MOC 10750, Monitoring and Operating a Private Cloud with System Center 2012

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This 5 day instructor-led training class is presented by Microsoft training partners to their end customers. Channel Partners nationwide hire proven AMS Subject Matter Expert Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCT’s) to teach on-site or on-line classes.

This class describes how to monitor and operate a private cloud with Microsoft System Center 2012. The course focuses on how to manage and administer the private cloud, and it describes how you can monitor key infrastructure elements and applications that run within the private cloud.

Goals

  • Describe the private cloud infrastructure.
  • Learn to configure and optimize business unit clouds.
  • Learn to deploy cloud services.
  • Learn to monitor private cloud services.
  • Learn to configure application performance monitoring.
  • Learn to operate and extend service management in the private cloud.
  • Learn to automate incident creation, remediation, and change requests.
  • Learn to implement problem management in the private cloud.
  • Learn to automate Self-Service provisioning.
  • Learn to protect the resources in the private cloud by using Data Protection Manager.
  • Learn to configure compliance in the private cloud.
  • Learn to configure SLAs, dashboards, and widgets.

Outline

  1. Introduction to the Private Cloud
    1. Overview of the Cloud Computing Model
    2. Requirements for the Private Cloud
    3. Operating a Private Cloud Infrastructure with System Center
    4. Maintaining the Health of the Private Cloud
    5. Integrating System Center Components
    6. Verifying the Compliance of the Private Cloud Infrastructure
    7. Lab: Verifying the Private Cloud Infrastructure
      1. Verifying the Infrastructure
      2. Verifying System Center Components
    8. Lab: Verifying the Compliance of the Private Cloud Infrastructure
      1. Exercise: Checking Compliance
  2. Configuring and Optimizing Business Unit Clouds
    1. Overview of System Center Virtual Machine Manager
    2. Managing a Virtual Environment with Virtual Machine Manager
    3. Creating Business Unit Clouds
    4. Lab: Configuring and Optimizing Business Unit Clouds
      1. Configuring Network Resources
      2. Creating the Business Unit Cloud
      3. Configuring Security
  3. Deploying Cloud Services
    1. Overview of Service Templates
    2. VMM Profiles
    3. Web Deploy Packages
    4. Overview of Server App-V
    5. Data-Tier Application Packages
    6. Lab: Importing and Deploying the Stock Trader Application
      1. Deploying a Single Tier Service
      2. Configuring Prerequisites
      3. Preparing the Stock Trader Service Template
      4. Deploying the Service Template
  4. Monitoring Private Cloud Services
    1. Overview of System Center Operations Manager
    2. Agent Deployment in Operations Manager
    3. Configuring Custom Monitoring
    4. Monitoring the Network Infrastructure
    5. Monitoring Distributed Applications
    6. Lab: Monitoring Private Cloud Services
      1. Deploying an Agent
      2. Configuring Custom Monitoring
      3. Creating a Distributed Application Model
      4. Detecting and Recovering from a Failure
  5. Configuring Application Performance Monitoring
    1. Application Performance Monitoring
    2. Advanced Monitoring in Application Performance Monitoring
    3. Viewing Application Performance in Operations Manager
    4. Lab: Configuring Application Performance Monitoring
      1. Configuring Basic Monitoring in Application Performance Monitoring
      2. Customizing the Performance Thresholds
      3. Validating Monitoring
      4. Creating a Distributed Application Model for the DinnerNow Application
  6. Operating and Extending Service Management in the Private Cloud
    1. Overview of Service Manager
    2. Configuring Security and User Roles
    3. Configuring Work Items
    4. Configuring Incident Queues
    5. Configuring Service Offerings
    6. Lab: Operating and Extending Service Management in the Cloud
      1. Configuring Security Roles
      2. Configuring Notifications
      3. Publishing an Incident Service Offering
      4. Raising an Incident
      5. Creating an Approving a Change Request
      6. Creating an Assigning a Release Record
  7. Automatic Incident Creation, Remediation, and Change Requests
    1. Overview of System Center Orchestrator 2012
    2. Integrating Orchestrator with Operations Manager and Service Manager
    3. Lab: Automating Incident Creation, Remediation, and Change Requests
      1. Configuring the Incident Template
      2. Configuring Incidents That Affect the StockTrader Service
      3. Automating Incident Remediation and Change Requests
  8. Problem Management in the Private Cloud
    1. Overview of Problem Management
    2. Creating Custom Rules
    3. Lab: Automating Problem Management in the Private Cloud
      1. Manually Creating a Problem Record
      2. Creating a Custom Event Rule in Operations Manager
      3. Configuring Automated Problem Record Creation
  9. Automating Self-Service Provisioning
    1. Installing and Configuring the System Center Cloud Services Process Pack
    2. Cloud Services Configuration Items
    3. Cloud Services Request Items
    4. Lab: Automating Self-Service Provisioning
      1. Completing the Prerequisites for the System Center Cloud Services Process Pack
      2. Installing the System Center Cloud Services Process Pack
      3. Configuring the System Center Cloud Services Process Pack
      4. Deploying a Virtual Machine for StockTrader by using the Cloud Services Process Pack
  10. Private Cloud Protection and Recovery
    1. Protecting Data in the Private Cloud
    2. Recovering Data in the Private Cloud
    3. Lab: Private Cloud Protection and Recovery
      1. Configuring Manual Protection and Recovery of Key Service Data
      2. Configuring Automatic Protection and Recovery of Key Service Data
      3. Monitoring Protection Status
  11. Configuring Compliance in the Private Cloud
    1. Overview of the Process Pack for IT GRC
    2. Installing and Configuring the Process Pack for IT GRC
    3. Implementing an IT GRC Control Management Program
    4. Maintaining Compliance through VMM Security Baselines and System Center Advisor
    5. Lab: Configuring Compliance in the Private Cloud
      1. Creating an IT GRC Control Management Program
      2. Adding Test Results to a Manual Control Activity and View Compliance Reports
      3. Assigning a Baseline
  12. Configuring SLAs, Dashboards, and Widgets
    1. Service Level Tracking
    2. Configuring and Deploying Widgets and Dashboards
    3. Publishing Real-Time State with Microsoft Visio Snap-in
    4. System Center Analytics
    5. Using Excel and SSRS to View Data
    6. Overview of PerformancePoint
    7. Lab: Configuring SLAs, Dashboards, and Widgets
      1. Configuring Service Level Tracking
      2. Configuring Service Level Management
      3. Configuring Microsoft Excel Analytics
      4. Configuring PerformancePoint Analytics

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