What this book covers

Chapter 1, Architecting System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, helps you design the deployment of System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager based on your business requirements.

Chapter 2, Deploying System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, shows you how to deploy System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, and includes methods used to automate the deployment.

Chapter 3, Configuring System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, has recipes for post-deployment configuration of System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, and shows you how to deploy monitoring agents and the admin console.

Chapter 4, Operating System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, describes the best recipes for practice overrides and tuning. This chapter also has recipes for the steps usually performed via manual efforts in the GUI, and shows you how these tasks can be performed using PowerShell or set up with automatic actions.

Chapter 5, Maintaining System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, covers how to maintain System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager after installation, the common tasks that should be performed, and how to optimize for scale and performance.

Chapter 6, Monitoring Applications and IT Services with System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, has recipes for monitoring applications across different platforms within your environment using System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.

Chapter 7, Authoring Custom Monitoring Solutions with System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, teaches you how to create your own advanced customizations with System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, and explains which tools and design methodologies may be best suited to your needs.

Chapter 8, Authoring Management Packs in Visual Studio, delves deeper into using Visual Studio to author custom monitoring solutions. Visual Studio can be a complex tool if you have not used it before, and it is often used for relatively complex custom monitoring solutions. This chapter covers its use in an easy-to-understand way.

Chapter 9, Integrating System Center 2012 R2 with Other Components, has recipes for integrating Operations Manager with the other components within the System Center 2012 R2 solution, and shows you how to utilize these integration points to gain a greater degree of flexibility and a more advanced solution.

Chapter 10, Reporting in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, teaches you how to provide an in-depth view of the data collected by System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager with reporting, and how to present it in a meaningful and relevant manner across different areas of your business.

Appendix, Resourceful Links, covers useful links to community content and third-party System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager extensions.