So you have installed SCOM… Now what? Dieter Wijckmans

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Agenda Scope What to expect from this LiveMeeting Post install Health check Configuration of options Get the agents in Monitoring Select your management packs Phased approach Tips and Tricks Backup environment

Post Install

So now what? Installation successful! How to start monitoring? Is there an approach to follow?

Preparation Health CheckPreparation Start Monitoring

Health check Management serverEvent log Health management group SQL

Install Agents Install from console! AD integration or manual? Make sure user has admin privileges Check firewall prereqs

Health check + rolling out the agents.

Preparation Install agents Select your management packs Define approach

Startup monitoring

Typical questions Am I monitoring yet? I need management packs? So what do I like to monitor? So what is it doing out of the box? Where do I go from here?

Three questions to answer them all! What? When? How? Monitoring Alerting Notification

Select your management packs Base Services Custom Amount of work Number of MP’s

Select your management packs Base

Select your management packs Services

Select your management packs Custom

Start monitoring

Watch out Don’t go too fastMake a scenario and stick with itMake sure you have some sort of request systemHealth check every week!

Tips and Tricks Community Mp’sBackup your environmentHow to use the communityQuick wins to show to management

Connect to OMSCheck out GSMCheck partners for solutionsFind ways to get knowledge Explore new possibilities

Key Takeaways

Breath in, breath out, repeat… Look at it as a project Document, document, document and document

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