An essential guide on the latest version of Microsoft's server management tool

Microsoft's powerful System Center 2012 Operations Manager introduces many exciting new and enhanced feature sets that allow for large-scale management of mission-critical servers. This comprehensive guide provides invaluable coverage to help organizations monitor their environments across computers, network, and storage infrastructures while maintaining efficient and effective service levels across their applications.

  • Provides intermediate and advanced coverage of all aspects of Systems Center 2012 Operations Manager, including designing, planning, deploying, managing, maintaining, and scripting Operations Manager,
  • Offers a hands-on approach by providing many real-world scenarios to show you how to use the tool in various contexts,
  • Anchors conceptual explanations in practical application
    Mastering System Center 2012 Operations Manager clearly shows you how this powerful server management tool can best be used to serve your organization's needs.

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If you're responsible for Microsoft's new System Center 2012 Operations Manager, you'll want this practical book on hand. It offers intermediate and advanced coverage of the topics you need most-planning and installation, how to configure agents, using management packs, disaster recovery, maintenance and troubleshooting, scripting, and more. Covering all the key aspects of the product, this complete resource also features real-world scenarios that clearly illustrate how to use Operations Manager 2012 in a range of implementations.

Coverage includes:

  • Reviewing the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF)
  • Configuring, installing, and deploying Operations Manager 2012
  • Setting up Management Group global settings
  • Managing management packs, individual agents, and consoles
  • Monitoring the network and application performance
  • Backing up, restoring, and implementing disaster recovery
  • Using PowerShell cmdlets to script Operations Manager 2012 functions
  • Troubleshooting with Operations Manager 2012 tools, as well as third-party tools

Plan, Install, Deploy, Monitor, and Troubleshoot an Installation
Implement in Complex and Mission-Critical Environments
Use PowerShell Cmdlets to Script and Automate Many Functions
Learn in the Context of Real-World Scenarios and Tasks

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Paperback: 648 pages
Publisher: Sybex; 1 edition (August 7, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1118128990
ISBN-13: 978-1118128992

Mastering SCOM 2012 Cover