WhatsUp Gold vs SCOM

• Monitors services on remote servers
• Alerts users of missed pings on designated devices
• Monitors power supplies, temperature, and fans on compatible network switches
• Canned reports help find trends.

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• Microsoft workloads monitoring: SQL Server, Windows Server, Exchange and other Microsoft products.
• Data Visualization. With the custom dashboard capabilities, available in SCOM 2012 we can create advanced UI in SCOM console. One of the best examples there - SQL Server Monitoring Management Pack.
• Extensibility. This is very important feature, which allows end-users to add their custom monitoring scenarios using Powershell.

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• Navigating the new WhatsUp Gold 2018 is a bit complicated and not user-friendly. The best part about using a software is the user's ability to use it with ease.
• You cannot click sites being monitored from Map Dashboard View. This feature was previously possible in the older version.

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• One of the biggest drawbacks to SCOM is the sheer scope and complexity of the system. This can be a pro and a con. The system is very customizable, what you put into it is what you'll get out of it. That said, the learning curve is fairly steep. An organization needs to be committed to putting time and resources into SCOM to get the most out of it. I've heard stories from colleagues of several different companies that invested in SCOM and then abandoned it due to the excessive time and care required.
• SCOM is expensive. Not only is the enterprise licensing costly, SCOM requires it's own servers, operational and warehouse databases to be maintained.
• The OOB SCOM reports are a bit clunky and feel outdated.

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• WAN Optimization for multiple sites.
• Network Capacity Management for site expansion.
• Early detection and mitigation of network downtime.

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• Objective: Increase Reliability - Positive - Operations Manager gave is the deep level monitoring we needed to fix the underlying issues that affect the stability of the infrastructure and applications.
• Objective: Provide Executive Level Dashboards - Neutral - Operations Manager has dashboard capabilities, but we added Savision LiveMaps to Operations Manager to provide better dashboards.
• Objective: Reduce Overall Product Cost - Positive - We were able to remove many paid products from the environment with Operations Manager Monitoring.

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