Mastering System Center Operations Manager 2007 - Softcover

Price, Brad; Mueller, John Paul; Fenstermacher, Scott

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0470119306 ISBN 13: 9780470119303

Publisher: Sybex, 2007

Synopsis

If you're an IT professional, you're busy enough trying to manage multiple systems and stay proactive with the technology demands of today's fast-moving companies. System Center Operations Manager 2007 is designed to make your life easier, and this comprehensive book is your one-stop gateway to it all. With intermediate to advanced coverage, this book gives you the information you need to deploy, manage, and maintain SCOM 2007, and use it to monitor your network.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Harness Microsoft's Powerful Server Management Tool

If you're an IT professional, you're busy enough trying to manage multiple systems and stay proactive with the technology demands of today's fast-moving companies. System Center Operations Manager 2007 is designed to make your life easier—and this comprehensive book is your one-stop gateway to it all. With intermediate to advanced coverage, this book gives you the information you need to deploy, manage, and maintain SCOM 2007, and use it to monitor your network.

Along with pages of clear explanations and in-depth instruction, this practical guide puts SCOM 2007 into the context of your job role with real-world scenarios and examples. There is also a collection of ready-to-use scripts on the book's Web page at www.sybex.com that you can download and use immediately.

From installation to automating tasks, you'll find the expert guidance you need to get the most out of SCOM 2007.

Coverage includes:

• Identifying system requirements and installing Operations Manager 2007

• Creating Management Pack lifestyle standards

• Monitoring services, servers, and clients with the Operations Console

• Understanding audit collection services

• Setting up agentless exception monitoring

• Backing up, restoring, and recovering from disasters

• Working with complex environments

• Streamlining and automating OpsManager 2007 with scripting

• Using Windows PowerShell with OpsManager 2007 objects

• Master the Components of SCOM 2007

• Create End-to-End Solutions Across Applications, Systems, Software, and Hardware

• Automate Tasks, Improve Reporting, and Increase Efficiency

• Be Proactive in Meeting Your Company's IT Demands

• Understand Microsoft® Office Framework (MOF) and Best Practices

About the Author:

Brad Price is an MCT with sixteen years of experience in the IT field, specializing in Active Directory, Exchange Server, Systems Management Server, and Operation Manager. He is the author of several books on Active Directory.

John Paul Mueller, consultant, application developer, writer, and technical editor, has written over 300 articles and 75 books, including the forthcoming IIS7 Implementation and Administration. He has contributed articles to such magazines as DevSource, asp.netPro, InformIT, SQL Server Professional, and Visual C++ Developer.

Scott Fenstermacher is a network engineer for a Microsoft Gold partner. He has over twelve years of experience in IT, including working with systems from Microsoft and Novell to IBM and Linux.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sybex
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0470119306
• ISBN 13: 9780470119303
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 456