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SCOM 07 R2: Configure Notifications
1. Create Channel
a. Run operators console
b. Right click channels then new channel then Email (SMTP)
c. Leave Default options then click Next
d. In email notification channel click Add then in the STMP server write the following:
i. SMTP Server: exchangeserver
ii. Port: 25
iii. Authentication Mode: Windows Integration
iv. Failover: Primary
v. Return Address: admin@email.com
vi. Retry Interval: 5
e. For the next page leave the default options and click Finish
2. Subscribers:
a. Right click and select new subscriber. c. Select Always Send Notifications
b. Write the user name
d. In subscriber address click on Add:
e. Write the Subscriber Name e.g. Admin
f. Select SMTP As a Channel Type then write the Email address xxx@email.com then click next then finish.
g. Click on finish
3. Subscriptions:
a. Right click on the White Space and select New Subscriptions
b. You can select the criteria you want to use, for example in our case we select everything (all the servers – all warning and errors)
c. In subscriber screen click on Add then click on search to list all subscribers.
d. In the channels screen click on Add and select the SMTP Channel we have created before and other options as default then click finish.
SCOM R2: Security Permissions:
SCOM 07 R2: Install Management Pack
A management pack is a definition file (either with an .xml or .mp extension) that contains predefined monitoring settings that enable an agent to monitor a specific service or application in Operations Manager 2007 or Essentials 2007. These predefined settings include discovery information that allows Operations Manager and Essentials to automatically detect and begin monitoring services and applications, and a knowledge base that contains error and troubleshooting information, alerts, and reports to help you correct the problems detected in your environment. You import a new or updated management pack into Essentials using the Management Pack Import Wizard (found in the Administration space in the Essentials console).
One management pack that you might want to import into Essentials straight away is the updated Essentials 2007 management pack that resolves an issue that was preventing the Remote Assistance task from running on Windows Vista and Server 2008
Almost all of the management packs developed for Operations Manager 2007 can also be used in Essentials 2007. You can download this management pack from this location:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8F74CC26-5E0E-42F1-96CC-7AE064099190&displaylang=en&displaylang=en
To install Management Pack
a. Download the Management pack from the below site.
http://pinpoint.microsoft.com/en-US/systemcenter/managementpackcatalog
b. Install the Management Pack
c. Go to “C:\Program Files (x86)\System Center Management Packs” then open the management pack folder.
d. Copy the Path and then Start Operator console.
e. In administration go to Management pack the right click then select Import Management Pack
f. From the Select Management Packs Screen click on ADD then Add from Disk.
g. Go to C:\Program Files (x86)\System Center Management Packs then select the required Management Pack
h. Select All .MP files then click open.
i. Click Install
Discover Servers and Agent Installation
1. Go to Start >> All Programs >> System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 >> Operations Console
2. Right click Administration on the left Pain then Discovery Wizard
3. Select Windows Computers then click next
4. Select Advanced Discovery:
a. In Computers and Device Classes Select Servers
b. Select Management Server
5. In discovery Method Select Browse for , or type in Computers Name:
a. Click Browse then type whatever your servers names begin with then Check Names.
b. All servers will appear
c. Select the entire computers object and click OK.
6. In Administrator Account Page select >> Use Selected Management Server Action Account then click Discover.
7. Computers Discovery will start using active directory (Based on the Query in section 5 a)
8. The result will appear >> Click Select All >> in the Management Mode Select Agent then click Next.
9. In the Summary Page Select Other and enter the Domain Admin Password then Click Finish.
10. It will install in all the servers except Servers without Windows 2003 SP1 is not installed.
Note: Pre-request for SCOM agent is Windows 2003 SP1 and Admin right on the Server for SCOM account.
SCOM 2007 R2 Installation Step by step with Reporting Services
To install SCOM 2007 R2 follow the below steps:
1. Install SCOM 2007 R2:
a. Start SCOM Setup and then Run prerequisites checker. Be sure that everything working fine.
b. If there is no failure then close the checker and start SCOM installation
c. Accept the license agreement and select the default options. Change the installation path to D:\Program Files\System Center Operations Manager 2007 or any drive with enough space.
d. Change the Management Group to SCOM_MG or any other name belonge to your company then click Next.
e. Leave the default option and click next.
f. Leave the default option but change the SQL DB Size to 5000 MB then click next.
g. Enter Domain admin credentional then click next.
h. Use local account for running services.
i. Choose the default options and click next until you start the installation process then reboot the server.
2. Install SCOM Reporting Services
a. Run Start Page form the installation CD and choose install Operation Manager 2007 R2 Reporting.
b. Choose the default options then click Next
c. Enter the server name “SCOMSRV” or any other name belonge to your company then click next.
d. Choose the default Options and click Next
e. Keep the default options but change the DB Size to 5000 MB
f. Again keep the default options and click next.
g. Enter the Domain Admin Credintional.
h. Again enter domain admin credientional
i. Wait until the installation process to finish then reboot the server.
Install SQL Server 2008 R2:Step by Step
1. Pre-requisite:
a. .net framework 3.5 with latest SP
2. SQL Server Standard Edition Installation
a. Select New SQL Server Stand Alone Installation
b. In Specify a free edition select Enterprise Evaluation OR if you have enerprise key you enter it.
c. Accept the License Agreement >> Click Next >> Then Install
d. Once it complete verify the result then click Next:
e, Select all Features and change the installation path to D drives (Applications Drive) or you can specify you own path.
f. Change Name Instance to to whatever and Instance Root Directory to D drive (Applications Drive) or spcifify your own path.
g. Change the Account to Techin\administrator and set SQL Server Browser to Automatic then Click Next.
h. Add youdomain\administrator as SQL Server administrators the verify that all Data Directories on D Drive. Also you can specify other accounts as SQL admin.
i. Add yourdomain\administrator as SQL Server administrators the verify that all Data Directories on D Drive.
j. Choose install the native mode default configuration.
k. Choose both check boxes to have a report after installation.
i. Verify all the data selected and there are no errors.
m. Follow the steps until it start installation.
n. Verify that all components were installed then click next:
o. Once you finished install SQL 2008 64 bit SP1.
Note: you can download SQL Server 2008 SP1 from the below site:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=66ab3dbb-bf3e-4f46-9559-ccc6a4f9dc19&displaylang=en