This book is your most complete source for in-depth information about Microsoft Operations Manager 2005!
Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Unleashed provides a comprehensive guide to Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005. MOM is a tool that helps implement operations management, but it is not a piece of software that you can simply install and instantly have working.
This book provides reference material that will guide you through the steps to design, deploy, and configure MOM within your environment. You learn how to tune your MOM environment and tackle common challenges, such as managing your Microsoft operating systems, directory services, messaging platforms, and databases. Inside you will find comprehensive information on how to develop your own reports and management packs for your MOM environment as well as practical real-world examples, based on hands-on MOM experience.
* Plan your MOM deployment
* Architect MOM for performance, redundancy, and security
* Install or upgrade to MOM 2005
* Back up important MOM components
* Implement, troubleshoot, deploy, and manage management packs
* Work with rules and tune them
* Manage different aspects of your environment, including the Windows operating system, directory services, Exchange email, and SQL Server
* Extend MOM using connectors and third-party management packs
* Develop management packs, reports, and scripts
* Prepare for the next version of Operations Manager
CD-ROM includes
* Microsoft's MOM 2005 Resource Kit and MOM 2005 Sizer
* MOM Agent Monitor
* Management packs and scripts written or customized for this book
* Live Links-more than 100 (clickable) hypertext links and references to materials and sites related to Operations Manager
Contents
About the Authors xxi
Acknowledgments xxiii
Introduction 1
Part I Operations Management Overview and Concepts
Chapter 1 Operations Management Basics 7
Chapter 2 What's New 41
Chapter 3 How Does It Work? 57
Part II Planning and Installation
Chapter 4 Planning Your MOM Deployment 99
Chapter 5 Planning Complex Configurations 151
Chapter 6 Installing MOM 2005 173
Chapter 7 Upgrading to MOM 2005 211
Part III Deploying MOM
Chapter 8 Post-Installation Tasks 237
Chapter 9 Installing and Configuring Agents 267
Chapter 10 Complex and High Performance Configurations 297
Chapter 11 Securing MOM 329
Part IV Administering MOM
Chapter 12 Backup and Recovery 365
Chapter 13 Administering Management Packs 395
Chapter 14 Monitoring with MOM 423
Part V Managing with MOM
Chapter 15 Managing the Operating System 487
Chapter 16 Managing Directory Services 527
Chapter 17 Managing Microsoft Messaging 565
Chapter 18 Database Management 595
Part VI Moving Beyond MOM 2005
Chapter 19 Interoperability 625
Chapter 20 Developing Management Packs 661
Chapter 21 Using and Developing Reports 719
Chapter 22 Using and Developing Scripts 777
Chapter 23 Touring Operations Manager 2007 825
Part VII Appendixes
Appendix A MOM Internals 865
Appendix B Registry Settings 887
Appendix C Performance Counters 895
Appendix D Database Views 901
Appendix E Reference URLs 907
Appendix F On the CD 917
Index 919
- ISBN10 067232928X
- ISBN13 9780672329289
- Publish Date 29 November 2006
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 16 February 2012
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Macmillan Computer Publishing (a Pearson Education company)
- Imprint Sams Publishing
- Pages 984
- Language English