MS Operations Manager 2000 Englisch

Hersteller		Microsoft GmbH
Produktbezeichnung		Operations Manager2k Betriebssystem Dienst Netzwerküb.u.A.+1 Proz.Liz
Produktgruppe		Software Windows NT/W2000 Srv./WXP - Erw./Zusätze
Hersteller-Artikelnummer		L09-00032

 

		Plattformen		Intel-Architektur
		Client-Plattformen		Windows 2000 DataCenter Server; Windows 2000 Advanced Server; Windows 2000 Server
		Anwendungsinformation		Netzwerküberwachung f.W2000
		Kategorie		Vollprodukt+1 Prozessor Lizenz
		User Anzahl		Multiuser
		Rechner		PC Pentium 550 MHz or higher
		Hauptspeicher		512 MB
		Festplattenspeicher		1 GB of available hard-disk; space
		Laufwerk		CD-ROM
		Grafikkarte		Super VGA (800 x 600) or; higher resolution
		Beschreibung
				Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 is the latest addition to the set of management solutions offered by Microsoft, providing event and performance management for the Windowsr 2000 Server family of operating systems and .NET Enterprise Server applications. Read on for an overview of the capabilities and benefits of Microsoft Operations Manager, as well as an explanation of its role in Microsoft's management strategy and its relationship to other management products from Microsoft.
				Enterprise-Class Event and Performance Management
				Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 delivers enterprise-class solutions for operations management of Windows 2000, the Active Directory service and other component services in Windows 2000, as well as .NET Enterprise Server applications such as Microsoft Exchange Server and SQL Server. Further, for mixed IT environments, extensions are available from third-party software vendors like NetIQ.
				What does this product do? Specifically, Microsoft Operations Manager 2000:
				Delivers comprehensive server and application operations management. It does this by offering:
				Comprehensive event management of Windows 2000 Server, Active Directory, Internet Information Services (IIS), .NET Enterprise Servers (including Microsoft Exchange Server and SQL Server), as well as Windows NTr Server 4.0, through an enterprise event log that collects and reports on problems and information generated from systems and applications across the corporate network.
				Proactive monitoring and alert messaging through distributed capabilities that track and monitor information and escalate issues to pagers, through e-mail, or by other external means. These alerts can also cause actions that repair the original problem.
				Reporting and trend analysis that can be used to track problems across time and generate detailed reports on the overall health on the managed environment. These reports can be accessed either locally or posted on Web sites for easy access to systems management information.
				Domain-specific operations management through detailed management packs for many different Microsoft technologies and products, including Windows NT Server 4.0, Windows 2000 Server, Active Directory, IIS, Terminal Services, Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MDTC), Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Domain Name Service (DNS), Routing and Remote Access Service, Microsoft Transaction Service (MTS), Microsoft Message Queuing (MSMQ), Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Proxy Server, Systems Management Server, Commerce Server and Host Integration Server. Additional non-Microsoft management packs are available from third parties, such as NetIQ.
				Scales up for large enterprises, but is also easy for smaller organizations to use. The sophisticated, load-balancing, multi-tier architecture of Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 enables it to scale to meet the needs of large enterprises. It is designed to manage IT environments with thousands of Windows-based servers and applications. At the same time Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 has features that make it easy for smaller organizations to deploy and use.
				Provides an agile solution to meet the changing needs of business. Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 provides business flexibility through a series of sophisticated management rules. The system comes equipped with default rules that allow you to benefit quickly from the product, but you can customize these rules to meet the changing needs of your business. Similarly, you can take immediate advantage of the installed knowledge base and customize it later to suit your company's specific needs.
				Interoperates with other management systems. Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 integrates with other enterprise management systems through its support for management technology standards. Microsoft Operations Manager uses Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), which is based on the Common Information Model (CIM) supported by the Desktop Management Taskforce (DMTF).
				HIGHLIGHTS:
				Server and Application Management Features
				- Distributed Event Management:
				Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 captures a wide variety of system and applications events from Windows-based systems distributed throughout an enterprise IT environment, and aggregates them into a central event repository. Administrators can consolidate these events for an overall view of server and service availability, or they can obtain specific information from the detailed event stream_all from a single view on a desktop console.
				- Rules:
				Administrator-created rules in Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 allow the system to react automatically to incoming message streams, either to respond to a specific fault scenario with a predefined action, or to consolidate the messages into a more meaningful or significant event. These rules allow Microsoft Operations Manager to react intelligently to anticipated event patterns, triggering actions or administrative alerts. Rules can also link an event sequence to Microsoft Knowledge Base articles, instantly providing operators with guidance on probable causes, the approved response to a specific problem, and links to additional information.
				- Alerts:
