Microsoft Operations Manager
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System Center Operations Manager is a cross-platform data center management system for operating systems and hypervisors. It utilizes a single interface that shows state, health and performance information of computer systems. It also provides alerts generated according to some availability, performance, configuration or security situation being identified. It works with Microsoft Windows Server and Unix-based hosts.
company Serverware Group plc
. In June 1998 the intellectual property rights were bought by Mission Critical Software, inc, who renamed the product Enterprise Event Manager. Mission Critical Software merged with NetIQ in early 2000, and sold the rights to the product to Microsoft in October 2000. System Center Operations Manager 2007 was designed from a fresh code base, and although sharing similarities to Microsoft Operations Manager, is not an upgrade from the previous versions.
SCOM uses the term management pack to refer to a set of filtering rules specific to some monitored application. While Microsoft and other software vendors make management packages available for their products, SCOM also provides for authoring custom management packs. While an administrator role is needed to install agents, configure monitored computers and create management packs, rights to simply view the list of recent alerts can be given to any valid user account.
Several SCOM servers can be aggregated together to monitor multiple networks across logical Windows domain and physical network boundaries. In previous versions of Operations Manager, a web service
was employed to connect several separately managed groups to a central location. As of Operations Manager 2007, a web service is no longer used. Rather, a direct TCP connection is used, making use of port 5723 for these communications.
that provides interactive and script based access to Operations Manager data and operations.
Like Windows PowerShell it is based on object-oriented programming
and version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework
. It has a superset of the commands and functionality available in PowerShell that provide administrators with the ability to automate Operations Manager administration.
MP = ManagementPack
Most Microsoft products have MP releases with them: Sharepoint MP, Hyper-V MP
Many IT companies write MPs for their own products: SUSE Linux MP, Dell Server MP
Many thirdparty write MP and sold: MySQL MP, DB2 MP, Oracle MP, Oracle Siebel CRM/BI MP, Citrix XenDesktop MP, Citrix XenApp MP, Citrix XenServer MP
Most of you IT infra could be monitoring by existing solution, if your solution is not covered, you might need implement your own MP if your target have managebility.
How to create a ManagementPack
ManagementPack Document site like MSDN.
History
The product began as a network management system called SeNTry ELM, which was developed by the BritishGreat Britain
Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles...
company Serverware Group plc
Serverware Group plc
Serverware Group plc is a software company formed in November 1983 following a management buyout of Information Systems Group plc.-Early history:...
. In June 1998 the intellectual property rights were bought by Mission Critical Software, inc, who renamed the product Enterprise Event Manager. Mission Critical Software merged with NetIQ in early 2000, and sold the rights to the product to Microsoft in October 2000. System Center Operations Manager 2007 was designed from a fresh code base, and although sharing similarities to Microsoft Operations Manager, is not an upgrade from the previous versions.
Central concepts
The basic idea is to place a piece of software, an agent, on the computer to be monitored. The agent watches several sources on that computer, including the Windows Event Log, for specific events or alerts generated by the applications executing on the monitored computer. Upon alert occurrence and detection, the agent forwards the alert to a central SCOM server. This SCOM server application maintains a database that includes a history of alerts. The SCOM server applies filtering rules to alerts as they arrive; a rule can trigger some notification to a human, such as an e-mail or a pager message, generate a network support ticket, or trigger some other workflow intended to correct the cause of the alert in an appropriate manner.SCOM uses the term management pack to refer to a set of filtering rules specific to some monitored application. While Microsoft and other software vendors make management packages available for their products, SCOM also provides for authoring custom management packs. While an administrator role is needed to install agents, configure monitored computers and create management packs, rights to simply view the list of recent alerts can be given to any valid user account.
