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In this course, you will gain the knowledge and skills to manage a System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 (SCOM) management group, and you will develop the necessary skills to install and manage System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 management servers and supporting roles.

Certification:

This course incorporates material from the Official Microsoft Learning Product 50028: Installing and Configuring System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2.

What You'll Learn

• Install and configure a management group
• Configure management group and agent settings
• Components of Management Packs
• Install and configure reporting
• Manage Agentless Exception Monitoring
• Manage Audit Collection Services
• Create Synthetic Transactions
• Create Distributed Applications
• Monitor system in untrusted domains and workgroups
• Configure a management group hierarchy

Who Needs to Attend

Windows Server 2003 or later administrators who have experience working within a Windows Active Directory domain environment and have a good understanding of Windows Server-based network services. Familiarity with a support ticketing system is helpful.

Prerequisites

• A+ certification or equivalent knowledge
• Network+ certification or equivalent knowledge
• Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure (Course 6045) or equivalent knowledge

Follow-On Courses

There are no follow-ons for this course.

Course Outline

1. Installing Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2

• Preparing for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
• Using System Center Capacity Planner
• Security
• Installing System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
• Post Installation

2. Using the Operations Console

• Reviewing the Workspaces
• Using the Web Console
• Working with Views
• Reviewing Security Roles

3. Configuring Management Group and Agent Settings

• Global Settings
• Overriding Global Settings
• Creating Notifications

4. Agent Installation

• Configuring Active Directory
• Push Installation
• Manual Installation
• Managing Agents

5. Management Packs

• Overview of Management Packs
• Importing and Exporting Management Packs
• Creating and Sealing Management Packs

6. Reporting

• Installing and Configuring SQL Reporting Services
• Installing System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Reporting
• Creating and Viewing Reports

7. Agentless Exception Monitoring

• Configuring Exception Monitoring
• Managing Clients

8. Audit Collection Services (ACS)

• Audit Collection Services Overview
• Installing Audit Collection Services
• Configuring Forwarders and Collectors
• Importing ACS Reports

9. Synthetic Transactions

• Creating a Synthetic Transaction Using the Wizard

10. Distributed Applications

• Using the Distributed Application Wizard
• Components of a Distributed Application

11. Monitoring Non-Microsoft Platforms

• Tools for Monitoring Non-Microsoft Platforms
• Using the Cross-Platform Extensions

12. Complex Environments

• Multi-Homing Agents
• Untrusted Environments
• Multi-Tiered Environments

13. Backup and Recovery

• Planning Backup and Restore
• Performing a Backup
• Planning Restore Strategies
  
  

Labs

Lab 1: Installing System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2

Lab 2: Creating Operator Accounts and Views

• Creating User Roles
• Creating Views

Lab 3: Creating Notification Settings

• Setting Management Group Notification Options
• Creating Notification Recipients
• Creating Notification Subscriptions

Lab 4: Agent Installation

• Manually Installing the Agent
• Approving the Manually Installed

Lab 5a: Creating Monitors and Tasks

Lab 5b: Associating Run As Profiles with a Management Pack

Lab 5c: Configuring Overrides

Lab 6: Creating Reports

• Creating a Model
• Creating a Report

Lab 7: Configuring Agentless Exception Monitoring

• Configuring Client Monitoring
• Configuring Group Policy

Lab 8a: Configuring Forwarders

Lab 8b: Importing ACS Reports

Lab 9: Creating Synthetic Transactions

Lab 10: Creating a Distributed Application Model

Lab 11: Installing the Cross-Platform Client

Lab 12: Connecting Management Groups

Lab 13: Promoting a Management Server