Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager Cookbook电子书

Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager Cookbook

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Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager Cookbook

Credits

About the Authors

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Sections

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Architecting System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager

Introduction

Introducing Operations Manager roles

Getting ready

How to do it...

Management server

Operational database

Data warehouse database

Reporting server

Gateway server

Web console server

Audit Collection Services

How it works...

There's more...

RMS Emulator

See also

Understanding the business and its requirements

Getting ready

How to do it...

Availability/percentage uptime required

Cost of downtime

Services within the monitoring scope

Financial penalties

Resource metering – showback/chargeback

Capacity planning

How it works...

Designing for high availability

Getting ready

How to do it...

Management servers

Console connections

Operational and Data Warehouse SQL databases

Reporting server

Audit Collection Services

Web console server

Agents

Gateway servers

How it works...

See also

Sizing the environment

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Disk space requirements

Why maintain free space?

Multiple management groups

See also

2. Deploying System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager

Introduction

Implementing SQL high availability

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring Operations Manager

Additional Security and SQL Messages

Multi-site AlwaysOn Availability Groups

See also

Scripting the deployment

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Gathering parameters

Setting up and validating variables

Preparing Operations Manager prerequisites

Deploying Operations Manager

There's more...

Installing the reporting role

Validation checking

When to automate

See also

Deploying gateway servers

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating the PKI certificate template

Requesting and applying the certificate

See also

3. Configuring System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager

Introduction

Configuring resource pools

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more…

See also

Configuring active directory agent assignment

Getting ready

How to do it...

Assigning the Run As account to the AD Profile

Assigning managed computers to a primary and secondary management server

How it works...

Deploying agents for Windows operating systems

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Deploying agents for Unix- or Linux-based operating systems

Getting ready

Management packs

WinRM

Run As accounts

Run As profiles

How to do it...

There's more...

See also

Options for deploying the Admin console

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

4. Operating System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager

Introduction

Implementing tuning and best-practice recommendations

Getting ready

How to do it...

Creating an event view in SCOM

Using the server approach for alert tuning

How it works...

There's more...

Creating alert overrides

Overriding an event in SCOM

See also

Understanding self-tuning thresholds and baselining

Getting ready

How to do it...

Creating a self-tuning threshold monitor

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Configuring self-tuning thresholds

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Adjusting self-tuning threshold monitors for your environment

To use or not to use self-tuning thresholds

See also

Using PowerShell for administration tasks

Cmdlet

Help system

What's new in Operations Manager 2012 R2 PowerShell?

Getting ready

Loading the operations manager PowerShell module

How to do it...

Using Get-Help and Get-Command

Reviewing System Center 2012 R2 cmdlets

Setting your PowerShell execution policy

Connecting to the SCOM console

Using SCOM management group connections

Working with temporary connections

Working with persistent connections

How it works...

There's more...

Managing agents

Installing SCOM agents with PowerShell

Uninstalling SCOM agents

Repairing SCOM agents

Managing SCOM agent proxying

See also

Setting up recovery tasks

Getting ready

How to do it...

Creating a Diagnostic or Recovery Task

How it works...

See also

5. Maintaining System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager

Introduction

Running daily, weekly, and monthly recommended tasks

Getting ready

How to do it...

Backing up SCOM features

Monitoring the management group health

Backing up custom management packs

Export custom management packs using the Operations console

Export unsealed management packs using Windows PowerShell

Update management packs

Review Imported Management packs in SCOM

Check for updates to management packs

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Maintaining and grooming the SCOM databases

Getting ready

How to do it...

Grooming the Operational database

Manually Groom the Operational database

Groom the SCOM Operational database using PowerShell

Grooming and retention in the SCOM data warehouse

Using DWDATARP.EXE

To view current data retention settings

To set data retention for a specific dataset

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Recovering Operations Manager

Getting ready

How to do it...

To restore a database backup

To recover the RMS Emulator

To recover a failed management server using the setup

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Updating System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager

Getting ready

How to do it...

Manually download and install SCOM update files

How it works...

See also

Optimizing for scale and performance

Getting ready

How to do it...

To add new optimization subkeys to the SCOM registry

To override data warehouse synchronization and deployment rules

How it works...

See also

6. Monitoring Applications and IT Services with System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager

Introduction

Creating a distributed application from a template

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating a custom distributed application

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Monitoring a .NET application

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Enabling Global Service Monitor

Getting ready

How to do it...

Enabling GSM

Configuring web application availability tests

How it works...

There's more...

See also

7. Authoring Custom Monitoring Solutions with System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager

Introduction

Storing customizations in management packs

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Editing a management pack in Notepad

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating a new attribute for all computers

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works...

There's more...

Creating a custom view

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Discovering a new application in MP Author

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Creating a custom view in MP Author

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Deploying a management pack from MP Author

Getting ready

How to do it...

Creating service monitors in MP Author

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Monitoring and capturing performance in MP Author

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

8. Authoring Management Packs in Visual Studio

Introduction

Discovering a new application in Visual Studio

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Creating a custom view in Visual Studio

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more…

Deploying a management pack from Visual Studio

Getting ready

How to do it...

Creating and extending service monitors in Visual Studio

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more…

See also

Monitoring and capturing performance in Visual Studio

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

9. Integrating System Center 2012 R2 with Other Components

Introduction

Discovering best-practice analysis with System Center Advisor

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Azure Operational Insights

See also

Designing alert and remediation actions with System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator (SCORCH)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Exchange Corruption Start

Exchange Corruption Loop

Exchange Corruption Repair Complete

There's more...

See also

Enabling Asset Discovery and Incident Management with System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Routing rules

Alert sync subscriptions

See also

Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO) Integration with System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM)

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

10. Reporting in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager

Introduction

Building SQL queries

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Creating SQL reports

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Publishing SQL reports

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Creating reports within the Operations console

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Scheduling reports

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Creating notifications and subscriptions

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Creating a SharePoint dashboard

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

A. Resourceful Links

Notable community blogs

Notable community sites

Third-party SCOM extensions

Index