Assumptions To limit the scope of material in this guide, the following assumptions have been made: This design is for use in a production environment. It is expected that a test environment will also be created to mirror the configuration of the production environment. The reader is familiar with Microsoft infrastructure solutions. This guide does not attempt to educate the reader on the features and capabilities of Microsoft products. The product documentation covers that information. The supporting infrastructure requirements for Active Directory® Domain Services (AD DS), Domain Name System (DNS), and domain space naming described in Infrastructure” at have been reviewed and met. “Supporting Operations Manager Design Process The that follow represent the most critical design elements in a well-planned Operations Manager design: Step 1: Define the Project Scope and Requirements Step 2: Determine the Number of Management Groups Step 3: Design the Operations Manager Management Server Infrastructure Step 4: Design the Operational Database Step 5: Design the Data Warehouse and Reporting Server Step 6: Design the ACS Database Server Step 7: Design the Notification System Step 8: Design the Network Connections Some of these items represent decisions that must be made. Where this is the case, a corresponding list of common response options is presented. Other items in this list represent tasks that must be carried out. These types of items are addressed because their presence is significant to complete the infrastructure design. Figure 2 provides a graphic overview of the steps involved in designing an Operations Manager infrastructure. Figure 2. The Operations Manager infrastructure decision flow Installing Operations Manager creates a management group. The management group is the basic functional unit of an Operations Manager infrastructure that can perform monitoring. Each management group contains a Microsoft SQL Server® database server to host the operational database, one or more management servers, one or more consoles, and the agents and other resources that are managed. It can also contain additional management servers and gateway servers, as well as Audit Collection Services (ACS) components. At a minimum, a management group consists of a management server, the operational database, and the data warehouse database. The management server is the focal point for administering the management group and communicating with the database. When the Operations console is opened and connected to a management group, this connects to a management server for that management group. Depending on the size of the computing environment, a management group can contain a single management server or multiple management servers.
Assumptions To limit the scope of material in this guide, the following assumptions have been made: This design is for use in a production environment. It is expected that a test environment will also be created to mirror the configuration of the production environment. The reader is familiar with Microsoft infrastructure solutions. This guide does not attempt to educate the reader on the features and capabilities of Microsoft products. The product documentation covers that information. The supporting infrastructure requirements for Active Directory® Domain Services (AD DS), Domain Name System (DNS), and domain space naming described in “Supporting Infrastructure” at have been reviewed and met. Operations Manager Design Process The that follow represent the most critical design elements in a well-planned Operations Manager design: Step 1: Define the Project Scope and Requirements Step 2: Determine the Number of Management Groups Step 3: Design the Operations Manager Management Server Infrastructure Step 4: Design the Operational Database Step 5: Design the Data Warehouse and Reporting Server Step 6: Design the ACS Database Server Step 7: Design the Notification System Step 8: Design the Network Connections Some of these items represent decisions that must be made. Where this is the case, a corresponding list of common response options is presented. Other items in this list represent tasks that must be carried out. These types of items are addressed because their presence is significant to complete the infrastructure design. Figure 2 provides a graphic overview of the steps involved in designing an Operations Manager infrastructure. Figure 2. The Operations Manager infrastructure decision flow Installing Operations Manager creates a management group. The management group is the basic functional unit of an Operations Manager infrastructure that can perform monitoring. Each management group contains a Microsoft SQL Server® database server to host the operational database, one or more management servers, one or more consoles, and the agents and other resources that are managed. It can also contain additional management servers and gateway servers, as well as Audit Collection Services (ACS) components. At a minimum, a management group consists of a management server, the operational database, and the data warehouse database. The management server is the focal point for administering the management group and communicating with the database. When the Operations console is opened and connected to a management group, this connects to a management server for that management group. Depending on the size of the computing environment, a management group can contain a single management server or multiple management servers.
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