Managing Your Infrastructure Using Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Training Class

Lesson 1: Plan a MOM Infrastructure

Determine the business requirements for a MOM deployment
Collect information about the current infrastructure
Determine what services need to be monitored
Determine the number of managed servers
Determine the number of agent-less managed servers
Determine the number of required management servers
Determine the number of management groups.
Determine the location of management servers
Determine the location for the SQL database
Determine which management server will be the reporting server

Lesson 2: Install MOM

Create necessary user accounts
Run the MOM 2005 Setup Wizard to install MOM
Verify MOM Installation

Lesson 3: Configure the MOM Management Group

Configure the management server
Configure agents
Import management packs
Create additional computer groups (if necessary)
Create computer attributes

Lesson 4: Install Agents

Discover computers
Configure computer discovery rules
Determine whether a discovered computer will be managed or unmanaged
Create managed servers
Install agents
Designate a server as agentless

Lesson 5: Manage MOM Managed Servers

View computer states
Take action on events
Take action on alerts
Take action on performance data
Managing rules
Troubleshoot and resolve configuration issues.
Determine which management server will be the reporting server

Lesson 6: Managing Collected Data

Install the Reporting console
Generate predefined reports
Use the Reporting console to view reports
Use the Web console to view reports
Analyze reports to identify specific problems

Lesson 7: Configure Multiple Management Servers

Install additional MOM management servers
Configure MOM for a multiple domain environment
Maintain a MOM database
Back up and restore a database