About This Course
This course provides students with the necessary skills to deploy and configure System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager. Through hands-on labs, students will learn:
• How to design and implement a Management Group in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.
• Techniques for upgrading and migrating from an existing Operations Manager 2007 R2 Management Group to the newer versions of System Center 2012 Operations Manager, including Service Pack 1 and R2.
• The key components of Management Packs such as Object Discoveries, Rules, Monitors, Targeting, Run As Accounts, and Profiles. This includes creating custom Management Packs.
• How to set up monitoring for fabric and applications in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, covering both datacenter and cloud resources like networking, storage, and computing.
• Methods for configuring Application Performance Monitoring for .NET and Java-based applications.
• Strategies for setting up end-to-end service monitoring using synthetic transactions and Distributed Application Diagrams.
• How to configure Dashboards, Service Level Tracking Reporting, and the SharePoint Web Part to visualize critical performance and availability metrics.
• Techniques for customizing the Operations Manager Console to meet the needs of various application support teams.
• Integration of Operations Manager with other System Center 2012 R2 components and extending monitoring capabilities to cover key business processes and procedures.
• How to troubleshoot an Operations Manager Management Group and execute disaster recovery procedures such as database and management server restoration.
• Utilizing new features in System Center 2012 R2, including integration with System Center Advisor, Team Foundation Server, IntelliTrace, and managing Windows Azure.
Audience Profile
The primary audience for this course includes cloud and datacenter administrators who are new to System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager and are tasked with deploying, configuring, and operating it in their environments. The secondary audience comprises those already familiar with Operations Manager but looking to upgrade their skills to incorporate the latest features of System Center 2012 Operations Manager, Service Pack 1, and R2.
At Course Completion
Upon completing this course, students will be able to:
- Plan for deploying System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager by:
- Determining hardware and software requirements.
- Addressing security considerations.
- Designing 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.
- Deploy agents in various ways using System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.
- Implement key Management Pack concepts and elements, including templates.
- Configure Notifications, Reporting, and Service Level Tracking within System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.
- Set up the following:
- Audit Collection Services.
- Agentless Exception Monitoring.
- The SharePoint Web Part in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.
- Configure Application Performance Monitoring and Network Device monitoring within System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.
- Set up dashboards and widgets in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.
- Utilize new cloud-based features, such as System Center Global Service Monitor and System Center Advisor.
- Integrate System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager with 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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