About This Course
This course provides students with the necessary skills to deploy and configure System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager. Through practical labs, students will learn how to:
• Architect and implement a System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager Management Group.
• Upgrade and migrate 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.
• Grasp the core elements of Management Packs, such as Object Discoveries, Rules, Monitors, Targeting, and Run As Accounts and Profiles, including how to author them.
• Configure fabric and application monitoring within System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, covering both datacenter and cloud resources like networking, storage, and compute.
• Set up monitoring for .NET and Java-based applications using Application Performance Monitoring.
• Implement end-to-end service monitoring, incorporating synthetic transactions and Distributed Application Diagrams.
• Configure Dashboards, Service Level Tracking Reporting, and the SharePoint Web Part to visualize key performance and availability metrics.
• Customize the Operations Manager Console to address the specific needs of various application support teams.
• Integrate Operations Manager with other System Center 2012 R2 components and extend monitoring to cover essential business processes and procedures.
• Troubleshoot an Operations Manager Management Group and execute disaster recovery procedures, including database and management server recovery.
• Utilize new features in System Center 2012 R2, such as Integration with System Center Advisor, Integration with 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 responsible for deploying, configuring, and operating it within their cloud or datacenter environments. The secondary audience consists of cloud and datacenter administrators already familiar with Operations Manager who wish to upgrade their skills to include 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 Agent deployment methods 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 how to use 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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