Overview:

In this course, you will learn how to deploy and configure System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager. You will learn how Operations Manager can be used to solve many common problems that arise in the cloud or data center, such as ensuring service levels are maintained and that critical line-of-business applications are available and performing at optimum levels.

Duration: 

05 days

Objectives:

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• Plan for the deployment of System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager
• Hardware and software requirements
• Plan 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 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

Intended Audience:

This course is primarily intended for people aspiring to become enterprise-level messaging administrators for Exchange Server 2016. IT generalists and help-desk professionals who want to learn about Exchange Server 2016 might also take this course. Students taking this course are expected to have at least two years of experience working in the IT field-typically in the areas of Windows Server administration, network administration, help desk, or system administration. They are not expected to have experience with previous Exchange Server versions.

The secondary audience for this course includes IT professionals who take this course as preparation material for exam 70-345: Designing and Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2016, or as part of the requirement for the MCSE: Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 certification.

Prerequisites:

• IT professionals who are looking for the skills needed to implement a service monitoring system in an enterprise environment
• IT professionals who want to learn how to communicate relevant business information about the operational status of their IT environment

Course outlines:

1.   Overview and Architecture of System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager

• Overview of Operations Manager
• Overview of Key Features in Operations Manager
• Overview of Core Components and Topology
• Addressing Cloud and Datacenter Issues by Using Operations Manager
• Planning and Sizing System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager

2.   Deploying a New System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager Management Group

• Overview of Security Considerations
• Designing the Management Group
• Installing System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager
• Configuring Operations Manager Default Settings
• Deploying the Operations Manager Agent
• Configuring Agentless Exception Monitoring (AEM)
• Configuring Audit Collection Services

3.   Upgrading Operations Manager

• Overview of Migration and Upgrade Planning
• Upgrading to System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager
• Migrating to System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager

4.   Configuring Fabric and Application Monitoring

• Introduction to Management Packs
• Configuring Network Device Monitoring
• Configuring Fabric Monitoring
• Configuring Application Monitoring

5.   Application Performance Monitoring

• Application Performance Monitoring
• Using IntelliTrace
• Team Foundation Server Integration

6.   End to End Service Monitoring

• Management Pack Templates
• Distributed Application Models
• Global Service Monitor
• Real-time Visio Dashboards

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

8.   Configuring and Customizing the Console

• Security, Scoping and User Roles
• Creating Custom Views and Alert Resolution States
• Configuring Notification Subscriptions
• Creating Diagnostic and Recovery Tasks

9.   Management Pack Authoring

• Management Packs Authoring Concepts
• Authoring Management Packs by using the Operations Console
• Authoring Management Packs by using the Visual Studio Authoring Extensions

10.  Integrating Operations Manager with Other System Center Components

• Service Manager Integration
• Data Protection Manager Integration
• Orchestrator Integration

11.  Troubleshooting, Tuning and Disaster Recovery

• Troubleshooting Operations Manager Core Components
• Tuning Management Packs
• Configuring SQL Always On for Operations Manager
• Configuring Data Retention in Operations Manager
• Disaster Recovery in Operations Manager

LABS

1.      Lab 1: Using the System Center 2012 Operations Manager Sizing Helper Tool

• Calculate the Hardware Requirements for Contoso's Management Group
• Create a Visio Diagram of the Proposed Management Group Design

2.   Lab 2: Installing System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager and Deploying Agents

• Installing a New System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager Management Group
• Installing and Configuring the Gateway Server
• Installing the Operations Manager Agent
• Configuring Active Directory Integration
• Installing and Configuring Audit Collection Services (ACS)
• Configuring Agentless Exception Monitoring (AEM)
• Configure Agentless Exception Monitoring in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.

3.   Lab 3: Upgrading to System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager

• Preparing the Operations Manager 2007 R2 Environment for Upgrade
• Upgrading the Operations Manager 2007 R2 Management Group to System Center 2012 Operations Manager
• Upgrading the System Center 2012 Operations Manager Management Group to System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager
• Upgrading the System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager Management Group to System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager

4.   Lab 4: Configuring Application and Fabric Monitoring

• Installing the System Center Management Pack for Windows Server Operating System
• Installing and configuring the System Center Management Pack for SQL Server
• Installing the System Center 2012 Management Pack for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Internet Information Service 8
• Installing and configuring the System Center Management Pack for SharePoint Server 2013
• Configuring Network Monitoring
• Configuring Integration between Operations Manager and Virtual Machine Manager
• Using the System Center Management Pack for VMM Fabric Dashboard 2012 R2

5.   Lab 5: Monitoring .NET Framework Applications

• Monitoring .NET Applications
• Using IntelliTrace
• Configuring TFS Integration

6.   Lab 6: Configuring End to End Service Monitoring

• Configure Agent Locations for the Summary Dashboard
• Configuring Synthetic Transactions
• Create a Distributed Application Diagram for DinnerNow
• Creating a Visio Diagram of the Distributed Application

7.   Lab 7: Configuring Reporting, Dashboards and Service Level Tracking

• Design a Custom Report
• Scheduling Reports
• Configure Service Level Tracking for DinnerNow
• Configure an Alert Dashboard
• Configure a Performance Dashboard
• Configure a Summary Dashboard
• Configure an SLA Dashboard and add Publish the Dashboard to SharePoint
• Use the GTM Tool to Publish a Custom Dashboard  

8.   Lab 8: Customizing the Operations Console

• Creating User Roles and Importing the Active Directory Management Pack
• Creating Custom Resolution States
• Creating Custom Views
• Configuring Notifications
• Configuring Diagnostic and Recovery Tasks

9.   Lab 9: Authoring Management Packs

• Creating a Management Pack in the Operations Console
• Authoring a Management Pack Using the Visual Studio Authoring Extensions

10.  Lab 10: Configuring System Center Integration

• Configure Service Manager Integration with Operations Manager
• Configure Operations Manager Integration with Data Protection Manager
• Configure Orchestrator Integration
• Implement Automatic Website Restart and Create an Incident if it Fails

11.  Lab 11: Troubleshooting Operations Manager

• Troubleshooting an Agent Installation Failure in Operations Manager
• Recovering from a Management Server Failure
• Recovering from an Operational Database Failure