Assess initial settings
Applies To: Operations Manager 2007 R2, Operations Manager 2007 SP1
Like all management packs, the enabled settings contained in the automatically imported management packs begin monitoring immediately after it is deployed to an agent. You can use the Authoring and Monitoring panes in the Operations console to display and assess the initial settings of Operations Manager 2007.
Authoring View
You can use the Authoring pane in the Operations console to view monitoring settings from currently imported management packs. To switch to the Authoring pane, click the Authoring button. You can then click any node under the Management Pack Objects node to view the monitoring settings that apply to the corresponding node. For example, if you click Rules, the Details pane displays a list of all the rules that are from currently imported management packs.
Rules, like all other management pack objects, are listed by the type of object to which the rule applies. Each object type is listed in ascending alphabetical order. Each monitoring object in the Details pane includes information, such as the management pack, that contains the setting and if it is currently enabled or disabled. Most settings included in the automatically imported management packs are enabled, by default.
Note
When you first select a node under Management Pack Objects, by default, every object type, that has a monitoring setting associated with it, is displayed in the Details pane. You can limit which object types display in the Details pane by using the Scope feature. This feature is explained in Operations Manager 2007 Help in the topic How to Manage Monitoring Data using Scope, Search, and Find.
The Operations Manager 2007 authoring console is a standalone application that provides richer management pack authoring functionality than what is provided by the authoring pane. Using the authoring console, you can create new management packs, view and modify existing management packs, verify the integrity of management packs, and import and export management packs to and from management groups. The Operations Manager 2007 authoring console can be downloaded here:Monitoring View
The Monitoring pane displays the results of monitoring. It contains only folders and views. The folder structure of the Monitoring pane is defined by individual management packs that are currently imported.
Many of the libraries that are automatically imported define a folder structure and views. For example, the Windows Client Operating Systems Library imports automatically during Operations Manager 2007 installation. This library creates a Microsoft Windows Client folder in the Monitoring pane that contains views and other subfolders. These views are designed to display information that is gathered by the client operating system management packs such as the Windows XP management pack or the Windows Vista management pack and the Information Worker management pack. If you do not import a client operating system management pack or the Information Worker management packs, these views have no data to display.
Management Pack Removal
You can delete a management pack in the Administration pane from the Details pane when the Management Packs node is selected. For the deletion to be successful, no other imported management pack can depend on the management pack you want to delete. Several of the automatically imported libraries have dependencies on other libraries. If the management pack you want to delete has any dependent management packs, Operations Manager displays a list of the dependent management packs and does not allow you to continue with the deletion.