Maintenance and Best Practices for Operations Manager

Applies To: Operations Manager 2007 R2, Operations Manager 2007 SP1

After you design, deploy, and configure your Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 environment, and as you start monitoring computers and devices in your organization, large amounts of data accumulates.

To protect your Operations Manager environment and to limit service interruption, you must develop and implement a comprehensive and effective maintenance plan. Effective ongoing maintenance of your Operations Manager environment can improve performance and minimize the chances of failure.

Ensure that your maintenance plan includes the following:

  • Regular monitoring of both software and hardware.

  • Frequent backups of databases and other critical data so that it can be later restored in case of failure.

If at any time there is an indication of a problem, it is best to respond immediately.

In This Section

Managing Gateway Servers in Operations Manager 2007

Managing Reporting in Operations Manager 2007

Managing Web Console Servers in Operations Manager 2007

Managing Connected Management Groups in Operations Manager 2007

Changing Passwords for Operations Manager Accounts

Identifying the Root Management Server in Operations Manager 2007

Scheduling Maintenance and Monitoring

Backing Up and Restoring Operations Manager 2007 Components

Making Updates to an Operations Manager 2007 Deployment