Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 Operations Guide
Find detailed guidance and recommended best practices for
maintaining and running MOM in an existing IT infrastructure. The
information in this guide is organized according to the Microsoft
Operations Framework (MOF) process model.
Configuring Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 to
Manage Complex Distributed Environments
This technical paper provides an overview of Microsoft Operations
Manager 2000 internals, and describes how Microsoft Operations
Manager can be configured to meet some of the more complex
enterprise scenarios.
Support WebCast: Microsoft Operations Manager SP1: Configuration
and Operational Best Practices
This Support WebCast will talk about how to set up Microsoft
Operations Manager (MOM) SP1 to best meet your monitoring
requirements. This session will also provide tips for MOM settings
for grooming, agent manager settings, buffer settings, and
communication settings for the best possible operational
performance, and usage practicality. The topics will include an
architectural overview, how to build a reliable MOM infrastructure
using alert forwarding, multihoming, using multihoming for
automatic database disaster recovery, auto failover for DCAMs, SQL
Cluster database recovery, building a scalable MOM infrastructure,
and the new and improved scaling limitations for MOM SP1. The
discussion of management and maintenance will include information
about database, event storms, management packs, operations and
organizational policies, archive database setup, and maintenance.
The final topics are reporting and miscellaneous tips for MOM SP1.
How to Adjust the Polling Interval for Application Log Monitoring
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 300078 - Microsoft
Operations Manager (MOM) uses a predefined polling interval for
monitoring application logs, for example, the trace logs that
Internet Information Server (IIS) and Microsoft SQL Server
generate. This article explains how you can modify this predefined
interval.
How to Apply a New License File for Microsoft Operations Manager
2000 (MOM)
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 298464 - This article describes
the procedure for applying a new license file to Microsoft
Operations Manager (MOM).
How to Back Up the MOM Database and Management Packs
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 325612 - This article describes
how to back up the Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) database and
management packs.
How to Change the Account Name or Password for the
Consolidator-Agent Manager or Data Access Server
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 297726 - This article
describes how to modify the service account name or the password
for the accounts that Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) uses.
How to Change Agent Service Account Information for MOM Agents
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 312041 - This article
describes how to change agent service account information for
Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) agents.
How to Change the Default Resolution State of an Alert
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 299586 - This article
describes how to change the default resolution state of an alert
in Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM).
How to Change the Default Update Rates for the "Today" Statistics
Screen
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 297601 - This article
explains how to change the default update rates for the Today
statistics screen in Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM).
How to Compact the Reporting Database in Microsoft Operations
Manager
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 304682 - This article
describes how to compact the Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)
Reporting database. Because the Reporting database increases in
size as you use it, you might want to compact the database
periodically.
How to Configure Separate MOM Web Consoles on the Same IIS Server
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 300100 - This article
describes how to configure separate Web Consoles for monitoring
Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) on the same instance of
Internet Information Server (IIS).
How to Configure Microsoft Operations Manager to Publish to the
Active Directory
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 298771 - This article
describes how to use the Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)
DasInstall.exe utility to publish information to the Active
Directory. This information is relevant if the Active Directory
was unavailable during installation.
How to Configure MOM to Monitor and Collect UNIX Syslogs
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 297443 - This article describes
how to configure Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) to monitor and
collect UNIX syslog messages.
How to Configure Separate MOM Web Consoles on the Same IIS Server
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 300100 - This article describes
how to configure separate Web Consoles for monitoring Microsoft
Operations Manager (MOM) on the same instance of Internet
Information Server (IIS).
How to Create a Batch File for Publishing Reports
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 300138 - This article
describes how to create a batch file for publishing predefined
reports in Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM). You can then
schedule the batch file to run, for example, by using the AT
scheduler.
How to Create a Custom Resolution State
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 299593 - This article
explains the meaning of the default resolution states for alerts
and the method of creating custom resolution states.
How to Determine Names and Locations of Installed MOM Agent Files
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 297766 - This article
describes how to use the InstallService.ini file to determine the
names and locations of files that are installed during a remote
installation of the Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) agent.
