Cloud & Datacenter Monitoring with System Center Operations Manager
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Get hands-on instruction and practice implementing infrastructure and application monitoring with System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager in this 4-day Microsoft Official Course.
Course Details
System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager provides infrastructure monitoring that is flexible and cost-effective, helps ensure the predictable performance and availability of vital applications, and offers comprehensive monitoring for your datacenter and cloud, both private and public. You will learn the skills you need to proactively monitor and respond to server and service availability, low performance, and security issues for servers in the datacenter. You will learn key Operations Manager concepts such as Management Packs, Overrides, and Distributed Application Models. You will learn how to configure some of the key new features in Operations Manager such as Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Network Device Monitoring, Dashboards, and Widgets. As part of the learning experience, you will perform hands-on exercises in a virtual lab environment. NOTE: This course is based on System Center 2012 SP1. This course is designed for experienced IT professionals who support medium to large enterprises and have experience administering Windows Server 2012.
Prerequisites
In addition to their professional experience, students who attend this training should already have the following technical knowledge:
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One or more years’ experience in the design and implementation of System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 or System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
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Working knowledge of SQL Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2012
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Working knowledge of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012
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Working knowledge of SharePoint Server 2010
Course Outline
Module 1: Installing System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager
Lessons
- Operations Manager Overview
- Core Components and Topology
- Security Considerations and Hardware and Software Requirements
- Upgrading to System Center 2012 Operations Manager
- Migrating to System Center 2012 Operations Manager
Lab : Upgrading to Operations Manager 2012Lab : Installing a New System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Management Group
- Describe the purpose and functionality of System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager
- Describe the System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager components and topology
- Describe security considerations including hardware and software requirements
- Describe how to upgrade or migrate to System Center 2012 Operations Manager from Operations Manager 2007 R2
- Describe how to migrate to System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager
Module 2: Agent Deployment and Management Packs
Lessons
- Agent Deployment Methods
- Management Packs Overview
- Management Packs Templates
- Distributed Application Models
Lab : Deploying Agents and Configuring Base Monitoring
- Describe the different methods used to deploy Operations Manager Agents.
- Describe Management Packs and the key concepts such as Discoveries and Targeting
- Describe Management Pack Templates
- Describe Distributed Application Models
Module 3: Configuring Notifications, Reporting and Service Level Tracking
This module will cover how to configure Notification Subscriptions, Reporting, and Service Level Tracking.
Lessons
- Configuring Notification Subscriptions
- Configure and Manage Reporting in Operations Manager
- Configuring Service Level Tracking
Lab : Configuring Notifications, Reporting and Service Level Tracking
- Describe how to configure Notifications in Operations Manager
- Describe how to configure custom reports in Operations Manager
- Describe how to configure Service Level Tracking in Operations Manager
Module 4: Configuring Audit Collection Services, Agentless Exception Monitoring and the Operations Manager SharePoint Web Part
Lessons
- Configuring Audit Collection Services (ACS)
- Configuring Agentless Exception Monitoring (AEM)
- Configuring the SharePoint Web Part
Lab : Configuring ACS, AEM and the SharePoint Portal
- Describe how to install and configure Audit Collection Services (ACS)
- Describe how to configure Agentless Exception Monitoring (AEM)
- Describe how to install and configure the Operations Manager SharePoint web part
Module 5: Application and Network Device Monitoring
Lessons
- Application Performance Monitoring
- Synthetic Transactions and Global Service Monitoring
- .NET Distributed Application Monitoring Templates and TFS Integration
- Network Monitoring
Lab : Monitoring .NET Applications and Network Devices
- Describe how .NET applications and services are monitored
- Describe how Synthetic Transactions and Global Service Monitoring is configured
- Describe .NET Distributed Application Monitoring Templates and how Operation Manager integrates with Team Foundation Server 2010
- Describe how Operations Manager monitors network devices
Module 6: Configuring Dashboards and Widgets
Lessons
- Dashboards and Widgets Overview
- Configuring Custom Dashboards
Lab : Configuring Dashboards and Widgets
- Describe Dashboard Views including Templates and Widgets
- Describe how to configure custom Dashboards
Module 7: Integrating Operations Manager with other System Center Components
Lessons
- Service Manager Integration
- Data Protection Manager Integration
- Virtual Machine Manager Integration
- Orchestrator Integration
Lab : Configuring System Center Integration
- Describe Service Manager and how it integrates with Operations Manager
- Describe Data Protection Manager and how it integrates with Operations Manager
- Describe Virtual Machine Manager and how it integrates with Operations Manager
- Describe Orchestrator and how it integrates with Operations Manager