How many servers in the DMZ? The communication to/from the agent and the RMS is through a certificate, so you must import a certificate on all servers in the agent. Or you can install a Gateway server, and only import a certificate on the Gateway server. The servers in the DMZ will communicate with the Gateway server. http://blogs.technet.com/b/momteam/archive/2008/02/19/10-reasons-to-use-a-gateway-server.aspx http://www.stranger.nl/files/DMZ_server_monitoring_with_SCOM_2007.pdf http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/eu/operationsmanagerdeployment/thread/76970705-5114-4d8f-966e-2873b97b3238Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

Hi, You can find a lot of helpfull info on this link: http://systemcentercentral.com/BlogDetails/tabid/143/IndexID/90669/Default.aspx .. at the end of blog, there is lines under "To be more clear:" which can clear out doubts about certs. Also usefull blog regarding Expiration date of SCOM certificate: http://systemcentercentral.com/BlogDetails/tabid/143/IndexID/90670/Default.aspx

I have several servers in our DMZ that i need SCOM to be able to monitor How do i go about setting this up? I've seen various documents that talk about something called a gateway server but i really dont know where to begin THanks in advance

How many servers in the DMZ? The communication to/from the agent and the RMS is through a certificate, so you must import a certificate on all servers in the agent. Or you can install a Gateway server, and only import a certificate on the Gateway server. The servers in the DMZ will communicate with the Gateway server. http://blogs.technet.com/b/momteam/archive/2008/02/19/10-reasons-to-use-a-gateway-server.aspx http://www.stranger.nl/files/DMZ_server_monitoring_with_SCOM_2007.pdf http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/eu/operationsmanagerdeployment/thread/76970705-5114-4d8f-966e-2873b97b3238Please remember to click Mark as Answer on the post that helps you, and to click Unmark as Answer if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.