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Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
It’s a known fact that maintaining a complex, cross platform information technology architecture is not a task for the timid.
Between staying current with the never-ending update cycle to exploring new features in the latest software releases, simply keeping an environment running takes time, effort and talent.
On top of that, many IT groups need to ensure that all IT services stay available on a 24/7 basis and meet strict service level agreements, necessitating the need for a comprehensive end-to-end service management solution that can track individual SLAs, notify administrators when a server or service goes awry and provide ways to take immediate corrective action.
Enter Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 is Microsoft’s answer to the service management challenge and takes the form of a ground-up rewrite of the product formerly known as Microsoft Operations Manager.
With Operations Manager 2007 R2, organizations can take advantage of an extensive, extensible product framework that provides powerful, heterogeneous monitoring all in a single-pane administrative interface, complete with multichannel notification options, a myriad of alerting options and powerful reporting tools.
Not Just for Windows Anymore …
It’s important to note that Operations Manager 2007 R2 is not a Windows-only affair. Rather, with the R2 release of the product, Microsoft has significantly enhanced the product’s native cross platform (xplat) monitoring features by enabling inherent monitoring for multiple UNIX/Linux variants, including Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, HP-UX, and Sun Solaris.
Moreover, System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 has the ability to provide monitoring for SNMP-based network devices. Between Windows monitoring, cross platform monitoring and SNMP monitoring, you’d think that Operations Manager had it all.
But there’s more.
While the server and operating system are truly critical infrastructure components, more often than not, these services are a part of a larger whole. For example, you may have an e-commerce application that runs on dozens of servers, relies on a multitude of SNMP-based network devices and comprises many different IIS instances.
Operations Manager 2007 R2 can handle even the most complex service monitoring with ease. After all, it’s all well and good if all of the servers and network switches are running, but if something has gone awry and had brought down the e-commerce application, the company is still losing money.
When it comes to raw potential and complexity, few products match Operations Manager 2007 R2. However, out of the box, the product is dumb as a rock and needs some coaxing before you begin on your service monitoring journey. Through the strategic use of freely available add-ins called management packs, you can quickly extend the types of services that can be monitored with Operations Manager 2007 R2.
System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Training
I will be the first to say that working with Operations Manager 2007 R2 is an experience unlike one you’ll have with most products. Mastering the product takes time and more than a little bit of patience and it helps a lot if you have someone to help guide you in your initial efforts.
That’s where Train Signal and I come in!
We’ve put together a comprehensive course designed to jump start your nascent Operations Manager 2007 R2 adventure while also helping you to prepare for exam 70-400, Configuring Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007.
In this course, you’re going to learn how to start with a blank slate and end with a fully operational Operations Manager 2007 R2 architecture capable of everything outlined above — cross platform monitoring (even VMware ESX!), multichannel notification, extensibility via management packs — and more, including monitoring of critical clients machines (think point of sale systems) and creation of service-based (as opposed to server based) monitoring rules.
I know that you will enjoy watching this course as much as I enjoyed developing it!
SCOM Training — Now Available!
Our brand new System Center Operations Manager 2007 Training includes:
• 6 hours of hands-on, scenario based training
• Multiple file formats for training on the go
• Complete exam coverage for the 70-400 exam
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