Root Management Server (RMS)

A Root Management Server (RMS) is an architecture component found on the first versions of SCOM. It was stopped being used since SCOM 2012.

It is mainly a Management Server assuming critical and unique responsibilities in the Management Group. There can be only one RMS in a Management Group. Because of that, it constitutes a Single Point Of Failure and a problem on it could impact the whole SCOM environment. To alleviate this issue, Disaster Recovery Strategies can be implemented to reduce the downtime. Those strategies include uses of Cluster, promotion of Management Server and Backup Restoration.