Dan Stolts Chief Technology Strategist Microsoft Corporation Blog: Managing and Monitoring Critical Infrastructure with System Center Operations Manager (SCOM)

Take control of your IT infrastructure with the management packs for System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). We’ll start with a peek inside the installation process, then dive into the system and management packs that make it easy to monitor all critical infrastructure. Whether you have SharePoint, SQL Server, Exchange, File Server, or AD, simply choose the right pack, plug it in and get started. You can even extend the packs to monitor Linux and other third-party products. By the end of this session, you’ll be ready to move from reactionary to preventative mode and use powerful management packs to keep your key infrastructure humming. 2

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

WFE (Web Front End) Servers Ops Console Admin Console Ops Mgr Server Application Servers Database Servers Infrastructure Servers

IT Process Automation (ITPA), also known as Run Book Automation (RBA), is the ability to orchestrate and integrate IT management tools through workflow Take tasks like OpsMgr monitoring, identify a Hyper-V host problem, trigger an Opalis script to Live Migrate guest sessions to another server Take tasks like OpsMgr monitoring, identify a Hyper-V host problem, trigger an Opalis script to Live Migrate guest sessions to another server Use OpsMgr to monitor the response time of an application, determine that the app is not performing as quickly as expected, spawn an Opalis policy to provision a new guest session to improve performance response Use OpsMgr to monitor the response time of an application, determine that the app is not performing as quickly as expected, spawn an Opalis policy to provision a new guest session to improve performance response Automating OpsMgr Integration of Hyper-V with Opalis Enabling the IT Process Automation

IT Silos VM Provisioning Process Event Mgmt Service Desk Asset/CMDB Configuration Virtual Security Storage Server Network Monitor Service request Stop VM Update request Update request Update & close request Clone new VM Update properties Remove from Ops Manager Test VM Deploy Applications Verify Application Add to Ops Manager Create CI Retire CI Create incident Detach Storage Detach Network Adapter Using Opalis to Provision New Guest Sessions from an OpsMgr Trigger