Windows PowerShell Cookbook

Chapter 26. Manage an Operations Manager 2007 Server

26.0. Introduction

Like Exchange 2007, System Center Operations Manager 2007 (previously known as Microsoft Operations Manager) broadly adopts PowerShell as a technique for automated management. Operations Manager 2007 takes a dual-pronged approach to this. It includes a set of more than 70 PowerShell cmdlets, as well as a PowerShell provider that lets you scope commands to (and navigate) management groups.

The most common management tasks in Operations Manager 2007 fall largely into one of several categories: managing agents, management packs, rules, tasks, alerts, and maintenance windows.

26.1. Experiment with the Command Shell

Problem

You want to experiment with the features and functionality of the Operations Manager Command Shell without working on a production system.

Solution

To explore the Operations Manager Command Shell, use the Microsoft Forefront and System Center Demonstration Toolkit.

Discussion

Downloadable Virtual PC images and online virtual labs have recently become an incredibly effective means by which you can experiment with new technologies. The Microsoft System Center application suite offers several Virtual PC images for download, one of them tailored to Forefront Security and its interaction with the rest of the System Center family. The Oxford computer in this virtual lab represents a computer running System Center Operations Manager 2007, which provides an excellent avenue for exploration of this new technology. ...