System Center 2012 Configuration

System Center 2012 SP1: Installation of System Center 2012 SP1


Table of Contents

System Center 2012 SP1: Installation of System Center 2012 SP1 ........................................... 1

Exercise 1 VMM: Manage Hyper-V Hosts ...................................................................................................................... 2

Exercise 2 Configure the Library Server ......................................................................................................................... 6

Exercise 3 Prepare Servers for Monitoring .................................................................................................................. 10

Exercise 4 SCOM & VMM: Configure Monitoring Integration ..................................................................................... 17

Exercise 5 SCOM: Import the VMware Management Pack ......................................................................................... 19

Exercise 6 SCOM: Explore the VMware Management Pack ........................................................................................ 21

Exercise 7 SCO: Import the VMware Integration Pack ................................................................................................ 25


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Objectives After completing this lab, you will be better able to:

Create a Host Group

Add Hyper-V Hosts

Create a File Share

Create a Library Server

Deploy SCOM Agent to Hosts

Configure Monitoring Integration

Import the VMware Management Pack

Explore the VMware Management Pack

Import the VMware Integration Pack

Scenario For a growing number of businesses, the journey to cloud computing starts with a private cloud implementation. A Microsoft private cloud dramatically changes the way your business produces and consumes IT services by creating a layer of abstraction over your pooled IT resources. This allows your datacenter to offer true infrastructure service capability as well as optimally managed application services.

Estimated Time to Complete This Lab

60 Minutes

Computers used in this Lab DC01

SCOM1

SM01

VMM01

The password for the Administrator account on all computers in this lab is: Passw0rd!


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Exercise 1 VMM: Manage Hyper-V Hosts

Scenario Manage Hyper-V Hosts

Tasks Detailed Steps

Complete the following task on:

VMM01

1. VMM: Create a Host Group

a. On VMM01, double-click the Virtual Machine Manager Console shortcut on the desktop.

b. On the Connect to Server page, click Connect.

Note: It may take some time for the console to open.

c. Click the VMs and Services workspace.

d. Right-click All Hosts, and click Create Host Group.


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e. Name the group Contoso and press Enter.


VMM01

2. VMM: Add Hyper-V Hosts

a. Click the Fabric workspace.

b. With Servers selected in the Fabric workspace, click Add Resources and then click Hyper-V Hosts and Clusters.

c. On the Resource location screen, accept the default Windows Server computers in a trusted Active Directory Domain and click Next.


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d. On the Credentials page, click to select Manually enter the credentials and use Contoso\administrator with the password Passw0rd!

e. Click Next.

f. On the Discovery scope page, click to select Specify an Active Directory query to search for Windows Server computers.

g. Click Generate an AD query.

h. In the Find Computers dialog, click the Role drop-down and select Workstations and Servers, and click OK.

i. Review the AD query and click Next. If you see a notification saying that no computers were discovered, click OK, then Refresh to try again.

j. On the Target resources page, in the Discovered computers pane, click to select the vmm01.contoso.com, scom01.contoso.com and sm01.contoso.com checkboxes, then click Next.


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k. Click OK.

l. On the Host settings page, select Contoso from the Host group dropdown and click Next.

m. On the Summary page, click Finish. This operation may take several minutes to complete. There may be notifications indicating that a restart is necessary. The SM01 VM will restart in the background or it can be manually restarted by logging on to SM01 and restarting it.

n. When the Jobs complete, close the Jobs window.


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Exercise 2 Configure the Library Server

Scenario Configure the Library Server



DC01

1. Create a File Share

a. Switch to DC01.

b. Click the File Explorer icon in the task bar and navigate to C:\.

c. Create a new folder called VMMLibrary.

d. Right-click VMMLibrary, point to Share with and click Specific People.

e. Click Share.


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f. Click Done.

g. Copy all of the files and folders in C:\LabFiles into C:\VMMLibrary.


