Introduction

System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager (SCOM) has a fairly mature wizard-driven GUI installation available for use. Assuming you have decided on the architecture for your deployment, performing the installation should be fairly straightforward with the use of this wizard, and therefore, this chapter won't cover a standard installation.

This chapter, nevertheless, will delve deeper into areas such as how to implement high availability at the SQL layer before you deploy SCOM. It will also explore prerequisites needed before installation and how to script the automation of deployments that will allow you to scale your infrastructure easier at a later date.