Quick Reference to Operations Manager Tasks
Updated: May 13, 2016
Applies To: System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 - Operations Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 - Operations Manager
The following table gives a quick reference for where to perform common tasks and links to relevant information.
To perform this task |
Do this |
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Check for problems in a management group |
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Start monitoring a computer |
On the Administration Overview page, click Configure computers and devices to manage. For more information, see Managing Discovery and Agents. |
Create or modify a resource pool |
In the Administration workspace, click Resource Pools. For more information, see How to Create a Resource Pool and Managing Resource Pools for UNIX and Linux Computers. |
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Click Groups in the Authoring workspace For instructions, see Creating and Managing Groups |
Create a view |
In the Monitoring workspace or My Workspace, at the bottom of the navigation pane, click New View. For more information, see Using Views in Operations Manager. |
Customize the settings of a view for your own use |
In the Monitoring workspace, right-click a view in the navigation pane, and then click Personalize view. For more information, see How to Personalize a View in Operations Manager. |
Change the interval for heartbeats. |
In the Administration workspace, click Settings, and then under Agent, click Heartbeat. For more information, see How Heartbeats Work in Operations Manager. |
Change the number of missed heartbeats allowed |
In the Administration workspace, click Settings, and then under Server, click Heartbeat. For more information, see How Heartbeats Work in Operations Manager. |
Change a setting for a rule, monitor, or alert. |
Make changes to rules, monitors, or alerts by creating an override. Select a rule, monitor, or alert, and then access the overrides options by right-clicking, or clicking Overrides on the toolbar, or clicking Overrides in the Tasks pane. For more information, see Tuning Monitoring by Using Targeting and Overrides and Creating a Management Pack for Overrides. |
Change how frequently records are removed from the operational database. |
In the Administration workspace, click Settings, right-click Database Grooming, and then click Properties. For more information, see How to Configure Grooming Settings for the Operations Manager Database. |
Give a user permissions to view Operations Manager information or perform tasks. |
In the Administration workspace, click User Roles, and then right-click a specific role and click Properties. For more information, see Implementing User Roles and How to Assign Members to User Roles. |
Display a dashboard view on a SharePoint site. |
You must deploy the Operations Manager Web Part to a SharePoint site, configure the Web Part to connect to a web console, and add the Web Part to a SharePoint page. For more information, see Using SharePoint to View Operations Manager Data. |
Receive notifications of an alert in email, instant message, or text message. |
Right-click an alert, point to Notification subscription, and then click Create. For more information, see Subscribing to Alert Notifications. |
Investigate a gray agent. |
In the Monitoring workspace, in the Operations Manager\Agent Details\Agent Health State view, in the Agent State from Health Service Watcher section, click the gray agent, and then in the Tasks pane, click Show Gray Agent Connectivity Data. For more information, see Not Monitored and Gray Agents. |
Stop monitoring a computer temporarily. |
In the Monitoring workspace, click Windows Computers, right-click the computer you want to stop monitoring, and click Maintenance Mode. For more information, see How to Suspend Monitoring Temporarily by Using Maintenance Mode. |