INSTALLING AND CONFIGURING SYSTEM CENTER 2012 OPERATIONS MANAGER

• Familiarity with PC hardware and devices.
• Experience supporting Windows-based systems.
• Basic experience authoring and editing batch and script files.
• Experience reviewing Windows application and service logs.
• Experience configuring or supporting distributed application environments.
• Working knowledge of Windows Server 2008 operating system and network configuration.
• Working Knowledge of Active Directory.

COURSE OBJECTIVES

• Install Operations Manager 2012 and configure global and Management Server specific settings.
• Utilize Resource Pools for high availability.
• Navigate the Operations Manager Console and Web Console.
• Perform both automated and manual agent installation on managed systems.
• Import and export management packs.
• Configure Rules, Events, Monitors and Tasks.
• Configure Reporting and create reports.
• Monitor workstations and servers using Agentless Monitoring and Agentless Exception Monitoring.
• Configure and manage Audit Collection Services.
• Create Synthetic Transactions.
• Create Distributed Applications.
• Multi-home an agent.
• Configure a Gateway server for monitoring untrusted environments.
• Configure communication between management groups.
• Migrate from Operations Manager 2007 to 2012 Operations Manager.

Module 1: Overview of System Center 2012 Operations Manager

• Operations Manager Introduction and Basic Concepts
• What’s New in 2012 Operations Manager
• System Requirements

Module 2: Installing the 2012 Operations Manager Infrastructure

• Active Directory Integration
• SQL Server Configuration
• Security Considerations
• Operations Manager Deployment Scenarios
• Installing Operations Manager 2012

Module 3: Navigating Operations Manager

• Operations Manager Console Overview
• Customizing the Operations Manager Console
• Securing the Operations Manager Console
• Operations Manager Web Console Overview

Module 4: Global Management Group Settings and Notifications

• Connected Management Groups and Management Services
• Configuring Global Management Group Settings
• Overriding Global Management Group Settings
• Creating Notifications

Module 5: Installing and Configuring Agents

• Agent Installation Prerequisites
• Agent Installation Methods
• Managing Agent Settings

Module 6: Management Packs

• Management Pack Overview
• Pre-Installed Management Packs
• Importing and Exporting Management Packs
• Management Pack Authoring

Module 7: Operations Manager Monitoring

• Monitoring Overview
• Types of Monitors
• Network Monitoring

Module 8: Monitoring without Agents

• Agentless Monitoring
• Agentless Exception Monitoring

Module 9: Operations Manager Reporting

• Installing SQL Reporting Services
• Installing Operations Manager Reporting
• Creating, Viewing and Customizing Reports

Module 10: Operations Manager Audit Collection Services

• Overview of ACS
• Installing and Configuring ACS
• Forwarders and Collectors
• ACS on non-Windows Systems (Unix/Linux)

Module 11: Synthetic Transactions

• Synthetic Transactions Overview
• Creating Synthetic Transactions

Module 12: Distributed Applications

• Distributed Applications Overview
• Design and Creation of Distributed Applications

Module 13: Monitoring Complex Environments

• Management Groups and Multihomed Agents
• Gateway Servers and Untrusted Environments

Module 14: Backup and Disaster Recovery

• Backup Overview and Planning
• Configuring and Performing Backups
• Recovery Planning