Are you ready to combine the forces?
ConfigMgr and OpsMgr better together? Let’s find out!
Tim De Keukelaere
@Tim_dk
http://scug.be/tim
Dieter Wijckmans
@Dieterwijckmans
http://scug.be/dieter
Dieter Wijckmans
They see me rollin’
@DieterWijckmans
Managing
Consultant
DWI@coretech.be
CDM MVP since
2014
http://scug.be/dieter
Tim De Keukelaere
They see me rollin’
@Tim_DK
ECM
Managing
Consultant
tdk@coretech.be
MVP since 2014
http://scug.be/tim
Motto
It’s doing common things uncommonly well
that brings success…
Are you ready?
You have OpsMgr and
ConfigMgr installed in your
environment?
They don’t talk to
each other?
They both are epic in their
own field?
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
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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
Demo
ConfigMgr native monitoring…
Are we missing something?
What about
my dbases?
CPU load
on site
system box?
What about
ConfigMgr
servers?
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.mp
Microsoft.SystemCenter2012.ConfigurationManager.Discovery.mp
Microsoft.SystemCenter2012.ConfigurationManager.Library.mp
The MP for ConfigMgr
Option 2: import directly
into Operations Manager …
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
Demo
Let OpsMgr shine in the
ConfigMgr hemisphere!
Need more
insights?
OMS!
OMS = OMG?
I know
EMS but
what is
OMS?
• No OpsMgr replacement
• Gather the data in cloud
• Create your own insights
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!
Demo
Unleash the OMS madness!
You rock, we know that…
Does
Management
know?
The
Solution?
The cool kid
on the
block?
Look on
their own?
Can I stop
the
nagging?
Let there be light…
Visualization is the key!
But how?
Simple
Create a space where everything is easy to
see in a blink of an eye…
You all know what I’m talking about right?
A dashboard!
Let’s get cracking!
Decide what you want on the dashboard
Create the dashboard
Define Conditions
You are the king of the hill
Demo
Bring 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
House of tails dogs charity
All donations go 100% to the charity
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Q&A
Q&A?
Well euhm the official one!
Shoot! *
* probably no questions anymore… 
Thanks!