SCOM 2007 / MOM 2005

What is the port number for SNMP?

 161

What is the Default port number for SQL? 

1433

How do u migrate from MOM 2005 to SCOM 2007? 

Only side by side migration is possible. 

What is the difference between MOM 2005 and SCOM 2007? 

- Features in SCOM 2007 Service Oriented Monitoring, Active Directory Integrated, Role Based security, Audit Collection, Client Monitoring

What is the maximum size recommended for a MOM DB?

30 GB. It can go much larger, but performance suffers.

Run As Accounts in Operations Manager 2007?

Run As account allows you to specify the necessary privileges for use with rules, tasks, monitors, and discoveries targeted to specific computers on an as-needed basis. 

How to Create Rules in Operations Manager 2007 R2?

Follow this link to create Rules  
-Open Authoring -Open Rules -Right click and start the Create Rule Wizard.
Choose the event based NT Event Log (Alert)
-Select the proper management pack to save the rule in
On the Rule Name and Description page, do the following:
-Type the Rule name, such as “Network Card The network link is down”
-Type the description, such as “Generates an error when the network link is down”
-Type the category,  Event Collection
-Type the rule target, Windows ServerLeave Rule is enabled selected, to have the rule take effect at the completion of the wizard, or clear the check box to enable the rule at a later time, and then click Next.
-Event ID Equals 4
-Event Level Equals Warning
-Insert a new Parameter and fill in EventDescription---Click finish.

Root Management Server

The root management server (RMS) is a specialized type of management server in a management group, and it is the first management server installed in a management group. Only one RMS can be active per management group at a time.

Management Packs

Management packs contain an application’s health definition as defined by the application developers. When imported into Operations Manager, they enable the agent to monitor the health of an application, generate alerts when something of significance goes wrong in the application

Operations Console

The Operations console provides a single, unified user interface for interacting with Operations Manager 2007. The Operations console provides access to monitoring data, basic management pack authoring tools, Operations Manager 2007 reports, all the controls and tools necessary for administering Operations Manager 2007

Gateway Server

Operations Manager 2007 requires that agents and management servers authenticate each other and establish an encrypted communication channel before they exchange information. Kerberos is the default authentication protocol

Reporting Server

Operations Manager Reporting Server is installed into an instance of Microsoft SQL 2005 Reporting Services SP1 or later or Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP1 Reporting Services. It is responsible for building and presenting the reports from data queried from the Reporting Data Warehouse.

Audit Collection Services

Audit Collection Services (ACS) is a high-performance, secure solution that collects and stores events from the Security Event Log on monitored computers. Events are stored in a separate database, the ACS database, in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 SP1 or later and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 SP1. ACS collects all events written to the Security Event Log on computers that the ACS Forwarder is enabled on.

Agentless Exception Monitoring

In Windows operating systems, when an application error occurs, the Watson service can capture the error and forward the information about the error to Microsoft to determine the root cause of the problem.