HOW TO FORWARD CUSTOM ATTRIBUTES USING THE MOM TO MOM PRODUCT CONNECTOR

If you have a large multi-tier MOM environment you might want to forward attributes from a lower level tier to a higher level tier so that you can create custom Console Scopes or Computer Groups that contain members from the lower level tiers.

In order to forward customer computer attributes to a higher level tier, the MOM GUIDS must be identical between the source and destination server.  To do this the attributes must created on a MOM server, exported to an AKM file and them imported to all of the servers in the MOM hierarchy.

Within the MOM 2005 Administrator Console, it is not possible to right click on an attribute and export just the attribute.  The attribute must somehow be associated with a MOM rule group.  An example of this is to create a Computer Group that uses the attribute then create a Rule Group and assign that Rule Group to the Computer Group that uses the attribute.  The Rule Group can then be exported using the MOM Management Pack export wizard and when that Rule Group is imported, the attributes will be imported as well.