How to Hide Reports in the MOM Reporting Tool to Limit Viewing by
End Users
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 297787 - This article describes
how to hide certain reports in the Microsoft Operations Manager
(MOM) Reporting console so that the reports are not visible to end
users.
How to Interpret and Adjust the Time Intervals for Rules to Be
Pushed to Client Agents
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 299567 - This article
describes the reasons for the interval at which rules are pushed
to Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) agents and also describes
some adjustments you can make.
How to Limit Performance Data Collection in Microsoft Operations
Manager 2000
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 300120 - This article
describes several methods of limiting the collection of
performance data in Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 (MOM).
How to Manually Configure IIS 4.0 to Use the Web Console Server in
MOM
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 297604 - This article describes
how to manually configure Internet Information Server version 4.0
(IIS) to use the Web Console server in Microsoft Operations
Manager (MOM).
How to Manually Configure the Web Addresses for Operations Manager
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 297605 - This article
describes how to manually configure the Web addresses for
Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM).
How to Manually Remove Unused MOM Providers
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 295902 - This article
describes how to manually delete an unused Microsoft Operations
Manager (MOM) provider.
How MOM Monitors Logical Disk and Physical Disk Performance
Counters
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 300117 - This article
describes how Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) monitors logical
and physical disks.
How to Monitor the DHCP Log File
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 298367 - This article
describes how you can monitor only certain events from the Dynamic
Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) log file in Microsoft
Operations Manager (MOM). The article also explains what the event
IDs mean and why it is important to edit your rules for event
collection.
How to Resolve Multiple Alerts Simultaneously
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 297579 - This article describes
how to resolve several alerts simultaneously in Microsoft
Operations Manager (MOM).
How to Use the Option to Synchronize Performance Data
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 297806 - This article
describes what happens when you specify a time for synchronization
of performance data for a Microsoft Windows NT Performance Counter
provider.
Performance Problems for Agents with Debug Logging Turned On
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 296009 - When you install
Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM), MOM configures logging on
agents to level 0 debug. On inactive servers, the logging can
produce over 1 million bytes of logged data within 30 minutes
after the agent is installed. Furthermore, an...
Setting the SourceComputer Property in MOM Performance Data
Scripts
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 307321 - When you set
the SourceComputer property in Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM)
2000 Performance Data scripts, the CounterName property may be
overwritten with the same data that is assigned to the
SourceComputer property.
WebCast: How to Manage the MOM Database
This WebCast session discusses the best practices involving the
MOM SQL database, including backup and restore, database
expansion, failover concerns, and fault tolerance.
How to Give the Agent Service Account the Local Administrator Role
on an Exchange 2000 Agent Computer
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 321997 - The agent
service account is the account under which the OnePoint service
runs on a managed Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server computer. To use
some of the advanced script functionality of the Exchange 2000
Management Pack, you must make the agent service account a domain
account instead of the local computer account. Typically,
administrators give the agent service account the Domain
Administrator role so that Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2000
has the appropriate permissions to operate.
How to Obtain the Latest Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 Service
Pack
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 814529 - Microsoft uses
service packs to distributes bug fixes. Service packs keep a
product current. Service packs include updates, and may include
administration tools, drivers, and additional components. These
items are conveniently bundled in a service...
Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 SP1 Operations
Guide
Get deployment, maintenance and security information, as well as
guidance and recommended best practices for maintaining and
running Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 Service Pack 1 (SP1) in
an existing IT infrastructure.
Active Directory Management Pack Guide
Use this guide to learn how the updated Active Directory
Management Pack module can help you increase the security,
availability, and performance of your Active Directory
installation.
Using Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 Reporting
This paper gives an overview of the Microsoft Operations Manager
2000 Reporting application, which provides reports for data
collected by Microsoft Operations Manager 2000.
User Guide
This guide provides conceptual information about Microsoft
Operations Manager 2000, including a product description, an
architectural overview, general information about how the
application works, and an explanation of product terminology. |
