How to Cheat at Managing Microsoft Operations Manager 2005

How to Cheat at Managing Microsoft Operations Manager 2005

by Anthony Piltzecker
Released March 2006
Publisher(s): Syngress
ISBN: 9780080488462

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Book description

Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) is a network monitoring tool that provides enterprise-class event and performance management for Windows Server System technologies. MOM's event and performance management tools discover problems before system administrators would ever find them, thereby enabling administrators to lower their costs of operations and simplify management of their Windows Server System infrastructure. MOM can notify system administrators of overloaded processors, depleted memory, or failed network connections affecting their Windows servers long before these problems bother users.

Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005 delivers open and scalable enterprise-class operational management by providing comprehensive event management, proactive monitoring and alerting, reporting and trend analysis, and system and application specific knowledge and tasks to improve the manageability of Windows Server System environments, including Windows, Exchange, SQL, IIS, Active Directory etc.

* A users guide to Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) enabling a cost reduction and simplification in managing your Windows Server System Infrastructure
* Companion Web site for book offers dozens of customized scripts and tools for automating MOM 2005 and many other Windows Server products
* There is no other compact resource like this for this core, Microsoft Server product

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Front Matter (1/3)
  3. Front Matter (2/3)
  4. Front Matter (3/3)
  5. Table of Contents (1/3)
  6. Table of Contents (2/3)
  7. Table of Contents (3/3)
  8. Foreword
  9. Chapter 1: Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Essentials
    1. Introducing Microsoft Operations Manager
    2. Features of Microsoft Operations Manager (1/2)
    3. Features of Microsoft Operations Manager (2/2)
    4. Microsoft MOM 2005 Workgroup Edition
    5. Summary
  10. Chapter 2: Evaluating Your Environment
    1. Understanding Your Environment (1/2)
    2. Understanding Your Environment (2/2)
    3. Identifying Requirements (1/2)
    4. Identifying Requirements (2/2)
    5. Selecting a Version of Microsoft Operations Manager
    6. Summary
  11. Chapter 3: Planning a MOM 2005 Deployment
    1. Planning Your MOM Topology (1/6)
    2. Planning Your MOM Topology (2/6)
    3. Planning Your MOM Topology (3/6)
    4. Planning Your MOM Topology (4/6)
    5. Planning Your MOM Topology (5/6)
    6. Planning Your MOM Topology (6/6)
    7. Planning for Users
    8. Security Requirements
    9. Disaster Recovery Planning
    10. Advanced Configurations
    11. Summary
  12. Chapter 4: Installing Microsoft MOM 2005
    1. Installing on a Single MOM Server (1/9)
    2. Installing on a Single MOM Server (2/9)
    3. Installing on a Single MOM Server (3/9)
    4. Installing on a Single MOM Server (4/9)
    5. Installing on a Single MOM Server (5/9)
    6. Installing on a Single MOM Server (6/9)
    7. Installing on a Single MOM Server (7/9)
    8. Installing on a Single MOM Server (8/9)
    9. Installing on a Single MOM Server (9/9)
    10. Installing on Multiple MOM Servers (1/4)
    11. Installing on Multiple MOM Servers (2/4)
    12. Installing on Multiple MOM Servers (3/4)
    13. Installing on Multiple MOM Servers (4/4)
    14. Upgrading to MOM 2005 (1/2)
    15. Upgrading to MOM 2005 (2/2)
    16. Advanced Scenarios
    17. Summary
  13. Chapter 5: Understanding and Deploying Management Packs
    1. Defining a Management Pack (1/4)
    2. Defining a Management Pack (2/4)
    3. Defining a Management Pack (3/4)
    4. Defining a Management Pack (4/4)
    5. Working with Management Packs (1/3)
    6. Working with Management Packs (2/3)
    7. Working with Management Packs (3/3)
    8. Summary
  14. Chapter 6: Managing Microsoft Exchange
    1. Managing Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003 (1/2)
    2. Managing Exchange 2000 and Exchange 2003 (2/2)
    3. Monitoring Exchange 2000 and 2003 (1/2)
    4. Monitoring Exchange 2000 and 2003 (2/2)
    5. Managing and Monitoring Exchange 5.5
    6. Summary
  15. Chapter 7: Managing SQL Server 2000
    1. Managing SQL Server 2000 (1/6)
    2. Managing SQL Server 2000 (2/6)
    3. Managing SQL Server 2000 (3/6)
    4. Managing SQL Server 2000 (4/6)
    5. Managing SQL Server 2000 (5/6)
    6. Managing SQL Server 2000 (6/6)
    7. Performing SQL Server 2000 Operations
    8. Summary
  16. Chapter 8: Managing Microsoft Active Directory
    1. Managing Network Services
    2. Managing Active Directory Services (1/2)
    3. Managing Active Directory Services (2/2)
    4. Managing Group Policy
    5. Summary
  17. Chapter 9: Managing Intel-Based Hardware
    1. Managing Server Hardware (1/2)
    2. Managing Server Hardware (2/2)
    3. Managing Intel-Based HP Servers (1/3)
    4. Managing Intel-Based HP Servers (2/3)
    5. Managing Intel-Based HP Servers (3/3)
    6. Managing Dell Servers (1/2)
    7. Managing Dell Servers (2/2)
    8. Summary
  18. Chapter 10: Managing Linux, UNIX, and Solaris
    1. Introduction
    2. Agentless Management of Linux and UNIX Servers
    3. Agent-Based Management of Linux and UNIX Servers (1/4)
    4. Agent-Based Management of Linux and UNIX Servers (2/4)
    5. Agent-Based Management of Linux and UNIX Servers (3/4)
    6. Agent-Based Management of Linux and UNIX Servers (4/4)
    7. Summary
  19. Chapter 11: Connecting to Other Management Platforms
    1. Overview of the Microsoft Connector Framework
    2. MOM to HP OpenView Operations Product Connector (1/2)
    3. MOM to HP OpenView Operations Product Connector (2/2)
    4. MOM to IBM Tivoli TEC Product Connector (1/2)
    5. MOM to IBM Tivoli TEC Product Connector (2/2)
    6. Other Connectors from Third-Party Vendors (1/2)
    7. Other Connectors from Third-Party Vendors (2/2)
    8. Summary
  20. Chapter 12: Planning for Microsoft System Center
    1. What Is Microsoft System Center?
    2. About System Center Components (1/2)
    3. About System Center Components (2/2)
    4. Summary
  21. Chapter 13: Troubleshooting MOM
    1. Using the MOM Resource Kit (1/2)
    2. Using the MOM Resource Kit (2/2)
    3. Troubleshooting Management Packs (1/2)
    4. Troubleshooting Management Packs (2/2)
    5. Backing Up and Restoring a MOM Server (1/3)
    6. Backing Up and Restoring a MOM Server (2/3)
    7. Backing Up and Restoring a MOM Server (3/3)
    8. Summary
  22. Appendix A: Microsoft MOM Management Packs (1/2)
  23. Appendix A: Microsoft MOM Management Packs (2/2)
  24. Index (1/3)
  25. Index (2/3)
  26. Index (3/3)
  27. Related Books

Product information

  • Title: How to Cheat at Managing Microsoft Operations Manager 2005
  • Author(s): Anthony Piltzecker
  • Release date: March 2006
  • Publisher(s): Syngress
  • ISBN: 9780080488462