Overview
This 5-day instructor-led course equips students with the skills they require to deploy and configure System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager. Using hands-on labs, students learn the following:
- How to architect and implement a System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager Management Group
- How to upgrade and migrate from an existing Operations Manager 2007 R2 Management Group to System Center 2012 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager and System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager
- Understand the key elements of Management Packs including Object Discoveries, Rules, Monitors, Targeting and Run As Accounts and Run As Profiles. This includes authoring Management Packs
- How to configure fabric and application monitoring in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager including both datacenter and cloud resources such as networking, storage and computer
- How to configure monitoring of .NET and Java based applications using Application Performance Monitoring
- How to configure end-to-end service monitoring including synthetic transactions and Distributed Application Diagrams
- How to configure Dashboards, Service Level Tracking Reporting and the SharePoint Web Part to enable visualization of key performance and availability metrics
- How to customize the Operation Manager Console to meet the needs of different application support teams
- How to integrate Operations Manager with other System Center 2012 R2 components and extend monitoring to include key business processes and procedures
- How to troubleshoot an Operations Manager Management Group and perform disaster recovery procedures such as database and management server recovery
- How to use new features in System Center 2012 R2 including: Integration with System Center Advisor, Integration with Team Foundation Server, Intellitrace, and Managing Windows Azure
Prerequisites
In addition to their professional experience, students who attend this training should already have the following technical knowledge:
- One or more years’ experience in the design and implement of System Center Operations 2007 R2 or System Center 2012 Operations Manager is desired
- Working knowledge of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 R2
- Working knowledge of SQL Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2012
Who Should Attend?
This course is recommended for cloud and datacenter administrator who are new to System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager and are responsible for deploying, configuring and operating it in their cloud and datacenter. The secondary audience for this course is cloud and datacenter administrators who are already familiar with Operations Manager and want to upgrade their skills to include the new features found in System Center 2012 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager and System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.
Course Outline
- Overview of Operations Manager
- Overview of Key Features in Operations Manager
- Overview of Core Components and Topology
- Addressing Cloud and Datacenter Issues by Using Operations Manager
- Planning and Sizing System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager
Lab: Using the System Center 2012 Operations Manager Sizing Helper Tool
- Overview of Security Considerations
- Designing the Management Group
- Installing System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager
- Configuring Operations Manager Default Settings
- Deploying the Operations Manager Agent
- Configuring Agentless Exception Monitoring (AEM)
- Configuring Audit Collection Services
Lab: Installing System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager and Deploying Agents
- Overview of Migration and Upgrade Planning
- Upgrading to System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager
- Migrating to System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager
Lab: Upgrading to System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager
- Introduction to Management Packs
- Configuring Network Device Monitoring
- Configuring Fabric Monitoring
- Configuring Application Monitoring
Lab: Configuring Application and Fabric Monitoring
- Application Performance Monitoring
- Using IntelliTrace
- Team Foundation Server Integration
Lab: Monitoring .NET Framework Applications
- Management Pack Templates
- Distributed Application Models
- Global Service Monitor
- Real-time Visio Dashboards
Lab: Configuring End to End Service Monitoring
- Configuring and Managing Reporting in Operations Manager
- Configuring Service Level Tracking
- Configuring the Operations Manager SharePoint WebPart
- Configuring Dashboards and Widgets
- Creating Custom Dashboards
Lab: Configuring Reporting, Dashboards and Service Level Tracking
- Security, Scoping and User Roles
- Creating Custom Views and Alert Resolution States
- Configuring Notification Subscriptions
- Creating Diagnostic and Recovery Tasks
Lab: Customizing the Operations Console
- Management Packs Authoring Concepts
- Authoring Management Packs by using the Operations Console
- Authoring Management Packs by using the Visual Studio Authoring Extensions
Lab: Authoring Management Packs
- Service Manager Integration
- Data Protection Manager Integration
- Orchestrator Integration
Lab: Configuring System Center Integration
- Troubleshooting Operations Manager Core Components
- Tuning Management Packs
- Configuring SQL AlwaysOn for Operations Manager
- Configuring Data Retention in Operations Manager
- Disaster Recovery in Operations Manager
Lab: Troubleshooting Operations Manager
