Section 6.6. Building a Filter in the Operator Console


6.6. Building a Filter in the Operator Console

This 123 pattern of navigating has to change only slightly to get the results you want from the Operator console. In the Operator console in Figure 6-12, points 1 and 2 are the same, and point 3 becomes the selection of the desired computer group from the console scope list. When this three-step process is followed, you'll see that the syntax of filter-building has a pattern and a grammatical quality that can be reflected in a sentence.

For example, Leaky Faucet had an intrusion incident on one of the MOM reporting servers that runs IIS. The administrators want to know what events occurred on that IIS server and others without having to go to each machine. To build this filter, the question asked is "What events (view button, point 1 in Figure 6-12) happened on the IIS servers (view object, point 2 in Figure 6-12) that are also MOM reporting servers (computer group, point 3 in Figure 6-12)?"

Figure 6-11. These four panes in Outlook 2003 serve the exact same function in the Operator console


Figure 6-12. The controls that use are used to build a filter in the operator's console


All of the events that were raised in the Windows IIS group that are also in the MOM 2005 reporting server computer group are brought forth. This method works for all view types.

Once you have the desired data in the results pane, you can drill into the details of it, manipulate it (if it is alert data), run tasks on the machine that has the focus, and use that machine as a pivot point to access other types of information that pertain to that machine. For example, say you want to know the current state of your MOM management servers. You would first select the State view button, then the State object for all Microsoft Operations Managers, and finally refine the filter by selecting the Microsoft Operations Manager Server 2005 Servers computer group.

For the Leaky Faucet management group, this process returns the state of all roles on homemomserver and homemomserver2 computers. Max can then pivot (point 1 in Figure 6-13) into other data types by right-clicking on the computer of interest and bringing up the context menu. homemomserver2 has been selected here.

Figure 6-13. From the State view of homemomserver2, you can pivot and choose to view all the alerts for that computer


There are two fundamental skills you need to use the Operator console effectively: you must be able to build a filter to get the required data in a predictable way, and you must learn how to use the information that is available. This is not possible until you know what information is available.

The next section provides an overview of the Operator console views and the data that they focus on. It also guides you through how the views are used in the two types of interactions in the Operator console, namely the MOM-initiated interaction (an alert or state change) and the user-initiated interaction (tell me what happened, when).




Essential Microsoft Operations Manager
Essential Microsoft Operations Manager
ISBN: 0596009534
EAN: 2147483647
Year: N/A
Pages: 107
Authors: Chris Fox voc

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