So my current contract has ended and while I have some spare time I’m going to be focusing fiercely (Well, fiercely for me anyway) on “Project KONOP”, the OpsMgr Web Service. I’ve even been so bold as to take the liberty in registering SCOMWS.com to host it.
And a new project, still unfinished – SystemCenterSearch.com. Hoping to make it a very basic ‘portal’ for all things system center – but mainly centered on the most recent issues, most common problems and solutions, and a simple search that looks through all of the system center websites for your query.
And for you Redditors out there I’ve made two new sub-reddits. /r/SystemCenter – dedicated to all things System Center related and /r/SCOM – dedicated to just OpsMgr stuff (Of which we know I’m kind of partial to).
So just a quick note to let you know what I’m working on. Now, I’m back to working on website front-ends and building a web service using a 5 year old book from MS Press heh.
The new Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for OpsMgr 2007 R2 has been released.
If you’ve never checked it out, I strongly encourage you to – especially if you have a new install coming up. The IPD guide walks you through all aspects of the planning and design of an OpsMgr network. After you’ve gone through it you’ll know how to:
- Define the scope of the project
- Identify necessary management packs and product connectors
- Determine how monitoring will be implemented
- Determine the number of management groups and agent security strategy
- Design and place the OpsMgr server roles and databases
- Design the notification system
- And much much more!
These guides are pretty invaluable, especially if you’re not an expert in the technology.
So what are you waiting for? Download it now – and when you’re done, check out the rest of the design guides, too!
Note: The version number is still 1.0 and the published date remains June 2008 – I sent a note off to ask them to increment that.
Go out and download the evaluation version. Learn about what’s new and improved! Try it out in the virtual lab. Or watch a quick video by Sacha Dawes, Senior Program Manager for Operations Manager, on a tour of all the new features in R2.
It’s not on MSDN downloads quite yet, but it should be there soon.
