 product key by using the Set-SCOMLicense –ProductId <key>
That’s it. Just run the script, provide values for SQL Server connection/credentials and etc and wait until the SCOM installation is complete.
I uploaded the script, so feel free to use it (please mention my blog once you shared the script or part of it. Let’s respect each other!)
UseIT | Roman Levchenko 
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