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CHAPTER 2
Operations Manager functions as the senses for your organization's private cloud envi-
ronment. Deploying the Operations Manager agent allows you to extract performance
data and configuration information from the monitored computer, virtual machine, or
device. In this chapter, you'll learn about: deploying agents to computers, how to monitor
network devices, how to leverage management packs, how to monitor a variety of different
services and applications, and how to view that monitoring data through dashboards and
reports.
Objectives in this chapter:
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Objective 2.1: Deploy end-to-end monitoring
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Objective 2.2: Configure end-to-end monitoring
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Objective 2.3: Create monitoring reports and dashboards
End-to-end monitoring involves being able to monitor all aspects of a private cloud deploy-
ment, from the application running on a monitored server through to the functionality of
network devices. To deploy end-to-end monitoring, you need to deploy the Operations
Manager agent to the computers or virtual machines that you want to monitor. You can also
configure Operations Manager to manage network devices. You enhance the functionality
of Operations Manager by importing management packs.
This section covers the following topics:
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Deploying Operations Manager agents
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Discovering network devices
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Monitoring network devices
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Using management pack
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