Managing Microsoft

Kerrie Meyler

Previous Article Next Article

How Does OpsMgr Do It? - its all about modeling

By Kerrie Meyler on Thu, 03/27/08 - 5:58pm.

Operations Manager 2007 is a product established on the concept of model-based management. The abstraction of services into models is necessary to describe and act on physical entities such as routers, and logical entities such as distributed applications, using software tools.

Using models is a way to transform knowledge and experience into something that machines can operate with. In OpsMgr, service models live inside management packs. The management pack author or vendor encapsulates service health knowledge into the management pack. A solid, accurate model of an object's health lets Operations Manager present information to the operator. The models underpin both the OpsMgr 2007 application, with a workflow framework, and the OpsMgr 2007 operator, with augmented and accelerated decision making.

OpsMgr 2007 introduces an architecture that sets the foundation for a new, broader spectrum of monitoring capabilities and extensible that has ever been available before using Microsoft management technologies. Fundamental concepts within OpsMgr 2007 include service and health modeling.

Want to know more about how OpsMgr works? The above is an excerpt from Chapter 3 of System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed. You can buy the book (http://tinyurl.com/27mqnm is a link to the Amazon page). Chapter 3 in its entirety is provided as a sample chapter for download at http://sqlblog.com/blogs/sample_chapters/archive/2008/03/27/sample-chapter-system-center-operations-manager-2007-unleashed-chapter-3-looking-inside-opsmgr.aspx and http://downloads.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=348819.

Tags

About Managing Microsoft

Kerrie Meyler, MVP, MCSE, MCTS, MCT, is an independent consultant and trainer with over fifteen years of experience in IT. While at Microsoft in Field Technical Sales for four years she focused on infrastructure and mangement, presenting at numerous product launches. Kerrie has presented Operations Manager 2007 at TechEd 2007, MMS 2009, MMS 2011, and internal Microsoft conferences, receiving company recognition and awards including a SPAR MGS award. Kerrie worked with Microsoft Learning to develop functional specifications for the original Operations Manager Microsoft courseware, 2550: Implementing Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 and did the beta teach for that course.She also participated in development for several System Center certification exams.

Kerrie is the lead author of Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Unleashed, System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed, System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) 2007 Unleashed, System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Unleashed, System Center Opalis Integration Server 6.3 Unleashed and System Center Service Manager 2010 Unleashed.

Check out an excerpt from System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed, Chapter 3: Looking Inside OpsMgr.

You can also check out an excerpt from System Center Configuration (SCCM) Manager 2007 Unleashed, Chapter 3: Looking Inside ConfigMgr.

Read a sample chapter of System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Unleashed at Chapter 1: Introduction and What's New.

You can also read a sample chapter of System Center Opalis Integration Server 6.3 Unleashed at Chapter 1: Introducing Opalis Integration Server 6.3 and System Center Service Manager 2010 Unleashed at Chapter 1:Service Management Basics.

System Center Service Manager 2010 Unleashed was selected as the September, 2011 book giveaway for Microsoft Subnet.

Enter the monthly contest.

Read a free chapter excerpt of System Center Service Manager 2010 Unleashed

Buy the book.