Quick reference to Operations Manager tasks

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Important

This version of Operations Manager has reached the end of support. We recommend you to upgrade to Operations Manager 2022.

The following table gives a quick reference for where to perform common tasks and links to relevant information.

To perform this task Do this
Check for problems in a management group - Check the Management Group Health view in the Operations Manager folder in the Monitoring workspace
- See the State and Alerts summary on the Monitoring Overview page
- Check Active Alerts in the Monitoring workspace
- Check Task Status in the Monitoring workspace
Start monitoring a computer On the Administration Overview page, select Configure computers and devices to manage. For more information, see Operations Manager agents.
Start monitoring a network device On the Administration overview page, select Configure computers and devices to manage. For more information, see Monitor network devices.
Create or modify a resource pool In the Administration workspace, select Resource Pools. For more information, see How to Create a Resource Pool and Managing Resource Pools for UNIX and Linux Computers.
- Create a group
- View available groups
- View group members
- View state of a group
- View diagram of a group
- Modify a group		 Select Groups in the Authoring workspace

For instructions, see Creating and Managing Groups
Create a view In the Monitoring workspace or My Workspace, at the bottom of the navigation pane, select New View. For more information, see Using Views in Operations Manager.
Customize the settings of a view for your own use In the Monitoring workspace, right-click a view in the navigation pane, and select Personalize view. For more information, see How to Personalize a View in Operations Manager.
Change the interval for heartbeats. In the Administration workspace, select Settings, and then under Agent, select Heartbeat. For more information, see How Heartbeats Work in Operations Manager.
Change the number of missed heartbeats allowed In the Administration workspace, select Settings, and then under Server, select Heartbeat. For more information, see How Heartbeats Work in Operations Manager.
Change a setting for a rule, monitor, or alert. Make changes to rules, monitors, or alerts by creating an override. Select a rule, monitor, or alert, and then access the overrides options by right-clicking, or selecting Overrides on the toolbar, or selecting Overrides in the Tasks pane. For more information, see How to Override a Rule or Monitor and Creating a Management Pack for Overrides.
Change how frequently records are removed from the operational database. In the Administration workspace, select Settings, right-click Database Grooming, and then select Properties. For more information, see How to Configure Grooming Settings for the Operations Manager Database.
Give a user permission to view Operations Manager information or perform tasks. In the Administration workspace, select User Roles, and then right-click a specific role and select Properties. For more information, see Implementing User Roles
Display a dashboard view on a SharePoint site. You must deploy the Operations Manager Web Part to a SharePoint site, configure the Web Part to connect to a web console, and add the Web Part to a SharePoint page. For more information, see Using SharePoint to View Operations Manager Data.
Receive notifications of an alert in email, instant message, or text message. Right-click an alert, point to Notification subscription, and select Create. For more information, see Subscribing to Alert Notifications.
Investigate a gray agent. In the Monitoring workspace, in the Operations Manager\Agent Details\Agent Health State view, in the Agent State from Health Service Watcher section, select the gray agent, and then in the Tasks pane, select Show Gray Agent Connectivity Data. For more information, see Not Monitored and Gray Agents.
Stop monitoring a computer temporarily. In the Monitoring workspace, select Windows Computers, right-click the computer you want to stop monitoring, and select Maintenance Mode. For more information, see How to Suspend Monitoring Temporarily by Using Maintenance Mode.
Monitor health of management group In the Monitoring workspace, navigate to Operations Manager\Management Group Health to see important health status information for components and agents in the management group. For more information, see Monitor health of the management group.
Migrate the Operations Manager databases If you need to upgrade your SQL Server or move to a server on new hardware, perform the steps described in the following articles to move the operational or data warehouse database
- How to move the Operational database
- How to move the Reporting DW database.
Configure data retention of Operations Manager databases To maintain data for a set period of time and maintain optimal performance, you can configure data retention in the Operations Manager and data warehouse database. Perform the steps described in the following articles
- How to configure grooming for the Operational database
- How to configure grooming for the Reporting DW database.
How and when to clear the cache Understand how and when to clear the cache when troubleshooting console or agent issues by performing the steps described in
- How and when to clear the cache
Configure communication from Operations Manager to SQL Server If you need to move the Operations Manager databases to a different SQL Server, reconfigure the SQL Server instance, or implement SQL Always On, perform the steps described in How to configure Operations Manager to communicate with SQL Server.
Integrate with Azure Monitor Integration with Azure Monitor logs provides an analytics platform that compliments the Data Warehouse to deliver improved analytics, query performance across large data volumes, correlate log data from Azure resources, and longer retention of monitoring data.

Next steps

To learn more about what to manage, how to manage, or how to support an Operations Manager management group, see the Operations Guide for System Center - Operations Manager