This is the e Book version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the e Book version. This book is your most complete source for in-depth information about Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007! System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed is a comprehensive guide to System Center Operations Manager (Ops Mgr) 2007. Like its MOM 2005 predecessor, Ops Mgr 2007 helps you implement operations management, but with a fa...
This is the e Book version of the printed book. If the print book includes a CD-ROM, this content is not included within the e Book version. This book is your most complete source for in-depth information about Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007! System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed is a comprehensive guide to System Center Operations Manager (Ops Mgr) 2007. Like its MOM 2005 predecessor, Ops Mgr 2007 helps you implement operations management, but with a far different and more holistic approach from MOM 2005’s focus on individual servers. This book guides you through designing, deploying, and configuring Ops Mgr 2007. You will find detailed information and hands-on experience on topics such as estimating database sizes and designing redundant Ops Mgr configurations. You learn how to tackle challenges such as setting up ACS, establishing client monitoring, using and creating synthetic transactions and distributed applications, and developing management packs and reports. Size your Ops Mgr databases Architect for redundancy and performance Install or migrate to Ops Mgr 2007 Secure Ops Mgr Back up Ops Mgr components Understand how monitors and rules work Manage different aspects, including ACS, client monitoring, synthetic transactions, and distributed applications Extend Ops Mgr Develop management packs and reports CD-ROM includes: Database sizing spreadsheet Utilities, management packs, and reports Microsoft’s best practices for rule and monitor targeting and Power Shell Cheat Sheet Live Links–more than 200 hypertext links and references to materials, connectors, sites, and newsgroups related to Ops Mgr Contents Introduction 1 Part I Operations Management Overview and Concepts 1 Operations Management Basics 11 2 What’s New 63 3 Looking Inside Ops Mgr 97 Part II Planning and Installation 4 Planning Your Operations Manager Deployment 137 5 Planning Complex Configurations 203 6 Installing Operations Manager 2007 233 7 Migrating to Operations Manager 2007 277 Part III Moving Toward Application-Centered Management 8 Configuring and Using Operations Manager 2007 303 9 Installing and Configuring Agents 369 10 Complex Configurations 425 11 Securing Operations Manager 2007 471 Part IV Administering Operations Manager 2007 12 Backup and Recovery 539 13 Administering Management Packs 593 14 Monitoring with Operations Manager 647 Part V Service-Oriented Monitoring 15 Monitoring Audit Collection Services 739 16 Client Monitoring 797 17 Monitoring Network Devices 845 18 Using Synthetic Transactions 903 19 Managing a Distributed Environment 949 Part VI Beyond Operations Manager 20 Automatically Adapting Your Environment 1005 21 Reading for the Service Provider: Remote Operations Manager 1047 22 Interoperability 1095 23 Developing Management Packs and Reports 1141 Part VII Appendixes A Ops Mgr by Example: Configuring and Tuning Management Packs 1229 B Performance Counters 1261 C Registry Settings 1271 D Active Directory and Exchange 2003 Management Pack Parameters 1295 E Reference URLs 1305 F On the CD 1323 Index 1329
