Monitoring Datacenter & Cloud with System Center Operations Manager vC

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 implementation 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.

Target Audience

The primary audience for this course is cloud and datacenter administrators who are new to System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager and are responsible for deploying, configuring and operating it in their cloud or 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.

Plan for the deployment of System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager including:

Defining hardware and software requirements.

Describing security considerations.

Architect a highly available System Center and Microsoft SQL Server platform utilizing Microsoft SQL Server AlwaysOn.

Planning for migration and upgrade scenarios to System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.

Customize the Operations Console with User Roles.

Perform different methods of Agent deployment with System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.

Implement key Management Pack concepts and elements including Management Packs Templates.

Configure Notifications, Reporting, and Service Level Tracking in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.

Configure the following:

Audit Collection Services.

Agentless Exception Monitoring.

Operations Manager SharePoint Web Part in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.

Configure Application Performance Monitoring and Network Device monitoring in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.

Configure dashboards and widgets in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.

Describe how to use new cloud-based features including System Center Global Service Monitor and System Center Advisor.

Configure integration between System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager and other System Center 2012 R2 components.

Troubleshoot an Operations Manager Management Group.

Perform disaster recovery in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.

Module 1: Overview and Architecture

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

Calculate the hardware requirements for Contoso's Management Group

Create a Visio diagram of the proposed Management Group design

Module 2: Deploying a new System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager Management Group

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

Installing a new System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager Management Group

Installing and Configuring the Gateway Server

Installing the Operations Manager Agent

Configuring Active Directory Integration

Installing and Configuring Audit Collection Services (ACS)

Configuring Agentless Exception Monitoring (AEM)

Module 3: Upgrading Operations Manager

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

Preparing the Operations Manager 2007 R2 Environment for Upgrade

Upgrading the Operations Manager 2007 R2 Management Group to System Center 2012 Operations Manager

Upgrading the System Center 2012 Operations Manager Management Group to System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager

Upgrading the System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager Management Group to System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager

Module 4: Configuring Fabric and Application Monitoring

Introduction to Management Packs

Configuring Network Device Monitoring

Configuring Fabric Monitoring

Configuring Application Monitoring

Lab : Configuring Application and Fabric Monitoring

Installing the System Center Management Pack for Windows Server Operating System

Installing and configuring the System Center Management Pack for SQL ServerInstalling the System Center 2012 Management Pack for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Internet Information Service 8

Installing and configuring the System Center Management Pack for SharePoint Server 2013

Configuring Network Monitoring

Configuring integration between Operations Manager and Virtual Machine Manager

Using the System Center Management Pack for VMM Fabric Dashboard 2012 R2

Module 5: Application Performance Monitoring

Application Performance Monitoring

Using IntelliTraceTeam Foundation Server Integration

Lab : Monitoring .NET Framework Applications

Monitoring .NET Applications

Using IntelliTrace

Configuring TFS Integration

Module 6: End to End Service Monitoring

Management Pack Templates

Distributed Application Models

Global Service Monitor

Real-time Visio Dashboards

Lab : Configuring End to End Service Monitoring

Configure Agent Locations for the Summary Dashboard

Configuring Synthetic Transactions

Create a Distributed Application Diagram for DinnerNow

Creating a Visio Diagram of the Distributed Application

Module 7: Scorecards, Dashboards and Reporting

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

Design a custom report

Scheduling Reports

Configure Service Level Tracking for DinnerNow

Configure an Alert Dashboard

Configure a Performance Dashboard

Configure a Summary Dashboard

Configure an SLA Dashboard and add Publish the Dashboard to SharePoint

Use the GTM Tool to Publish a Custom Dashboard

Module 8: Configuring and Customizing the Console

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

Creating User Roles and Importing the Active Directory Management Pack

Creating Custom Resolution States

Creating Custom Views

Configuring Notifications

Configuring Diagnostic and Recovery Tasks

Module 9: Management Pack Authoring

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

Creating a Management Pack in the Operations Console

Authoring a Management Pack using the Visual Studio Authoring Extensions

Module 10: Integrating Operations Manager with Other System Center Components

Service Manager Integration

Data Protection Manager Integration

Orchestrator Integration

Lab : Configuring System Center Integration

Configure Service Manager Integration with Operations Manager

Configure Operations Manager Integration with Data Protection Manager

Configure Orchestrator Integration

Implement Automatic Web Site Restart and Create an Incident if it Fails

Module 11: Troubleshooting, Tuning and Disaster Recovery

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

Troubleshooting an Agent installation failure in Operations Manager

Recovering from a Management Server failure

Recovering from an Operational database failure

Overview

This course equips students with the skills they require to deploy and configure System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.