Support WebCasts

• Support WebCast: How to Perform an Architectural Review
  The Support WebCast will discuss what information you must have to do an architectural review, how to obtain the information, and then how to perform the review. It will review how to design the configuration and select the correct configuration. The session will talk about the techniques of sizing and introduce the new MOM 2000 SP1 Management Sizer. It will also talk about how to size the components, the network, and the database. It will discuss RAID selection, reporting, reporting methods, and the DTS package. Finally, the Support WebCast will talk about how to put it all together including the diagrams, the document, and the presentation.
• Support WebCast: Microsoft Operations Manager SP1: Configuration and Operational Best Practices
  This Support WebCast will talk about how to set up Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) SP1 to best meet your monitoring requirements. This session will also provide tips for MOM settings for grooming, agent manager settings, buffer settings, and communication settings for the best possible operational performance, and usage practicality. The topics will include an architectural overview, how to build a reliable MOM infrastructure using alert forwarding, multihoming, using multihoming for automatic database disaster recovery, auto failover for DCAMs, SQL Cluster database recovery, building a scalable MOM infrastructure, and the new and improved scaling limitations for MOM SP1. The discussion of management and maintenance will include information about database, event storms, management packs, operations and organizational policies, archive database setup, and maintenance. The final topics are reporting and miscellaneous tips for MOM SP1.
• Support WebCast: Understanding Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 Management Packs
  Learn how Microsoft Operations Manager 2000 knows what data to collect, which events are important, when to generate an alert, and how to respond to events.
• Support WebCast: How to Manage the MOM Database
  This WebCast session discusses the best practices involving the MOM SQL database, including backup and restore, database expansion, failover concerns, and fault tolerance. Level: 200
• Support WebCast: MOM, SMS, and NetIQ AppMgr - Technical Comparisons
  During this session, we will discuss the technical differences between Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2000 and NetIQ Applications Manager (AppMgr), as well as how they can complement each other. We will also discuss the technical aspects of two separate management disciplines with no overlap, MOM and Systems Management Server (SMS). We will also briefly discuss the upcoming Microsoft Applications Pack Add-on for MOM.
• Support WebCast: Installing and Deploying Microsoft Operations Manager 2000
  Learn about different methods, common pitfalls, and best practices for installing and deploying Microsoft Operations Manager 2000.