Chapter 13: Using System Center Operations Manager 2007
In this chapter, we’ll cover System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 and the role it plays in the Microsoft virtualization infrastructure for managing both physical and virtual systems. This chapter isn’t designed to be an install or design guide for SCOM 2007—several very good guides are available for installing core SCOM 2007 functionality. Instead, we will describe how you can use SCOM 2007 to manage a Microsoft virtualization infrastructure. This is only a small part of what you can do with SCOM 2007—SCOM is designed to handle all aspects of IT operations. SCOM is a feature-rich platform for IT management, with functionality that maps to specific operational areas defined in the ...