VMM01

2. VMM: Create a Library Server

a. Switch back to VMM01.

b. In the VMM Console, in the Fabric Workspace, on the Home tab, click Add Resources and click Library Server.

c. On the Enter Credentials page, click to select Enter a user name and password and use Contoso\administrator with the password Passw0rd! Click Next.

d. On the Select Library Servers page, click Search.

e. On the Computer Search page, click Search.

f. Select DC01.contoso.com and click Add.


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g. Click OK and click Next.

h. On the Add Library Shares page, click VMMLibrary and VMMLibrary2 and click Next.

i. Click View Script to see the PowerShell output of these actions. System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager is built on PowerShell. All wizards in VMM will allow you to see the underlying script on the summary page helping you learn PowerShell. These scripts can be saved and updated to automate repetitive activities.

j. Click Add Library Servers. This process may take a few minutes to complete and you may move on to the next lab while you wait.


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k. Close the Jobs window.

l. In the Fabric workspace expand the Servers node, and then select Library Servers to view the newly added Library Server on DC01.


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Exercise 3 Prepare Servers for Monitoring

Scenario Prepare Servers for Monitoring



SCOM01

1. SCOM: Deploy SCOM Agent to Hosts

a. Switch to SCOM01. If you’re not already logged in, log in as Contoso\administrator with the password Passw0rd!

b. Double-click the Operations Console shortcut on the desktop.

c. Click the Administration Workspace.

d. On the Administration Overview click Required: Configure computers and devices to manage to launch the Computer and device Management Wizard.

e. On the Discovery Type page, ensure that Windows computers is selected and click Next.


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f. On the Auto or Advanced page, click Next.

g. On the Discovery Method page, click Configure for the Scan Active Directory option.

h. In the Find Computers dialog, click the Role drop-down and select Any, and click OK.

i. Click Next.

j. Click Discover.

k. On the Select Objects to Manage page, click to select DC01.contoso.com and VMM01.contoso.com and click Next.


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l. Click Finish.

m. Click Close.

n. Click the Monitoring Workspace.

o. Click the Task Status view to monitor the task progress.

p. While you wait for the tasks to complete, click the Administration workspace.


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q. Right-click on Device Management and select Discovery Wizard.

r. On the Discovery Type page, ensure Windows computers is selected and click Next.

s. On the Auto or Advanced page, click Next.

t. On the Discovery Method page, click Configure.

u. In the Find Computers dialog, click the Role drop-down and select Any, and click OK.

v. Click Next.

w. Click Discover.

x. On the Select Objects to Manage page, click to select SM01.contoso.com.


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y. Select Agentless in the Management Mode dropdown and click Next.

z. Click Finish.

aa. Return to the Monitoring workspace and click Task Status.

bb. Once the Tasks have completed successfully, switch back to the Administration workspace.

cc. Under Device Management click the Agentless Managed tab.

dd.

ee. Right-click SM01.contoso.com in the results pane and click Change Proxy Agent.

ff. Select VMM01.contoso.com and click OK.


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gg. Under Device Management click the Agent Managed tab.

hh. Right-click VMM01 and click Properties.

ii. Click the Security tab.

jj. Click to select the Allow this agent to act as a proxy and discover managed objects on other computers.


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kk. Click OK.

ll. Click the Monitoring Workspace.

mm. Select the Windows Computers view and confirm that all 4 servers are visible.


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Exercise 4 SCOM & VMM: Configure Monitoring Integration

Scenario Configure Monitoring Integration



VMM01

1. SCOM & VMM: Configure Monitoring Integration

a. Switch to VMM01.

b. In Virtual Machine Manager, click the Settings workspace.

c. Click the System Center Settings tab.

d. Right-click Operations Manager Server and click Properties.

e. Click Next.

f. On the Connection to Operations Manager tab, type SCOM01 in the Server name field and click Next.


