Self-Study: Basic Understanding of Operations Manager Management Packs

Thank you Channel 9. If you already have some familiarity with the basic functionality of Management Packs and would like to expand your Service Pack knowledge, this is the course for you! It drills down into the structure, implementation, and development of Management and Service Packs and their tools.

 

Module	Title	Description	Link	Minutes
Module 01	Introduction to Management Packs	Building on your familiarity with the basic functionality and services Management Packs provide, this module gives a detailed look into how Management Packs are structured and implemented.	Video	18m
Module 02	Introduction to Authoring Tools	Explore the different options for creating a Management Pack, focusing on Visual Studio (the primary tool used for Management Pack development) authoring extensions.	Video	16m
Module 03	Creating a Management Pack Solution	Using Visual Studio authoring extensions for our Management Pack, we create a solution with multiple projects. We then use this solution throughout the rest of the training to create the different Management Packs we will work with.	Video	24m
Module 04	Understanding  Classes	​This is the first module in a set (of two) that covers everything about classes. We discuss basic concepts of classes to help you gain a solid understanding.	Video	33m
Module 05	Understanding  Relationships	The second in a two-part series about classes and relationships within Management Packs, this module teaches you to define the relationships between classes, design a set of classes for an application, and jump into Visual Studio to build the classes and relationships that you defined.	Video	11m
Module 06	Designing a Service Model	We introduce sample application and then walk through the design of a set of classes and relationships to act as a model for it.  This is the model that we will create and use as targets for monitoring workflows through later lessons.	Video	33m
Module 07	Building Classes and Relationships	Using the solution that we created in lesson 3, we actually create the classes and relationships that we defined for our service model in lesson 6.	Video	74m
Module 08	Intro to Discoveries	We define the basic concepts of discoveries and define the different kinds of discoveries that we will be discussing and creating in subsequent lessons.  Includes a discussion of the concepts of targeting.	Video	16m
Module 09	Registry Discoveries	This video will discuss the details on registry discoveries and walkthrough of multiple discoveries for sample application.  Includes the basics of creating discoveries and working with templates in Visual Studio Authoring Extensions.	Video	72m
Module 10	WMI Discoveries	This videos discusses the Details on WMI discoveries and walkthrough of a discovery for sample application.  Includes the basics of creating a WMI query to use with discovery.	Video	24m
Module 11	Script Discoveries	Details on script discoveries and walkthrough of a discovery for sample application.  Includes the basic concepts and creation of discovery scripts.	Video	50m
Module 12	Testing and Troubleshooting Discoveries	Instructions on using the MP Simulator to test discoveries and inspect their detailed operation followed by a brief discussion on methods for troubleshooting discoveries in production.	Video	37m
Module 13	Discovering  Relationships	Process for discovering containment relationships to populate groups and rollup classes.  Creation of discoveries using Group Populator both with and without criteria and a discovery script for discovering relationships.	Video	33m
Module 14	Advanced Discovery	Use of a discovery script using SCOM cmdlets to discover classes and relationships.	Video	31m
Module 15	Health Model Introduction	Overview of the elements included in a health model and common concepts for monitors and rules.	Video	22m
Module 16	Designing a Health Model	Concepts and process for designing a health model for an application.  Define a simple monitoring plan for sample application that supports the actual monitoring elements implemented in subsequent lessons.	Video	14m
Module 17	Unit Monitors	Overview of unit monitors and creation of several monitors for sample application.  Includes monitors for service state, performance counters, and events.	Video	75m
Module 18	Rules	Overview of rules with creation of several samples.  Includes rules performance counter collection and alerts from events and log files.	Video	38m
Module 19	Health Rollup	Aggregate and Dependency monitors that allow you to consolidate multiple unit monitors and rollup health between different classes.	Video	48m
Module 20	Monitoring Scripts	Writing a script to support monitors and rules.  Includes a PowerShell script for sample application.	Video	19m
Module 21	Modules and Workflows	Concepts on modules and workflows which support custom monitoring scenarios.	Video	24m
Module 22	Building a Custom Workflow	Walkthrough for creating custom modules, rule, monitor type, and monitor based on the monitoring script from Lesson 20 and the concepts from Lesson 21.	Video	99m
Module 23	Cookdown	Cookdown is a feature of Operations Manager that increases the efficiency of workflows targeting multiple objects.  This lesson covers the concept of cookdown and creates a set of modules and workflows using cookdown.	Video	58m