Several SCOM servers can be aggregated together to monitor multiple networks across logical Windows domain and physical network boundaries. In previous versions of Operations Manager, a web service
Web service
A Web service is a method of communication between two electronic devices over the web.The W3C defines a "Web service" as "a software system designed to support interoperable machine-to-machine interaction over a network". It has an interface described in a machine-processable format...
was employed to connect several separately managed groups to a central location. As of Operations Manager 2007, a web service is no longer used. Rather, a direct TCP connection is used, making use of port 5723 for these communications.
The Command Shell
Operations Manager 2007 includes a new extensible command line interface called The Command Shell, which is a customized instance of the Windows PowerShellWindows PowerShell
Windows PowerShell is Microsoft's task automation framework, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on top of, and integrated with the .NET Framework...
that provides interactive and script based access to Operations Manager data and operations.
Like Windows PowerShell it is based on object-oriented programming
Object-oriented programming
Object-oriented programming is a programming paradigm using "objects" – data structures consisting of data fields and methods together with their interactions – to design applications and computer programs. Programming techniques may include features such as data abstraction,...
and version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework
.NET Framework
The .NET Framework is a software framework that runs primarily on Microsoft Windows. It includes a large library and supports several programming languages which allows language interoperability...
. It has a superset of the commands and functionality available in PowerShell that provide administrators with the ability to automate Operations Manager administration.
Management Pack
SCOM could be extended by importing management packs. ManagementPacks define how SCOM monitors everything. By default SCOM can only monitor some basic OS things and itself but you can import new managementpacks and monitor SQL, Sharepoint etc. They even have ManagementPacks for Apache, tomcat, SAP, SUSE Linux.MP = ManagementPack
Most Microsoft products have MP releases with them: Sharepoint MP, Hyper-V MP
Many IT companies write MPs for their own products: SUSE Linux MP, Dell Server MP
Many thirdparty write MP and sold: MySQL MP, DB2 MP, Oracle MP, Oracle Siebel CRM/BI MP, Citrix XenDesktop MP, Citrix XenApp MP, Citrix XenServer MP
Most of you IT infra could be monitoring by existing solution, if your solution is not covered, you might need implement your own MP if your target have managebility.
How to create a ManagementPack
ManagementPack Document site like MSDN.
Versions
- Microsoft Operations Manager 2000
- Microsoft Operations Manager 2005
- Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Service Pack 1
- System Center Operations Manager 2007
- System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1
- System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
- System Center Operations Manager 2012 Beta
See also
- Microsoft System Center
- System Center Configuration Manager
- System Center Data Protection ManagerSystem Center Data Protection ManagerSystem Center Data Protection Manager is a software product from Microsoft, designed to help IT professionals manage the Windows environment. It is part of the Microsoft System Center family of products and integrates disk-to-disk and near-continuous data protection for reliable recovery of...
- System Center Virtual Machine ManagerSystem Center Virtual Machine ManagerSystem Center Virtual Machine Manager forms part of Microsoft's System Center line of management and reporting tools, alongside previously established tools such as Microsoft Operations Manager and Microsoft Systems Management Server...
- Windows Server SystemWindows Server SystemMicrosoft Servers is a brand that encompasses a line of Microsoft server products. This includes the server editions of Microsoft Windows operating system itself, as well as products targeted at the wider business market...
External links
- System Center Operations Manager 2007
- Microsoft Tech Net guide on MOM
- Microsoft Operations Manager SDK (in MSDNMicrosoft Developer NetworkThe Microsoft Developer Network is the portion of Microsoft responsible for managing the firm's relationship with developers and testers: hardware developers interested in the operating system , developers standing on the various OS platforms, developers using the API and scripting languages of...
) - Introducing System Center Operations Manager 2007 A tutorial by David Chappell, Chappell & Associates
- Authoring Guide for System Center Operations Manager 2007
- Operations Manager 2007 R2 Management Pack Authoring Guide (from UK TechNet)
- Operations Manager Community
- TechNet Ramp Up: Learn how to install, implement and administer Operations Manager 2007 R2.
- Managing Privileged Accounts in System Center Operations Manager (Product Datasheet from Lieberman Software)