How to Create a Management Pack in Operations Manager 2007

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

When you create a management pack from the Administration pane of the Operations console in Operations Manager 2007, it contains no monitoring settings. After the management pack is created, you can create monitoring objects such as monitors, rules, and tasks and save them to the new management pack. You can also use the management pack that you create to store customized settings for other management packs.

For more information about creating a management pack, see the Management Pack Authoring Guide at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=11115 or the Authoring Management Packs and Reports Web site.

To create a management pack in the Operations console

  1. Log on to the computer with an account that is a member of the Operations Manager Administrators role for the Operations Manager 2007 management group.

  2. In the Operations console, click the Administration button.

    Note

    When you run the Operations console on a computer that is not a management server, the Connect To Server dialog box displays. In the Server name text box, type the name of the Operations Manager 2007 management server to which you want the Operations console to connect.

  3. In the Administration pane, right-click Management Packs and then click Create Management Pack. The Create a Management Pack wizard displays.

  4. In the General Properties page, type a name for the management pack in Name, the correct version number in Version, and a short description in Description. Click Next.

    Note

    When you create a management pack for the purpose of storing customized settings for a sealed management pack, it is helpful to base the name of the new management pack on the name of the management pack that it is customizing, such as “Biztalk Server 2006 Customizations”.

    It is a best practice to tightly control the versioning of management packs by implementing a strict version number policy that is followed by all management pack authors in your environment.

  5. In the Knowledge Article page, click Edit to create the overview knowledge article for this management pack. Operations Manager uses Microsoft Office Word as the editing application for knowledge articles. When you are finished with the article, click File and then click Save to Operations Manager. To view your article, close Word. To finish creating the management pack, click Create.