System Center 2012 Operations Manager Survival Guide
Introduction
What is a survival guide? It is a page we created as a pointer to the best information on the web. You can use the information below to learn the fundamentals; increase your current knowledge, or stay current on Operations Manager and events. If you think we missed some great article out there, please add it below!
This survival guide covers BOTH System Center 2012 - Operations Manager, AND System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1), Operations Manager. Many links take you to topics and articles that apply both versions, or to lead-in topics that give you a choice to drill down into one version or another.
You will find the System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager Survival Guide here.
Getting Started
- What's New in System Center 2012 - Operations Manager (choice between 2012 and 2012 SP1)
- Operations Manager Key Concepts
- Operations Manager Release Notes (choice between 2012 and 2012 SP1)
- Learning Roadmap for Operations Manager
- TechCenter Landing Page
- System Center 2012 Self-Study Guide (Complete Edition)
Planning and Deployment
- System Requirements for System Center 2012 - Operations Manager (choice between 2012 and 2012 SP1)
- Clarification on SQL Server Collation Requirements for System Center 2012
- Planning and Design for System Center 2012 - Operations Manager
- Topology changes in System Center 2012 - Operations Manager
- Environmental Prerequisites for Operations Manager
- Deploying the prerequisites with PowerShell
- Deployment Guide for System Center 2012 - Operations Manager
- Distributed Deployment of Operations Manager
- Management Pack compatibility considerations
Integration
Upgrade
- Upgrading to System Center 2012 - Operations Manager
- Upgrading System Center 2012 – Operations Manager to System Center 2012 SP1
- Planning and Design for System Center 2012 - Operations Manager
- Pre and post SP1 upgrade sequence tasks
- Issues you may encounter upgrading System Center 2012 - Operations Manager ACS
- Upgrading - notes from the field
Operations \ Features
- Backup and Disaster Recovery in Operations Manager
- OpsMgrUnleashed: Disaster Recovery in Operations Manager
- Maintaining the System Center 2012 - Operations Manager Infrastructure
- Operations Guide for System Center 2012 - Operations Manager
- Quick Reference to Operations Manager Tasks
- .NET application monitoring template
- Application Monitoring Architecture in Operations Manager
- APM Object Model explained
- Application Monitoring - Working with Alerts
- Custom APM Rules for Granular Alerting
- Network Monitoring with Operations Manager
- Use UNIX/Linux shell command to return performance data
- Use UNIX/Linux shell script in a two-state monitor
- Enabling Instant Messaging Notifications in System Center 2012 Operations Manager
- How to get Knowledge Editing to work in Operations Manager 2012 with Office 2010
Tools
- Operations Manager Sizing Helper -- NOTE: this link directly opens an Excel file (the tool) for you to save
- MPViewer, OverrideExplorer, ProxySettings
- Technical Documentation Download for System Center 2012 – Operations Manager
- System Center Operations Manager 2012: Network Devices with Extended Monitoring Capability (Includes download lists for both 2012, and additional devices added in SP1. Both lists are required for a full view of all devices covered in SP1)
Management Packs and Management Pack Authoring
- Microsoft Management Packs
- System Center Marketplace (Microsoft & 3rd Party Management Packs & Add-ons)
- Operations Manager Management Pack and Report Authoring Resources
Troubleshooting
Blogs
- Operations Manager Engineering Team Blog
- Kevin Holman's System Center Blog
- OpsMgr Unleashed
- Contoso.se by Anders Bengtsson
- Bob Cornelissen (MVP) on System Center
- Marnix Wolf (MVP) on System Center
- Cameron Fuller (MVP) on System Center
- Kevin Greene (MVP) on System Center
- Daniele Grandini (MVP) on System Center (Quaue Nocent Docent)
- MPAuthor Blog
- Pete Zerger (MVP) on System Center (System Center Central)
- Everything System Center -Tim McFadden's Blog
- OpsConfig
- SystemCenterTipps
in German
www.sc-operationsmanager.eu Markus Strazar
Community
- System Center Central
- myITforum.com
- TechNet Forums for Operations Manager
- Email discussion list
- Community Group
- Web-based forums
Google+
- The System Center Twitter feed - All the latest System Center news and information
- Operations Manager (Unofficial SCOM aggregator)
- Operations Manager Doc Team
- SMDocs (Various System Center component documentation)
- myITforum.com
- MPAuthor
Videos
Books
- Mastering System Center 2012 Operations Manager
- System Center 2012 Operations Manager Unleashed (2nd Edition)
Podcasts
- Inside Podcast Network (Inside Central and Skilling Up podcasts)