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■ Rules Determines which performance and discovery data the agent collects. It also
determines which situations trigger alerts. For example, which event in a specific log
should generate an Operations Manager alert.
■ Tasks Allows an activity to be performed either through the agent or the Opera-
tions Manager console. For example, a task might restart a particular service. Tasks are
triggered either by alerts or manually through the Operations Manager console. Tasks
are performed by the Operations Manager agent or by the console (for example, when
you trigger a ping task).
■ Views Provides a customized interface for viewing information and managing man-
aged objects.
■ Reports Display insightful and meaningful data about the managed object. Custom-
ized reports come from the management pack authors to display information about
the managed objects.
■ Object Discoveries Identify objects that Operations Manager can monitor.
■ Run As profiles Allows rules, tasks, monitors, and discoveries to be run using an
alternate set of credentials.
■ Knowledge These are helpful articles that provide Operations Manager administra-
tors with diagnostic and problem resolution advice.
Management packs come as either sealed or unsealed. A sealed management pack is
read-only. Sealed management packs are digitally signed by the management pack authors
and use the .mp extension. This digital signature gives you confidence that a third party
hasn't modified the contents of the management pack. You can make modifications to sealed
management packs using overrides, described later in this chapter. Unsealed management
packs usually use the .xml extension and can be created and modified by the Operations
Manager Administrator.
EXAM TIP
Remember the difference between sealed and unsealed management packs.
Some management packs are designated libraries. Library management packs provide a
set of classes on which other management packs build. Dependencies exist where one man-
agement pack makes references to content in another management pack. To view a manage-
ment pack's dependencies, right-click the management pack and select the Dependencies
tab, as shown in Figure 2-31. The information displayed on this tab will also provide you with
a list of management packs that depend on this management pack.