Editorial Reviews
Product Description:This book is your most complete source for in-depth information about Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007!
System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed is a comprehensive guide to System Center Operations Manager (OpsMgr) 2007. Like its MOM 2005 predecessor, OpsMgr 2007 helps you implement operations management, but with a far different and more holistic approach from MOM 2005’s focus on individual servers.
This book guides you through designing, deploying, and configuring OpsMgr 2007. You will find detailed information and hands-on experience on topics such as estimating database sizes and designing redundant OpsMgr configurations. You learn how to tackle challenges such as setting up ACS, establishing client monitoring, using and creating synthetic transactions and distributed applications, and developing management packs and reports.
- Size your OpsMgr databases
- Architect for redundancy and performance
- Install or migrate to OpsMgr 2007
- Secure OpsMgr
- Back up OpsMgr components
- Understand how monitors and rules work
- Manage different aspects, including ACS, client monitoring, synthetic transactions, and distributed applications
- Extend OpsMgr
- Develop management packs and reports
CD-ROM includes:
- Database sizing spreadsheet
- Utilities, management packs, and reports
- Microsoft’s best practices for rule and monitor targeting and PowerShell Cheat Sheet
- Live Links--more than 200 hypertext links and references to materials, connectors, sites, and newsgroups related to OpsMgr
Contents
Introduction 1
Part I Operations Management Overview and Concepts
1 Operations Management Basics 11
2 What’s New 63
3 Looking Inside OpsMgr 97
Part II Planning and Installation
4 Planning Your Operations Manager Deployment 137
5 Planning Complex Configurations 203
6 Installing Operations Manager 2007 233
7 Migrating to Operations Manager 2007 277
Part III Moving Toward Application-Centered Management
8 Configuring and Using Operations Manager 2007 303
9 Installing and Configuring Agents 369
10 Complex Configurations 425
11 Securing Operations Manager 2007 471
Part IV Administering Operations Manager 2007
12 Backup and Recovery 539
13 Administering Management Packs 593
14 Monitoring with Operations Manager 647
Part V Service-Oriented Monitoring
15 Monitoring Audit Collection Services 739
16 Client Monitoring 797
17 Monitoring Network Devices 845
18 Using Synthetic Transactions 903
19 Managing a Distributed Environment 949
Part VI Beyond Operations Manager
20 Automatically Adapting Your Environment 1005
21 Reading for the Service Provider: Remote Operations Manager 1047
22 Interoperability 1095
23 Developing Management Packs and Reports 1141
Part VII Appendixes
A OpsMgr by Example: Configuring and Tuning Management Packs 1229
B Performance Counters 1261
C Registry Settings 1271
D Active Directory and Exchange 2003 Management Pack Parameters 1295
E Reference URLs 1305
F On the CD 1323
Index 1329
Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review
Pound for Pound Not Much, October 4, 2008
By
E. Clifford Milliken (Cincinnati, OH USA)
The index is not useful. Very difficult if not impossible to find topics of interest.
The chapters contain a lot of material that is meaningless to the technical subject. My guess is that the book size could be cut in half to 1.5 inches thick from 3 inches.
An electronic copy of the book would be handy. I did try to access the "online version" and it seemed like I was being asked to pay for each chapter that I accessed. I gave up.
Cliff Milliken
An excellent resource, July 4, 2008
By
Mr. John Patrick Erskine (at the ends of a keyboard.)
This book has been a valuable tool in both revising for 70-400 SCOM exam and maintaining my SCOM infrastructure. All levels of complexities are covered from single server deployments to huge scalable solutions.
It contains information on all areas of SCOM and general network administration, as well as helpful weblinks every few pages to internet resources on the subject. In most examples this book will walk you through the GUI for completing a task, and will cap it off nicely with a powershell cmdlet for those of you who like to streamline the power of two great products.
The only negative I've found with SCOM Unleashed is a couple grammatical errors, but I could not take a star off for this! A 5-Star book for a 5-star application. Suitable for those of you just starting with SCOM or already serious knee deep in alerts from every area of your network.
Thanks for another great book.
Great Book, June 2, 2008
By
Chris (TOMS RIVER, NEW JERSEY USA)
I have been working on a project at work for months now involving System Center Operations Manager 2007 (SCOM) and I purchased this book in hopes that it would fill in some gaps from Microsoft's documentation. It has done so marvelously. This book has solved a lot of minor issues. It is clearly written, has good examples to follow and has a lot of information. I recommend anyone working with the software to pick up a copy (everyone on my project has)
The standard bearer for Operations Manager References, May 26, 2008
By
SoCal Trojan (SoCal)
This is the most comprehensive OpsMgr book on the market. This book contains more real world information than the Microsoft white papers and runs circles around the Mastering Operations Manager offering.
Operations Manager Unleashed offers excellent guidance for planning your deployment including database sizing tips. In addition topics such as deployment and operations are thoroughly covered. Insight on management pack tuning, step by step guides on alerting and some of the best advice on the ACS feature are included. You will have more than enough information at your fingertips to get the most out of your OpsMgr investment. Think of this book like the Pocket Consultant series that Microsoft has for Exchange, Windows etc: it's not meant to be read cover to cover, but will provide you with advice at the right time.
In short if you have already invested thousands of dollars in System Center Operations Manager, spend the extra $40 and get the best available guide for this product. (Strange that Microsoft Press doesn't have a admin companion for OpsMgr)
Thanks to Authors, May 21, 2008
By
U. DEDE (Turkey)
Really Really Really it was great book
You can learn everything
Book includes real world experiences,tips and trics
Absolutely positive
Thanks So Much Authors