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g. On the Connection to VMM page, use Contoso\administrator with the password Passw0rd! and click Next.

h. On the Summary page, click Finish.

i. In Virtual Machine Manager, click the Settings workspace.

j. Click the System Center Settings tab.

k. Right-click Operations Manager Server and click Properties. The Connection Status should be OK (you may need to click Refresh).

l. Click Cancel.


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Exercise 5 SCOM: Import the VMware Management Pack

Scenario Import the VMware Management Pack



SCOM01

1. SCOM: Import the VMware Management Pack

a. Switch to SCOM01.

b. Switch to the Administration workspace.

c. Click Management Packs.

d. Click Import Management Packs from the Actions pane.

e. Click Add | Add from disk from the dropdown.

f. Click No for the prompt asking about Online Catalog Connection.

g. Navigate to C:\LabFiles\MPs

h. Select the nworks.VMware.VEM.mp management pack and click Open.


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i. Click Install. This operation may take several minutes to complete, but you may proceed to the next lab exercise.

j. When complete, click Close.


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Exercise 6 SCOM: Explore the VMware Management Pack

Scenario Explore the VMware Management Pack



SCOM01

1. SCOM: Explore the VMware Management Pack

Note: This management pack to monitor VMware environments is provided by Veeam. For more information, visit http://www.veeam.com/vmware-microsoft-esx-monitoring.html.

The VMware data is based on an emulator running within the VM. There are no VMware products included in this lab.

a. If it is not already open, click the Operations Console shortcut in the task bar.

b. Navigate to Monitoring | Veeam for VMware and select _All Active Alerts.

c. Review the Alerts.

d. Select _vCenter Compute Topology.

e. In the Results pane, scroll down and expand Production Datacenter by clicking the + icon.

f. Scroll down and expand SRVGRE-PROD-CLU.


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g. Review the impacted nodes. You can adjust the view by clicking on the zoom icons in the upper toolbar.

h. Navigate to _vCenter Storage Topology.

i. Review the impacted nodes.

j. Expand the ¬vSphere Host folder and select _vSphere Host State.

k. Navigate to vSphere Virtual Machine folder and click _VM State.

l. Review the results pane.

m. Click VMs by Guest OS.

n. Expand Performance Views and select All VMGuest Performance.


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o. Right-click in the chart area and click Select Time Range.

p. Ensure that the range is set to the last 1 Hours and click OK.

q. In the Legend, add and remove counters to view performance data.


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Exercise 7 SCO: Import the VMware Integration Pack

Scenario Import the VMware Integration Pack



SM01

1. SCO: Import the VMware Integration Pack

a. Log on to SM01 as Contoso\Administrator with the password Passw0rd!

b. Double click the Deployment Manager shortcut on the desktop.

c. In the System Center 2012 Orchestrator Deployment Manager, right-click Integration packs and click Register IP with the Orchestrator Management Server.

d. Click Next.

e. On the Integration Pack or Hotfix Selection screen, click Add.

f. Navigate to C:\LabFiles\OrchestratorPacks.

g. Select System_Center_Integration_Pack_for_VMware_vSphere.oip and click Open.


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h. Click Next.

i. Click Finish.

j. Click Accept.

k. In the System Center 2012 Orchestrator Deployment Manager, right-click Integration Packs and click Deploy IP to Runbook Server or Runbook Designer.

l. Click Next.

m. Click to select System Center Integration Pack for VMware vSphere and click Next.


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n. In the Computer Selection page, in the Computer field, type SM01 and click Add.

o. Click Next.

p. On the Installation Options page, click Next.

q. Click Finish.

r. Wait for the Deployment to finish.

s. Double click the Runbook Designer shortcut on the desktop.


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t. In the Runbook Designer, click Options and click VMware vSphere. This is where the VMware vCenter server would be added, however there are no VMware servers in the environment.

u. On the Prerequisite Configuration screen, click Cancel.

v. In the Activities pane, confirm that the VMware vSphere activity tab is available.

w. Close Orchestrator Runbook Designer.

System Center 2012 Configuration

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