Installing and Configuring System Center 2012 Operations Manager

Course details

This course provides students with the knowledge and skills to install and configure System Center 2012 Operations Manager. In addition this class will prepare the student for managing their 2012 Operations Manager infrastructure.

Course Outline

1 - Overview of System Center 2012 Operations Manager

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

2 - Installing the 2012 Operations Manager Infrastructure

• Active Directory Integration
• SQL Server Configuration
• Security Considerations
• Operations Manager Deployment Planning
• Installing System Center 2012 Operations Manager
• Lab 1: Installing Operations Manager

3 - Navigating Operations Manager

• Operations Console
• Customizing the Operations Console
• Securing the Operations Manager Console
• Lab 1: Creating Users and Customizing Views

4 - Global Management Group Settings and Notifications

• Configuring Global Management Group Setting
• Overriding Global Management Group Settings
• Notifications
• Lab 1: Creating Subscription Notifications

5 - Installing and Configuring Agents

• Automatic Agent Assignment Prerequisites
• Agent Installation Methods
• Managing Agent Settings
• Lab 1: Manual Agent Install and Approval

6 - Management Packs

• Overview of Management Packs
• Pre-Installed Management Packs
• Importing and Exporting Management Packs
• Sealing a Management Pack
• Lab 1: Management Pack Administration

7 - Operations Manager Monitoring

• Finding and Organizing Objects
• Monitors and Rules
• Network Monitoring
• Lab 1: Creating Monitors
• Lab 2: Create and Manage Tasks

8 - Agentless Monitoring and Agentless Exception Monitoring

• Agentless Monitoring
• Agentless Exception Monitoring
• Agentless Exception Monitoring Client Configuration
• Lab 1: Configuring Agentless Exception Monitoring

9 - Operations Manager Reporting

• Installing SQL Server Reporting Services
• Installing Operations Manager Reporting
• Viewing Reports and Creating Custom Reports
• Lab 1: Install Operations Manager Reporting and Create Custom Reports

10 - Operations Manager Audit Collection Services

• Overview of Audit Collection Services
• Installing Audit Collection Services
• ACS on non-Windows Systems
• Lab 1: Configuring Forwarders and Audit Policies
• Lab 2: Install and Configure ACS Reporting

11 - Management Pack Templates

• Introduction to Management Pack Templates
• Monitoring Scenarios Using Management Pack Templates
• Lab 1: Management Pack Templates

12 - Distributed Applications

• Distributed Applications Overview
• Design and Creation of Distributed Applications
• Lab 1: Create a Distributed Application

13 - Monitoring Complex Environments

• Connecting Management Groups 
• Multihomed Agents 
• Gateway Servers and Untrusted Environments
• Lab 1: Connecting Management Groups

14 - Backup and Disaster Recovery

• Backup Overview and Planning
• Configuring and Performing Backups 
• Recovery Planning
• Lab 1: Backup and Restore Custom Reports

Target Audience: This course is intended for IT professionals with basic Windows Server, Active Directory and network configuration and management experience.