Understanding the business and its requirements
In addition to understanding the various roles and how they are installed, as well as the performance, capacity sizing, and availability requirements for System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, it is equally important to understand what the business requires from its monitoring solution.
Without getting a clearly defined set of requirements, you could run the risk of not implementing high availability on the roles in highest demand, not implementing them at all, or focusing on monitoring areas of the business that provide no value.
Getting ready
The following information should give you a good idea of the areas and questions that you can then take back to the business and seek answers from those involved ...
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