Managing Your Infrastructure Using Microsoftฎ Operations Manager 2005 Course 2287: Three days; Instructor-led Published: September 16, 2004 | Updated: April 20, 2005 Take This Training • Find training in a city near you. On This Page Prerequisites Microsoft Certified Professional Exams Course Materials Course Outline Take This Training Top of page Prerequisites Before attending this course, students must have: • A+ certification, or equivalent knowledge. • Network+ certification, or equivalent knowledge. • MCSA certification, or equivalent knowledge. Top of page Microsoft Certified Professional Exams No Microsoft Certified Professional exams are associated with this course currently. Top of page Course Materials The student kit includes a comprehensive workbook and other necessary materials for this class. The following software is provided in the student kit: • Evaluation copy of Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 for classroom use only. Top of page Course Outline Module 1: Plan a MOM Infrastructure This module explains how to plan for business requirements, determine the appropriate number of MOM servers, and determine the server locations. Lessons • Determine the business requirements for a MOM deployment • Collect information about the current infrastructure • Determine what services need to be monitored • Determine the number of managed servers • Determine the number of agent-less managed servers • Determine the number of required management servers • Determine the number of management groups. • Determine the location of management servers • Determine the location for the SQL database • Determine which management server will be the reporting server. After completing this module, students will be able to: • Identify what needs to be monitored • Determine how collected information will be used • Determine server location • Plan for server availability Module 2: Install MOM This module explains how to create the needed accounts and run the MOM installation wizard. Lessons • Create necessary user accounts • Run the MOM 2005 Setup Wizard to install MOM • Verify MOM Installation After completing this module, students will be able to: • Create the MOM Action account • Create the DAS account • Assign necessary user rights • Select the MOM options to be installed • Specify the MOM database location • Specify the management group name • Specify the user accounts • Verify Active Directory environment (Active Directory domains that trust each other) • Confirm participation in Microsoft’s MOM error reporting program • Verify installed and running services • Verify group accounts • Verify folder structure • Verify the setup log (?) • Verify connectivity to the MOM database (by opening the Administrator Console) Module 3: Configure the MOM Management Group This module explains how to plan and create the MOM management group. Lessons • Configure the management server • Configure agents • Import management packs • Create additional computer groups (if necessary) • Create computer attributes After completing this module, students will be able to: • Configure discovery • Configure agent install • Configure responses • Configure temporary storage • Configure rule change polling • Configure heartbeat checking • Configure automatic management • Configure agent heartbeat • Configure responses • Configure temporary storage • Configure service monitoring • Configure security • Configure buffering • Configure communications • Configure event collection Module 4: Install Agents This module explains how to install and use MOM agents to monitor various services. Lessons • Discover computers • Configure computer discovery rules • Determine whether a discovered computer will be managed or unmanaged • Create managed servers • Install agents • Designate a server as agentless After completing this module, students will be able to: • Configure MOM agents • Configure managed servers • Create agent-less servers Module 5: Manage MOM Managed Servers This module explains how to manage rules, alerts, and resolve configuration issues. Lessons • View computer states • Take action on events • Take action on alerts • Take action on performance data • Managing rules • Troubleshoot and resolve configuration issues. • Determine which management server will be the reporting server. After completing this module, students will be able to: • View events • Modify existing rules • Create new rules • View alerts • Resolve alerts • Set the alert resolution state • Modify existing rules • Create new rules • Create a rule group • Use the Web console Module 6: Managing Collected Data This module explains how to manage collected data by using the reporting console, predefined reports, and the web console. Lessons • Install the Reporting console • Generate predefined reports • Use the Reporting console to view reports • Use the Web console to view reports • Analyze reports to identify specific problems. After completing this module, students will be able to: • Identify necessary hardware requirements • Identify necessary software requirements • Identify the available predefined reports • View reports • Provide access to reports through a Web interface. Module 7: Configure Multiple Management Servers This module explains how to configure multiple management servers to scale your management solution across the organization. Lessons • Install additional MOM management servers • Configure MOM for a multiple domain environment • Maintain a MOM database • Back up and restore a database • After completing this module, students will be able to: • Install multi-homed agents • Configure alert forwarding • Implement load balancing and redundancy • Groom a database