Course Description
Get hands-on instruction and practice implementing infrastructure and application monitoring with System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager in this 4-day Microsoft Official Course. System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager provides infrastructure monitoring that is flexible and cost-effective, helps ensure the predictable performance and availability of vital applications, and offers comprehensive monitoring for your datacenter and cloud, both private and public. You will learn the skills you need to proactively monitor and respond to server and service availability, low performance, and security issues for servers in the datacenter. You will learn key Operations Manager concepts such as Management Packs, Overrides, and Distributed Application Models. You will learn how to configure some of the key new features in Operations Manager such as Application Performance Monitoring (APM), Network Device Monitoring, Dashboards, and Widgets. As part of the learning experience, you will perform hands-on exercises in a virtual lab environment. NOTE: This course is based on System Center 2012 SP1. This course is designed for experienced IT professionals who support medium to large enterprises and have experience administering Windows Server 2012.PrerequisitesIn 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 Manager 2007 SP1 or System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Working knowledge of Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2012 Working knowledge of SQL Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2012 Working knowledge of SharePoint Server 2010 Agenda
This course is intended for private cloud and datacenter administrators responsible for deploying, configuring and operating System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager.
At Course Completion
Describe the key features and functionality of System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager including the hardware and software requirements, security considerations and how to migrate and upgrade to System Center 2012 Operations Manager. Describe the various methods of deploying Agents with System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager and the key elements in Management Packs and Management Packs Templates. Configure Notifications, Reporting and Service Level Tracking in System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager. Configure Audit Collection Services, Agentless Exception Monitoring and the Operations Manager SharePoint Web Part in System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager. Configure Application Performance Monitoring and Network Device monitoring in System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager. Configure Dashboard and Widgets in System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager. Configure integration between System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager and other System Center 2012 SP1 components. Course OutlineModule 1: Installing System Center 2012 SP1 Operations ManagerIn this module you will learn about the various components that comprise an Operations Manager Management Group and how they communicate with each other.Lessons Operations Manager OverviewCore Components and TopologySecurity Considerations and Hardware and Software RequirementsUpgrading to System Center 2012 Operations ManagerMigrating to System Center 2012 Operations ManagerLab: Upgrading to Operations Manager 2012Preparing the environmentUpgrading the Management GroupLab: Installing a New System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Management GroupInstalling a New Operations Manager Management GroupInstalling and Configuring the Gateway ServerAfter completing this module, students will be able to:Describe the purpose and functionality of System Center 2012 SP1 Operations ManagerDescribe the System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager components and topologyDescribe security considerations including hardware and software requirementsDescribe how to upgrade or migrate to System Center 2012 Operations Manager from Operations Manager 2007 R2 Describe how to migrate to System Center 2012 SP1 Operations ManagerModule 2: Agent Deployment and Management PacksThis module will cover how to deploy agents and install management packs.Lessons Agent Deployment MethodsManagement Packs OverviewManagement Packs TemplatesDistributed Application ModelsLab: Deploying Agents and Configuring Base MonitoringInstalling the Operations Manager AgentApplying Base MonitoringCreate and Apply Overrides in Operations ManagerBuilding a Distributed Application Model for Dinner NowAfter completing this module, students will be able to:Describe the different methods used to deploy Operations Manager Agents. Describe Management Packs and the key concepts such as Discoveries and Targeting Describe Management Pack Templates Describe Distributed Application ModelsModule 3: Configuring Notifications, Reporting and Service Level TrackingThis module will cover how to configure Notification Subscriptions, Reporting, and Service Level Tracking.Lessons Configuring Notification SubscriptionsConfigure and Manage Reporting in Operations ManagerConfiguring Service Level TrackingLab: Configuring Notifications, Reporting and Service Level TrackingConfiguring NotificationsDesign a New reportSchedule the ReportConfigure Service Level Tracking for Dinner NowAfter completing this module, students will be able to:Describe how to configure Notifications in Operations ManagerDescribe how to configure custom reports in Operations ManagerDescribe how to configure Service Level Tracking in Operations ManagerModule 4: Configuring Audit Collection Services, Agentless Exception Monitoring and the Operations Manager SharePoint Web PartIn this module you will configure Audit Collection Services (ACS), Agentless Exception Monitoring (AEM), and the SharePoint Web Part. Lessons Configuring Audit Collection Services (ACS)Configuring Agentless Exception Monitoring (AEM)Configuring the SharePoint Web PartLab: Configuring ACS, AEM and the SharePoint PortalConfiguring ACSConfiguring AEMInstall and Configure the Operations Manager SharePoint Web PartAfter completing this module, students will be able to:Describe how to install and configure Audit Collection Services (ACS)Describe how to configure Agentless Exception Monitoring (AEM)Describe how to install and configure the Operations Manager SharePoint web partModule 5: Application and Network Device MonitoringIn this module you will learn how Operations Manager provides monitoring of .NET applications and services using the Application Performance Monitoring feature. You will also learn how network devices are monitored in Operations Manager.Lessons Application Performance MonitoringSynthetic Transactions and Global Service Monitoring.NET Distributed Application Monitoring Templates and TFS IntegrationNetwork MonitoringLab: Monitoring .NET Applications and Network DevicesMonitoring .NET ApplicationsConfigure Web Application Availability Monitoring and Include the Monitor in a New Distributed Application DiagramConfigure Network Device MonitoringAfter completing this module, students will be able to:Describe how .NET applications and services are monitoredDescribe how Synthetic Transactions and Global Service Monitoring is configuredDescribe .NET Distributed Application Monitoring Templates and how Operation Manager integrates with Team Foundation Server 2010Describe how Operations Manager monitors network devicesModule 6: Configuring Dashboards and WidgetsIn this module you will learn how dashboard views provide a key monitoring function to IT Administrators. You will also configure dashboard elements (widgets) to display data in so you can quickly view the health of a monitored application, component or service.Lessons Dashboards and Widgets OverviewConfiguring Custom DashboardsLab: Configuring Dashboards and WidgetsConfigure an Alert DashboardConfigure an Performance DashboardConfigure a Summary DashboardConfigure an SLA Dashboard and add Publish the Dashboard to SharePointUse the GTM Tool to Publish a Custom Dashboard
After completing this module, students will be able to:Describe Dashboard Views including Templates and WidgetsDescribe how to configure custom DashboardsModule 7: Integrating Operations Manager with other System Center ComponentsSystem Center 2012 SP1 includes of a number of components that provide complete management of the IT environment. This includes the server and desktop infrastructure as well as the networking infrastructure that binds them. In this module you will learn about some of the key features of these System Center 2012 SP1 components including the benefits that can be achieved through integration. Lessons Service Manager IntegrationData Protection Manager IntegrationVirtual Machine Manager IntegrationOrchestrator IntegrationLab: Configuring System Center IntegrationConfigure Service Manager Integration with Active DirectoryConfigure Service Manager Integration with Operations ManagerConfigure Operations Manager Integration with Data Protection ManagerConfigure Virtual Machine Manager Integration with Operations Manager and Service ManagerConfigure Orchestrator IntegrationImplement Automatic Web Site Restart and Create an Incident if it FailsAfter completing this module, students will be able to:Describe Service Manager and how it integrates with Operations ManagerDescribe Data Protection Manager and how it integrates with Operations ManagerDescribe Virtual Machine Manager and how it integrates with Operations ManagerDescribe Orchestrator and how it integrates with Operations Manager