Are you ready to combine the forces?ConfigMgr and OpsMgr better together? Let’s find out!

Tim De Keukelaere@Tim_dkhttp://scug.be/tim

Dieter Wijckmans@Dieterwijckmanshttp://scug.be/dieter

@DieterWijckmans

Managing Consultant

http://scug.be/dieter

CDM MVP since 2014

They see me rollin’

Dieter Wijckmans

DWI@coretech.be

@Tim_DK

Managing Consultant

http://scug.be/tim

ECM

MVP since 2014

They see me rollin’

Tim De Keukelaere

tdk@coretech.be

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Motto

It’s doing common things uncommonly well that brings success…

Are you ready?

You have OpsMgr and ConfigMgr installed in your environment?

They both are epic in their own field?

They don’t talk to each other?

Ready to change that?

Let’s go!

Community first!

Ask questions!

Don’t hold back

Q&A is not only at the end!

Agenda

Make sure to use the full force of ConfigMgr & Configmgr

Monitor ConfigMgr with OpsMgr

Let’s put OMS into the equation.

Visualize your core ConfigMgr scenarios

In a galaxy far far away…

Out of the box monitoring capabilities• Site hierarchy• Database Replication• Site / Component Status• Deployments• Content Distribution• Client Status

Site Hierarchy Node

Monitoring sites and intersite links

•Hierarchy Diagram• Status message summary for sites and replication links• Drill down

•Geographical View• No status message details• Requires location to be configured for sites• Requires access to Bing maps

Database Replication Node

Monitoring status of replication links between sites

• Replication Link Status

• Replication Status

System Status Node

Monitoring operations for site systems & components

• Site Status• Roll-up of each site system• Configurable thresholds

• Component Status• Roll-up of each site system• Configurable thresholds

Status Msg Queries

Deployments Node

Monitoring Deployments for different feature types

• Application• Software Updates• Baselines• Configuration Policies• Task Sequences

Distribution Status Node

Monitoring Content and Distribution Groups

• Content Status

•DP Group Status

•DP Configuration Status

DemoConfigMgr native monitoring…

Are we missing something?

What about my dbases?What

about ConfigMgr servers?

CPU load on site system box?

DP available?

What’s going on?

Unleash the OpsMgr force…

The battleplan

Implement the management pack

Create a custom management pack

Prepare, implement and document customizations

Deploy Operations Manager agents

The MP for ConfigMgr

Option 1 : Get it via the Download Center• http://

www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34709

Includes:Microsoft.SystemCenter2012.ConfigurationManager.Monitoring.mpMicrosoft.SystemCenter2012.ConfigurationManager.Discovery.mpMicrosoft.SystemCenter2012.ConfigurationManager.Library.mp

The MP for ConfigMgr

Option 2: import directly into Operations Manager …

RTFM

A small tip:

The MP for ConfigMgr

Features :

• Monitoring the availability status of all server roles• Monitoring the health status of key services• Monitoring SQL replication health status• Collecting and monitoring performance counters• Topology diagram of the Configuration Manager site

hierarchy• Reports showing the availability status and performance

of ConfigMgr

Custom MP

To store overrides

Customize …

Monitors & Rules disabled out of the box

Performance Counters are disabled by default•Do not enable everything – do the homework!•Monitor, baseline and reconfigure thresholds if needed

Start Monitoring

DemoLet OpsMgr shine in the ConfigMgr hemisphere!

Need more insights?OMS!

OMS = OMG?

•No OpsMgr replacement

•Gather the data in cloud

•Create your own insights

I know EMS but

what is

OMS?

Steps to use the force of OMS for ConfigMgr

No OMS solution (yet)

It’s up to you to:• Define what you want to see• Define what you want to keep track of• Create your own view on the situation and ACT

Show management the cool stuff with OMS

What do you need?

Key event id’s that point to disaster

Key perf metrics that can be uploaded

A general health monitoring of our ConfigMgr servers

How do we do it?

Well that’s what I’m about to show you…Make sure to involve the OpsMgr admin as well!

He will love what you are doing in OMS!

Guaranteed!

DemoUnleash the OMS madness!

You rock, we know that…

Does Management know?

The cool kid on the block?

Look on their own?

Can I stop the nagging?

The Solution?

Let there be light…Visualization is the key!

But how?

You all know what I’m talking about right?

Create a space where everything is easy to see in a blink of an eye…

A dashboard!

Simple

Let’s get cracking!

Decide what you want on the dashboard

Create the dashboard

Define Conditions

You are the king of the hill

DemoBring light in the darkness!

So what do I need to take back home to my Sysctr counterpart?

Key takeaways

Leave your island

Combine the forces to become a super power

Explore possibilities to visualize

Use the new technology in your advantage

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Q&A

Q&A?

Well euhm the official one!

Shoot! *

* probably no questions anymore…

Thanks!