				Any Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 rule can be configured to generate specific alerts with associated severity levels. An alert can represent a single event or multiple events from many sources. An administrator can at any time trace the history of a given alert, the events associated with it, and consult any related Knowledge Base articles. In addition, alerts can optionally trigger e-mail messages, pages, Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) traps, and scripts to notify specific system operators and other management systems of emerging problems.
				- Performance Monitoring:
				Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 can be set to monitor key performance thresholds. Rules may be customized and new rules added, allowing system and application performance trends to be monitored both for historical reporting purposes and capacity planning. Additionally, local and aggregated thresholds can be set to generate alerts and actions in response to any changes in system or application performance requiring administrative intervention.
				- Management Packs:
				Management Packs consist of pre-configured Microsoft Operations Manager rule-sets and Knowledge Base articles, each pack providing rules for a specific range of applications or services. These Management Packs have been developed and refined by experts both to provide a complete off-the-shelf solution, as well as a strong foundation for more advanced administrators to customize and extend. Included as a standard part of Microsoft Operations Manager is a Management Pack that enables management of all critical Windows services, including the Active Directory service and Internet Information Services (IIS). Additional Management Packs are available from Microsoft and third-party vendors, covering the BackOfficer and .NET Enterprise Server applications, such as Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server, as well as a wide range of other enterprise applications.
				- Graphical Reporting Tool:
				Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 provides access to a broad range of pre-configured reports and charts. The reports generated allow administrators to review at a glance the status of systems and services on the network and to plan changes to the infrastructure based on performance and availability data. Additional reports may be added to the system by means of Management Packs from Microsoft or third-party vendors, further enriching the report suite available to administrators.
				- Web Reporting:
				Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 can generate Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)-based snapshots of all generated reports. These can then be exported to a Web server to provide access from Web browsers as well as the Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 Microsoft Mangement Console (MMC) and Web consoles.
				Architectural Features
				- Enterprise-Class Scalability:
				Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 manages Windows-based systems of all sizes, from departmental to corporate. Using a three-tier architecture, systems running Microsoft Operations Manager can be designed to handle hundreds of millions of events per day, with full redundancy and load balancing.
				- Intelligent Agents:
				Microsoft Operations Manager agents provide a high degree of intelligence, based on the rule-sets defined by the administrators at a central console. These local agents play a key role in filtering, aggregating, and consolidating event streams, and even triggering actions locally. This architecture minimizes the traffic imposed by Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 on the network, while allowing critical data to flow freely to administrators.
				- Automated Agent and Rule Deployment:
				Through monitoring Active Directory and Windows NT domains, Microsoft Operations Manager automatically detects and reports the presence of new servers and the applications and services installed on them. Deployment of agents and rules-sets can then be set to occur automatically with Microsoft Operations Manager loading only appropriate rules-sets. As applications are then installed and removed, Microsoft Operations Manager updates the local rules-set accordingly.
				- MMC Console:
				Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 uses the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) for all administrative tasks, allowing Microsoft Operations Manager status and configuration nodes to be snapped in beside other related management tools and applications. Administrators can navigate easily through the hierarchical tree to access events, rules, reports and configuration activities. Additionally, the Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 MMC snap-in supports the ability to run context-sensitive tasks directly from the alert or event being viewed.As a result, many administrative functions, such as Terminal Services sessions, other MMC-based snap-ins, and command-line functions can be launched directly from Microsoft Operations Manager 2000.
				- Web Console:
				In addition to the main MMC-based console, Microsoft Operations Manager can be set up with a range of Web-based administration consoles. Using any local or remote console supporting Internet Explorer 4.01 or above, administrators can review the status of managed systems under their control and monitor trends; they can also view, take action on, and update alerts and the associated Knowledge Base.
				- Interoperability:
				Integration with Microsoft Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) allows Microsoft Operations Manager to consume a wide range of events and performance data from any Windows 2000- or Windows NT-based system. Microsoft Operations Manager can also be configured to monitor SNMP event data (traps) for any specified devices. Additionally, Microsoft Operations Manager can be set to generate SNMP trap messages as part of any defined rule. Such traps could be delivered to a third-party SNMP management console, allowing Microsoft Operations Manager data to feed into management systems, including network and enterprise management frameworks. Further, using the Syslog protocol, Microsoft Operations Manager can monitor live event streams generated by UNIX-based systems as well as many network devices.