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“…Size your OpsMgr databases Architect for redundancy and performance Install or migrate to OpsMgr 2007 Secure OpsMgr Back up OpsMgr components Understand how monitors and rules work Manage different aspects, including ACS, client monitoring, synthetic transactions, and distributed applications Extend OpsMgr Develop management packs and reports CD-ROM includes: Database sizing spreadsheet Utilities, management packs, and reports Microsoft’s best practices for rule and monitor targeting and PowerShell Cheat Sheet Live Links--more than 200 hypertext links and references to materials, connectors, sites, and newsgroups related to OpsMgr Contents Introduction 1 Part I Operations Management Overview and Concepts 1 Operations Management Basics 11 2 What’s New 63 3 Looking Inside OpsMgr 97 Part II Planning and Installation 4 Planning Your Operations Manager Deployment 137 5 Planning Complex Configurations 203 6 Installing Operations Manager 2007 233 7 Migrating to Operations Manager 2007 277 Part III Moving Toward Application-Centered Management 8 Configuring and Using Operations Manager 2007 303 9 Installing and Configuring Agents 369 10 Complex Configurations 425 11 Securing Operations Manager 2007 471 Part IV Administering Operations Manager 2007 12 Backup and Recovery 539 13 Administering Management Packs 593 14 Monitoring with Operations Manager 647 Part V Service-Oriented Monitoring 15 Monitoring Audit Collection Services 739 16 Client Monitoring 797 17 ..…”

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“…Using examples from leading open-source projects, he shows UNIX and Linux programmers how to apply this wisdom in building software that's more elegant, more portable, more reusable, and longer-lived. Raymond incorporates commentary from thirteen UNIX pioneers: Ken Thompson , the inventor of UNIX. …”

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