170 6 Managing, Administering, and Maintaining a Hyper-V Host Server administrator is responsible for (and organizations with virtualized servers typically have many virtual servers they are overseeing and managing). Microsoft has developed a product to make these tasks easier and more manageable: System Center Operations Manager 2007. System Center Operations Manager 2007 is an enterprise-class monitoring and management solution for Windows environments. It is designed to simplify Windows management by consolidating events, performance data, alerts, and more into a centralized repository. Reports on this information can then be tailored depending on the environment and on the level of detail that is needed and. | 170 6 Managing Administering and Maintaining a Hyper-V Host Server administrator is responsible for and organizations with virtualized servers typically have many virtual servers they are overseeing and managing . Microsoft has developed a product to make these tasks easier and more manageable System Center Operations Manager 2007. System Center Operations Manager 2007 is an enterprise-class monitoring and management solution for Windows environments. It is designed to simplify Windows management by consolidating events performance data alerts and more into a centralized repository. Reports on this information can then be tailored depending on the environment and on the level of detail that is needed and extrapolated. This information can assist administrators and decision makers in proactively addressing Windows 2008 operation and any problems that exist or might occur. Many other intrinsic benefits are gained by using System Center Operation Manager 2007 including the following Event log monitoring and consolidation Monitoring of various applications including those provided by third parties Enhanced alerting capabilities Assistance with capacity-planning efforts A customizable knowledge base of Microsoft product knowledge and best practices Web-based interfaces for reporting and monitoring Leveraging Windows Server 2008 Maintenance Practices Administrators face the often-daunting task of maintaining the Windows 2008 environment and specifically Hyper-V host servers in the midst of daily administration and firefighting. Little time is spent identifying and then organizing maintenance processes and procedures. To decrease the number of administrative inefficiencies and the amount of firefighting an administrator must go through it s important to identify those tasks that are important to the system s overall health and security. After they ve been identified routines should be set to ensure that the Windows 2008 environment is stable and reliable. Many of the .
