About This Course
This course provides students with the necessary skills to deploy and configure System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager. Through practical hands-on labs, participants will learn the following:
• The methods for architecting and implementing a System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager Management Group.
• The procedures for upgrading and migrating from an existing Operations Manager 2007 R2 Management Group to System Center 2012 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager, and System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.
• The fundamental components of Management Packs, including Object Discoveries, Rules, Monitors, Targeting, and Run As Accounts and Profiles, along with the process of authoring Management Packs.
• The configuration of fabric and application monitoring in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, covering both datacenter and cloud resources such as networking, storage, and compute.
• The setup for monitoring .NET and Java-based applications using Application Performance Monitoring.
• The configuration of end-to-end service monitoring, encompassing synthetic transactions and Distributed Application Diagrams.
• The creation of Dashboards, Service Level Tracking Reporting, and the SharePoint Web Part to visualize key performance and availability metrics.
• The customization of the Operations Manager Console to accommodate the specific needs of various application support teams.
• The integration of Operations Manager with other System Center 2012 R2 components, extending monitoring capabilities to cover essential business processes and procedures.
• The troubleshooting of an Operations Manager Management Group and the execution of disaster recovery procedures, such as database and management server recovery.
• The utilization of new features in System Center 2012 R2, including integration with System Center Advisor, Team Foundation Server, IntelliTrace, and the management of Windows Azure.
Audience Profile
The primary audience for this course consists of cloud and datacenter administrators who are new to System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager and are tasked with its deployment, configuration, and operation within their cloud or datacenter environments. The secondary audience includes cloud and datacenter administrators already familiar with Operations Manager who wish to upgrade their skills to incorporate the new features found in System Center 2012 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 Operations Manager, and System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.
At Course Completion
Upon completing this course, students will be able to:
- Plan for the deployment of System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, including:
- Defining hardware and software requirements.
- Describing security considerations.
- Architecting a highly available System Center and Microsoft SQL Server platform using Microsoft SQL Server AlwaysOn.
- Planning for migration and upgrade scenarios to System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.
- Customize the Operations Console with User Roles.
- Execute various methods of Agent deployment with System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.
- Implement key Management Pack concepts and elements, including Management Pack Templates.
- Configure Notifications, Reporting, and Service Level Tracking in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.
- Configure the following:
- Audit Collection Services.
- Agentless Exception Monitoring.
- Operations Manager SharePoint Web Part in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.
- Configure Application Performance Monitoring and Network Device monitoring in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.
- Configure dashboards and widgets in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.
- Describe the usage of new cloud-based features, including System Center Global Service Monitor and System Center Advisor.
- 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.
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