Synopses & Reviews
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
About the Author
Kerrie Meyler, MA, BA, MCSE, CNA, is an independent consultant and former trainer with more than 15 years’ experience in IT. While at Microsoft in Field Technical Sales for four years she focused on infrastructure and management, presenting at numerous product launches. She also presented at internal Microsoft conferences and received company recognition and awards including a SPAR MGS award. An MCT for six years, Kerrie worked with Microsoft Learning to develop functional specifications for the 2550: Implementing Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 Microsoft Official Curriculum course and did the beta teach for that course. She also participated in the alpha walkthrough for the 2274: Managing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment course. As an author, she coauthored an IIS 6.0 Administration book.
Cameron Fuller, BS, MCSE, is a Senior Lead consultant for Catapult Systems, an IT consulting company and Microsoft Gold Certified Partner in Advanced Infrastructure Solutions. He focuses on management solutions, and serves as the Microsoft Operations Management Champion for Catapult. Cameron’s 15 years of infrastructure experience include working with medium to large companies in the retail, education, healthcare, distribution, transportation, and energy industries. Cameron continually focuses on improving his existing business and technical skill sets through hands-on experience and leveraging certifications including an MCSE since NT 3.51, MCSA, A+, Linux+, Server+, and CCSA. Cameron is also a public speaker, co-presenting with Microsoft on MOM 2005 at TechEd and the MOM 2005 product launches in Dallas and Tulsa.
Contributors:
Chris Amaris is chief technology officer and cofounder of Convergent Computing. He has more than 20 years of consulting experience and specializes in security, performance tuning, systems management, migration, and messaging. A prolific book-publishing veteran, Chris has written on Network Security, Windows 2000 Performance Tuning, Windows 2000 Security, Windows Server 2003, and Exchange Server 2003. His certifications include Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Homeland Security (CHS III), MCSE, Novell CNE, Banyan CBE, and Certified Project Manager.
John Joyner, LCDR USN-R, BS, MCSE, is a highly decorated U.S. Navy computer scientist, designing and operating the U.S. Navy’s first Internet-connected aircraft carrier network. Today he is a chief architect at ClearPointe, a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner for Advanced Infrastructure and Security Solutions and a pioneer in the managed service provider industry. John has designed MOM deployments for some of the world’s largest companies, and also is the creator of ClearPointe’s hosted NOC solution, awarded the Central Region Partner of the Year Competency award at the Microsoft 2006 Worldwide Partner Conference.
Alec Minty is a Senior Consultant with Convergent Computing. Alec is a longtime advocate of operations management, systems management, and security technologies. He specializes in designing, implementing, and supporting MOM and SMS infrastructures for a variety of large utility, telecommunications, and engineering organizations. Alec also has experience in the deployment, migration, and integration of other technologies such as Windows, Exchange, Active Directory, ISA, identity management, and SQL Server. He is a contributing author on ISA 2004 Unleashed.
Table of 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