System Center 2012 Operations Manager: Configuring and Managing

By Scott Lowe
Part 2 of 2 in the System Center 2012 Operations Manager series focuses on how to implement an enterprise-caliber monitoring framework that can be extended to meet practically any new need that may arise.
Course info
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Jan 15, 2013
Duration
5h 7m
Table of contents
Understanding Management Packs
Management Packs: Their Purpose in Life 6m Management Pack Components 6m New Management Pack Behavior 2m
Managing Management Packs
Management Packs: The Business Goals 1m SCOM Baseline and Extension 5m Best Practices for New Management Packs 4m Management Pack Installation Methods 7m Demo: Import Management Packs 10m
Managing Alerts and Notifications
About Alerts and Notifications 5m Using Health Explorer 2m Demo: Health Explorer 12m Demo: Close an Active Alert 5m Demo: Configuring Notifications 10m Maintenance Mode 4m
Creating and Managing Groups
Using Groups: The Business Goals 2m Demo: Groups 12m
Managing Tasks
Using Tasks: The Business Goals 4m Demo: Create a Task 5m
Configuring Monitors
Monitors 9m Demo: Self-Tuning Threshold Monitor 16m Demo: Monitor Windows Services 12m
Managing Rules
Using Rules: The Business Goals 4m Demo: Create a Rule 8m
Tuning Management Packs
Management Packs: The Business Driver 9m Demo: Overrides in Action 17m
Monitoring Network Devices
What's New in 2012? 10m Demo: Network Monitoring 7m Demo: View Results 4m
Client Monitoring
Why Monitor Clients? 3m Demo: Enable SCOM Server for Client Monitoring 5m Demo: Enable Clients for Client Monitoring 9m
Managing Audit Collection Services
What is ACS? 4m Demo: Deploy ACS 6m
Reporting
Introduction 1m SCOM 2012 Reporting 1m Demo: Install Reporting Component 4m Demo: Reports in SCOM 9m
Managing Security
The Importance of Security 3m SCOM Security Features 3m Demo: SCOM 2012 User Roles 7m Run As Accounts and Profiles 3m Demo: Run As Accounts and Profiles 5m
Troubleshooting Operations Manager
Introduction 1m Understanding 'Gray Icon Syndrome' 5m Restarting Management Servers 5m Demo: Review Maintenance Items 10m Demo: Enter Maintenance Mode 2m
Monitoring vSphere
Why Monitor vSphere? 7m Demo: Install the Enterprise Management Server and UI 11m Demo: Add vSphere Hosts to be Monitored 5m
Description
Course info
Level
Intermediate
Updated
Jan 15, 2013
Duration
5h 7m
Description

Part 2 of 2 in the System Center 2012 Operations Manager series focuses on how to implement an enterprise-caliber monitoring framework that can be extended to meet practically any new need that may arise. This course is designed for those who have at least a basic knowledge of Windows and networking in a lab and covers topics such as vSphere monitoring, management packs, Audit Collection Services, and more.

About the author
Scott Lowe
About the author

Scott is the Founder and Managing Consultant of THE 1610 Group. By night (and sometimes weekends, lunch, and everything in between!) Scott writes technical articles for CNet's TechRepublic, TechTarget, and TechGenix.

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