Cloud & Datacenter Monitoring with System Center Operations Manager

Course details

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

Course Outline

1 - Overview and Architecture

• Operations Manager in the Cloud and Data Center
• Operations Manager Overview
• Core Components and Topology 
• Key features of System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager
• Planning and Sizing System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager
• Lab : Using the System Center 2012 Operations Manager Sizing Helper Tool

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

• Security Considerations
• Management Group Design Considerations
• Installing System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager
• Configuring Operations Manager Default Settings
• Configuring Agentless Exception Monitoring (AEM)
• Agent Deployment Methods
• Configuring Audit Collection Services
• Lab : Installing System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager and Deploying Agents

3 - Upgrading Operations Manager

• 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

4 - Configuring Fabric and Application Monitoring

• Management Packs Fundamentals
• Configuring Network Device Monitoring
• Configuring Fabric Monitoring
• Configuring Application Monitoring
• Lab : Configuring Application and Fabric Monitoring

5 - Application Performance Monitoring

• Application Performance Monitoring
• Using IntelliTrace
• Team Foundation Server Integration
• Lab : Configuring Application Performance Monitoring

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

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

8 - Configuring and Customizing the Console

• Security, Scoping and User Roles
• Creating Custom Views
• Configuring Notification Subscriptions
• Creating Diagnostic and Recovery Tasks
• Lab : Customizing the Operations Console

9 - Management Pack Authoring

• Management Packs Authoring Concepts
• Authoring a Management Pack
• Lab : Authoring Management Packs

10 - System Center Integration

• Integrating Operations Manager with Service Manager
• Integrating Operations Manager with Data Protection Manager
• Integrating Operations Manager with Orchestrator
• Lab : Configuring System Center Integration

11 - Troubleshooting, Tuning and Disaster Recovery

• Troubleshooting Operations Manager Core Components
• Configuring SQL AlwaysOn for Operations Manager
• Configuring Data Retention in Operations Manager
• Using Reports to troubleshoot Operations Manager
• Disaster Recovery
• Lab : Troubleshooting Operations Manager

Target Audience: At Course Completion, students will:

• 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.