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MCTS: System Center Operations Manager 2007, Configuring

 

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Boot Camps include experienced certified instruction, professional courseware, corresponding  practice exams, all certification exam vouchers (extra available).  Exclusive attention and open lab time.  Pass guarantee.  Fine catered breakfast and lunch daily, refreshments and snacks.  Quality travel and lodging arranged, if needed.

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The MCTS: System Center Operations Manager 2007, Configuring course provides students with the knowledge and skills to manage a Systems Center Operations Manager management group. This course is intended to develop the necessary skills to install and manage Operations Manager 2007 management servers and supporting roles.

Required Exam

Exam 70-400: TS: Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007, Configuring

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 or later administrators who have experience working with an Active Directory Domain environment and have a good understanding of Windows server based network services. Familiarity with a support ticketing system is helpful.

At Course Completion

After completing this course students will be able to:

  • Install and Configure a Management Group

  • Install a clustered Root Management server

  • Configure Management Group and Agent settings

  • Install and Configure Reporting

  • Manage Agentless Exception Monitoring

  • Manage Audit Collection Services

  • Use Windows PowerShell to manage the management group

  • Configure a Management Group Hierarchy

  • Migrate from Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 to Systems Center Operations Manager 2007

    Prerequisites

  • Before attending this course, students must have:

  • A+ Certification or equivalent knowledge

  • Network+ Certification or equivalent knowledge

  • Completed Course 2274 or have equivalent knowledge

  • Completed Course 2275 or have equivalent knowledge

  • Completed Course 2277 or have equivalent knowledge

  • Completed Course 2278 or have equivalent knowledge

  • Completed Course 2279 or have equivalent knowledge

    Course Outline

  • Module 1: Installing System Center Operations Manager
    This module explains how to install management servers and configure a clustered Root Management Server.

    Lessons

  • Identifying and Installing Prerequisites

  • Installing System Center Operations Manager 2007

  • Post Installation

    Lab A: Installing System Center Operations Manager

  • Installing Operations Manager Components

    Lab B: Installing A Clustered RMS

  • Creating Cluster Resources

  • Installing the Operational Database

  • Installing the RMS Node

  • Installing the Secondary Management Server

  • Creating the Services

  • Creating the RMS Cluster Virtual Server

    After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Install System Center Operations Manager and verify a successful installation


    Module 2: Using the Operations Console
    This module explains how to use the Operations Console, Create Operator Accounts, use the Web Console and create views.

    Lessons

  • Overview of the Operations Console

  • Creating Operator Accounts

  • Using the Web Console

  • Working with Views

    Lab: Creating Operator Accounts and Views

  • Creating User Roles

  • Creating Views

    After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Install the Operations Console on another system

  • Understand the workspaces and views

  • Work with the Actions available for a given object


    Module 3: Configuring Management Group and Agent Settings
    This module explains how to define the default management group and agent settings, override the default settings for a management server and agents, and create notifications to be sent when alerts appear.

    Lessons

  • Global Settings

  • Overriding Global Settings

  • Creating Notifications

    Lab: Creating Notification Settings

  • Setting Management Group Notification Options

  • Creating Notification Recipients

  • Creating Notification Subscriptions

    After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Configure default management group settings

  • Override the default management group setting

  • Configure Notification settings and define who will receive the notifications


    Module 4: Configuring Management Group and Agent Settings
    This module explains how to install and configure the agent.

    Lessons

  • Configuring Active Directory

  • Automatic Installation

  • Manual Installation

  • Managing Agents

    Lab: Agent Installation

  • Manually Installing the Agent

  • Approving the Manually Installed

    After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Create an Active Directory container for automatic agent assignment

  • Configure Automatic installation settings

  • Manually install and approve an agent


    Module 5: Management Packs
    This module explains how to import, export and manage management packs.

    Lessons

  • Overview of Management Packs

  • Importing and Exporting Management Packs

  • Creating and Sealing Management Packs

    Lab: Creating Monitors

  • Creating a Self-Tuning Threshold Monitor

  • Creating a Correlated Windows Event Unit Monitor

    After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Define the components that make up a Management Pack

  • Create a new Management Pack

  • Import and Export Management Packs

  • Seal a Management Pack


    Module 6: Reporting
    This module explains how install and configure Reporting Services and build the appropriate models for Operations Manager monitoring.

    Lessons

  • Installing and Configuring SQL Reporting Services

  • Installing Operations Manager Reporting

  • Creating and Viewing reports

    Lab: Creating Reports

  • Creating a Model

  • Creating a Report

    After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Install and Configure SQL Reporting Services

  • Install and Configure Operations Manager Reporting

  • View Reports

  • Create reports using Report Builder


    Module 7: Agentless Exception Monitoring
    This module explains how to configure the settings and group policy options for Agentless Exception Monitoring.

    Lessons

  • Configure Exception Monitoring

  • Managing Clients

    Lab: Configuring Agentless Exception Monitoring

  • Configuring Client Monitoring

  • Configuring Group Policy

    After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Configure a management server as an Agentless Exception Monitoring collector

  • Configure clients to generate error reports and send them to the management server


    Module 8: Audit Collection Services
    This module explains how to configure Audit Collections Services so that security auditing can be centralized within the organization.

    Lessons

  • Audit Collection Services Overview

  • Installing Audit Collection Services

  • Configuring Forwarders and Collectors

    Lab: Configuring ACS Reporting

  • Configuring ACS Reporting

    After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Install and Configure Audit Collection Services

  • Optimize Auditing

  • Create Auditing Reports


    Module 9: Using Operations Manager 2007 Command Shell
    This module explains how to use the new Windows PowerShell-based commands to manage the management group.

    Lessons

  • Command Shell Overview

  • Using Command Shell with Operations Manager 2007

    Lab: Using the Command Shell

  • Running Individual Commands

  • Scripting Commands

    After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Identify how the Command Shell is used

  • Understand the cmdlets that are included with Operations Manager 2007


    Module 10: Complex Environments
    This module explains how to multi-home agents, work with agents in untrusted domains and configure a hierarchy of management groups.

    Lessons

  • Multi-Homing Agents

  • Untrusted Environments

  • Multi-Tiered Environments

    Lab: Connecting Management Groups

  • Configure Subscriptions

  • Configure Operator Accounts

    After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Multihome an agent

  • Create a connector to another management group

  • Create a connector subscription to a third party management product


    Module 11: Migrating from MOM 2005 to Operations Manager 2007
    This module explains how to use the tools required to migrate the agents and settings from the MOM 2005 management group to Operations Manager 2007 management group.

    Lessons

  • Migration Overview

  • Using the Migration Tool

  • Converting Management Packs

    Lab: Converting Management Packs

  • Using the Migration Tool

    After completing this module, students will be able to:

  • Identify the migration methods

  • Perform a migration to Operations Manager 2007

  • Convert management packs from MOM 2005 format to Operations Manager 2007 format

  • Identify changes in the management pack formats

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