MS 50028 Installing and Configuring System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2

Module 1: Installing Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007

This module explains how to install System Center Configuration Manager 2007 in a single Root Management Server configuration and a clustered highly available Root Management Server configuration.

Lessons

• Preparing for Operations Manager 2007 R2
• Using System Center Capacity Planner
• Installing System Center Operations Manager 2007
• Post Installation

Lab : Installing Microsoft System Center Operations Manager

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Identify the requirements for installing System Center Operations Manager 2007.
• Install System Center Operations Manager 2007 and verify a successful installation.

Module 2: Using the Operations Console

This module explains how to use the Operations Console and how to perform configuration tasks.

Lessons

• Reviewing the Workspaces
• Using the Web Console
• Working with Views
• Reviewing Security Roles

Lab : Creating Operator Accounts and Views

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Install the Operations Console on another system.
• Understand the workspaces and views.
• Work with the Actions available for a given object.

Module 3: Configuring Management Group and Agent Settings

This module explains how to configure the global management group settings and the individual agent settings within Operations Manager 2007.

Lessons

• Global Settings
• Overriding Global Settings
• Creating Notifications

Lab : Configuring Notification Settings

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Configure default management group settings.
• Override the default management group setting.
• Configure notification settings and define who will receive the notifications.

Module 4: Agent Installation

This module explains how to deploy the Operations Manager agent within the management group.

Lessons

• Configuring Active Directory
• Push Installation
• Manual Installation
• Managing Agents

Lab : Agent Installation

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Create an Active Directory container for automatic agent assignment.
• Configure automatic installation settings.
• Manually install and approve an agent.

Module 5: Management Packs

This module explains how to import, export and manage the objects within a management pack.

Lessons

• Management Pack Overview
• Importing and Exporting Management Packs
• Creating and Sealing Management Packs

Lab : Creating Monitors

Lab : Creating Tasks

Lab : Associating Run As Profiles with a Management Pack

Lab : Configuring Overrides

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Define the components that make up a management pack.
• Create a new management pack.
• Export and import management packs.
• Seal a management pack.

Module 6: Reporting

This module explains how to install and configure SQL Reporting Services and then install Operations Manager Reporting and create reports.

Lessons

• Installing and Configuring SQL Reporting Services
• Installing Operations Manager Reporting
• Creating and Viewing Reports

Lab : Creating Reports

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Install and configure SQL Reporting Services.
• Install and configure Operations Manager Reporting.
• View reports.
• Create reports using Report Builder.

Module 7: Agentless Exception Monitoring

This module explains how to configure Agentless Exception Monitoring to monitor for application faults and then monitor the client systems.

Lessons

• Configuring Exception Monitoring
• Managing Clients

Lab : Configuring Agentless Exception Monitoring

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Configure a management server as an Agentless Exception Monitoring collector.
• Configure clients to generate error reports and send them to the management server.

Module 8: Audit Collection Services

This module explains how to install and configure Audit Collection Services, how to enable forwarders and how to manage collectors and forwarders using the Command Shell.

Lessons

• Audit Collection Services Overview
• Installing Audit Collection Services
• Configuring Forwarders and Collectors
• Importing ACS Reports

Lab : Configuring Forwarders

Lab : Configuring ACS Reports

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Install and configure Audit Collection Services.
• Optimizing auditing.
• Create Auditing reports.

Module 9: Synthetic Transactions

This module explains how to create a synthetic transaction to proactively monitor components.

Lessons

• Synthetic Transactions

Lab : Creating Synthetic Transactions

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Create and use Synthetic Transactions.

Module 10: Distributed Applications

This module explains how to create and use distributed applications to provide end-to-end service monitoring

Lessons

• Distributed Applications

Lab : Creating a Distributed Application

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Create and use Distributed Applications.

Module 11: Monitoring Non-Microsoft Platforms

This module introduces the components that allow monitoring of UNIX, Linux and network devices.

Lessons

• Tools for Monitoring Non-Microsoft Platforms
• Using the Cross-Platform Extensions

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Identify and use the built-in tolls for managing non-Microsoft platforms.
• Configure and use the Cross-Platform Extensions for monitoring UNIX and Linux systems.
• Install the Cross-Platform extensions.

Module 12: Complex Environments

This module explains how to configure agents to send monitoring data to multiple management servers in multiple management groups. It also explains how to install and configure a Gateway server for clients in untrusted domains and how to configure multiple management groups to interoperate.

Lessons

• Multi-homing Agents
• Untrusted Environments
• Multi-Tiered Environments

Lab : Connecting Management Groups

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Multi-Home and agent.
• Create a Gateway server to monitor an untrusted domain
• Create connectors to other management groups and third party management products.

Module 13: Backup and Recovery

This module explains how to backup and restore a management group and the management servers within the management group.

Lessons

• Planning Backup and Restore
• Performing a Backup
• Planning Recovery Strategies

Lab : Converting Management Packs

After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Identify the components to back up
• Plan a backup strategy
• Implement a backup strategy
• Implement a restore strategy.