1. WMS04: Monitoring and Managing All Critical Infrastructure Dan Stolts “ITProGuru” Microsoft Corporation ITProGuru@microsoft.com http://Blogs.technet.com/danstoltsITProGuru@microsoft.com http://Blogs.technet.com/danstolts or http://ITProGuru.com Twitter.com/ITProGuru

2. Monitoring and Managing All Critical Infrastructure 3:15 pm – 4:15pm Join the ITProGuru (Dan Stolts) in this session to learn how to “Monitor” (and even manage) your critical Infrastructure with the Management Packs for System Center Operations Manager. We will take a peek at the installation process, then dive into the system and the management packs that help you easily monitor all critical infrastructure. Whether you have SharePoint, SQL Server, Exchange, File Servers, AD or any other key infrastructure, you will find a management pack you simply plug in to start monitoring and managing. The monitoring capabilities do not stop at Microsoft products. We will take a peek at monitoring Linux and any number of other 3rd party products. You will learn how to keep ALL critical infrastructure humming. You will learn how to change from a reactionary mode to a proactive mode when it comes to your infrastructure. You will leave this session with a deeper understanding of what these powerful management packs can deliver.

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4. Presence ● http://blogs.technet.com/DanStolts http://blogs.technet.com/DanStolts http://ITProGuru.com http://DanStolts.com ● Twitter.com/ITProGuru or @ITProGuru 3 years at Microsoft ● IT Evangelist based in MA ● Online Content Development ● Live Event Delivery ● User Group / Community Lead Prior 20+ Years… ● Bay State Integrated Technology, Inc Hosting and Consulting ● Community Volunteer Skill Profile MCT, MCITP, MCSE, TS… ● Windows infrastructure ● Virtualization solutions ● Systems Management and Security Dan Stolts “IT Pro Guru” More Jobs President - Boston User Groups (www.BostonUserGroups.org)www.BostonUserGroups.org Founder - North East Leaders (www.neleaders.com)www.neleaders.com Founder - Virtualization Group Boston (www.VirtG.com)www.VirtG.com Board Member - Boston Area Windows Server User Group - www.WindowsBoston.com www.WindowsBoston.com President - Bay State Integrated Technology, Inc. www.BayStateTechnology.com www.BayStateTechnology.com

5. Agenda Introduction ● System Center Operations Manger ● Monitoring Critical Systems Management Packs and Monitoring ● What’s Inside – Consolidated MP ● Deliverables ● Lots of Demo’s ● Service Level Dashboard Q&A Resources

6. Microsoft System Center: Supporting Unified Management Single infrastructure for end to end management lowers deployment cost Single user environment lowers training and operational costs Single knowledge and rules engine accelerates ROI and improves processes Simple, cost effective, and flexible licensing eases procurement process

7. The Basics…What is SCOM? System Center Operations Manager Systems Monitoring Solution Current version 2007 R2 Visibility Into Your Systems ● Health, Availability, Performance, Configuration ● Alerts, Knowledge, Reporting Monitor Service Level Agreements Complete Monitoring Solution ● Windows Server, Desktop, Workloads ● Linux/Unix, Applications, Services, More… Extensible through “Management Packs”

8. System Center Architecture WFE (Web Front End) Servers Ops Console Admin Console Ops Mgr Server Application Servers Database Servers Infrastructure Servers

9. Monitoring SharePoint, Exchange, Etc Mission Critical!!!! Monitoring facilitates health and availability of this system Complex service oriented system Monitoring sources ● Windows event log ● Windows services ● Object model calls to ping the service ● Performance counters ● SPHA rules (SP Health Analyzer) ● Much More!!!

10. Consolidate Management Pack

11. Management Pack Deliverables SharePoint Foundation MP SharePoint Foundation MP Guide Microsoft SharePoint Server MP Microsoft SharePoint Server MP Guide SharePoint MP config file Localization: ● All Ops Mgr supported languages

12. Management Packs and Monitoring Demo

13. SharePoint Diagram View Physical and Logical Topology with Drill Down Export as Picture Edit with Visio Publish to Visio Services in SharePoint 2010

14. Service Level Dashboard Runs in SharePoint How are you doing against Service Level Goals Almost real time Filter to slice and dice the data

16. Recap Monitoring ● Enhanced depth and breadth ● Integrated monitoring Knowledge Articles ● Rapid resolution Consolidated Management Packs ● Search Server ● Project Server ● Office Web Apps ● All Shared Services

17. Call to Action Download and Install Operations Manager 2007 R2 Evaluation Download newest versions of the management packs Start Monitoring SharePoint and Other Critical Infrastructure components ● Increase reliability of systems ● Decrease time to resolution ● Be proactive!!!

18. Q&A

19. Resources… System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 (TechNet) http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb310604.aspx Operations Manager 2007 R2 Quick Start Guide http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb418758.aspx Solutions for Optimizing SharePoint http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/en/us/optimizing-sharepoint.aspx Management Pack Downloads http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb975149.aspx Service Level Dashboard for System Center Operations Manager http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc540485.aspx Operations Manager 2007 R2 Supported Configurations http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb309428.aspx Using a Firewall with Operations Manager 2007 http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc540431.aspx

20. Dan Stolts “ITProGuru” Sessions 10:00 am WMS03: 10 Hot Topics Every IT Admin Needs to Know about Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 11:15 am WMS02: Direct Access Always Connected: Death of the VPN 3:15 pm WMS04: Monitoring and Managing All Critical Infrastructure Blog: ITProGuru.com

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