SCOM 2007

How-to: Create Advanced Network Topologies with OpsMgr

dennis.rietvink — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:17:36 GMT

System Center Operations Manager 2007 is a great platform to extend into the network monitoring space. Switching to a single monitoring platform allows you to save money and create a single pane of glass for all your operations folks.

When you introduce OpsMgr to the network team you will very likely get the question to display the network devices in a topology view. The video included in this article explains how to achieve this using two ISV products; Jalasoft Xian Io Network Manager and Savision Live Maps.

Download the free version of Live Maps for Operations Manager 2007 and try it yourself.

Savision website / Savision blog

How-To: Create Dynamic Views by IP Subnet in OpsMgr

dennis.rietvink — Sat, 16 May 2009 09:26:21 GMT

One of the great features of Microsoft Operations Manager 2007 is to create health models for your IT services. In some cases however you might be looking for a way to create a geographical representation of the health of your monitored devices.

The video in this article shows you how you can create dynamic views per IP subnet by using Savision Live Maps for Operations Manager 2007 including an import of site and subnet information from Active Directory. The video includes sound.

Download the free version of Live Maps for Operations Manager 2007 and try it yourself.

Savision website / Savision blog

System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 8

TAREk — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:30:58 GMT

System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 8

Configure agent-less exception monitoring (AEM) in operations manager 2007

· Configure proxy setting for management server.

· Enable client monitoring on management server.

· Create group policy administrative template

· Create AEM policy

· Configure AEM group policy

· Test AEM setting

System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 7

TAREk — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 20:42:48 GMT

System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 7

Installing data warehouse and reporting for Microsoft system center operations manager 2007

· Run prerequisites checker

· Run install operations manager reporting installation wizard.

· Configure data warehouse database name , size, and location

· Configure data warehouse write account

· Configure data reader account

· Navigate reporting pane

System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 6

TAREk — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 19:20:21 GMT

System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 6

Installing Web console and enable SSL for Form based authentication

Installing web console using installation wizard
Use forms authentication option during installation.
Assign the requested certificate for Management server to Enable SSL for web console web Site.
Login to web console by administrator

Enjoy!!

Tarek Ismail

System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 5

TAREk — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:14:53 GMT

System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 5

Certificate authentication in Operations manager 2007

· Request a certificate for operations manager management server

· Issue certificate for Management server

· Install certificate for Management server

· Export Certificate and use MOMCertImport.exe tool to assign the certificate for management server.

· Check the registry after import the certificate.

· Restart OpsMgr Health service to update the setting with the imported certificate.

System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 4

TAREk — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:45:28 GMT

System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 4

Installing Microsoft System center operations manager 2007

· Using prerequisites checker

· Running operations manager installation wizard

· Choose installation folder

· Choose installation components

· Type management group name

· Configure MOM administrators

· Configure Operations manager 2006 name , size , and DB file locations

· Configure server action account

· Configure SDK account

· Configure Web console authentication

Tarek Ismail

System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 3

TAREk — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:13:26 GMT

System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 3

Creating service accounts for operations manager 2007

· Check the domain function level (must be windows 2000 native at least)

· Check the forest function level (any function level)

· Create server action account

· Create SDK account

· Add Server action account to domain admins group

· Add SDK account to local administrators group in operation manager server

System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 2

TAREk — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:38:47 GMT

Installing Microsoft SQL 2005 for operations manager 2007:

Install MS SQL 2005 (Database – reporting Service)
Install MS SQL 2005 SP2

System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 1

TAREk — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:17:44 GMT

Installing prerequisites for operations manager 2007:

The machine must be a domain member.
Installing IIS and ASP.Net
Installing .NET framework 2
Installing .NET framework 2
Installing Powershell

thanks

Tarek Ismail