Console scoping:

What is scoping?

Allows you to view objects meeting specific criteria, such as just AD servers or SQL servers,

---- change the scope

Click on scope button

From the list of available items, choose the items on which you would like to focus.

The operations manager console:

GUI console navigation —

Ø      Monitoring : when you want to know the status of your infrastructure, use the monitoring view, which displays aggregate view of monitoring data collected from various sources. Namely management packs that have been imported.

Ø      Authoring: we you eventually modify management pack settings, a task accomplished from authoring view ..it lets you view monitoring settings from any management pack currently in system

Ø      Reporting: If the SCOM reporting components have been deployed, you are able to access the functionality from this view. Reports are available that allow you to analyze data capture from any source.

The SDK and config service account:

The sdk provides data access layer between the agent, console and database. The config service distributes configuration to agents.

The management server uses the SDK account to log on to the SC database.

Define operations manager action account?

Action account gathers, operations data from provides..the provides can be servers, clients or routers..to run responses and to perform actions such as installing and uninstalling agents on managed computers.

How to install POWER SHELL ?

Go to CMD and type:

servermanagercmd –i powershell

Installing operations manager 2007

Pre installation steps:

           

Understand the management server action account:

Can be specific as a local system account or a domain user account, with domain user account preferred

This account is used to gather data and perform actions on your management servers.

Recommended: use a domain user account

----     appropriate permissions will be assigned during the setup process

--      this account should be installed before installing scom  

Create an AD operations manager administrator group

Place into this group the accounts the users that will be allowed to manage all aspects of operations manager 

Add the domain user you have created to local administrator group on scom and database server.

If you forget this step you will have many errors.

What are the roles of management packs?

1. A management pack is an XML document that extends the monitoring capabilities of operations manager 2007.
2. Management packs are authored to monitor specific hardware and software elements by indicating, in details, exactly what should be looked at and how it should be looked at.
3. when you install the operations manager by default we will receive dozens of management packs
4. Management packs are written by programmers with in-depth system and application knowledge. It’s sort of like expert watching your system.