The Administration workspace is the primary workspace for administrators. You use the Administration workspace of the Operations console to configure a management group and its managed objects.
When you first open the Administration workspace, or when you click Administration in the navigation pane, the Administration Overview opens, which displays task links for any required or optional configuration steps that have not been completed yet.
Administrative tasks are described in detail in the Operations Manager Operations Guide. The sections below describe the different options in the Administration workspace and link to the specific sections of the guide that provides more detailed information about the task or option.
Connected Management Groups
You can connect management groups to enable the forwarding of alerts and other monitoring data from a connected management group to the local management group. Tasks can be initiated from a local management group to run on managed objects of a connected management group.
Use Connected Management Groups in the Administration workspace to connect a management group or to edit the properties of a connected management group.
For more information, see Connecting Management Groups in Operations Manager in the Operations Guide.
Device Management
You can use Device Management in the Administration workspace to perform configuration of specific management servers, agent-managed computers, agentless-managed computers, UNIX servers, and Linux servers. The following table summarizes the uses of the items in Device Management and provides links to more detailed information.
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Agent Managed |
To modify the configuration of agent-managed computers, such as:
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Agentless Managed |
To change the proxy agent for an agentless-managed computer. The proxy agent can be any agent-managed computer in the management group configured to be a proxy. |
Agentless Monitoring in the Operations Guide. |
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Management Servers |
To modify the configuration of management servers, such as:
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Pending Management |
To approve or reject an agent that was installed with MOMagent.msi if the management group for the agent is configured to Review new manual agent installations in pending management view but not Auto-approve new manually installed agents. Agents pending approval are displayed for this item. |
Process Manual Agent Installations in the Operations Guide. |
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UNIX/Linux Servers |
To modify the configuration of agent-managed UNIX and Linux servers. |
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Management Packs
When you select Management Packs in the Administration workspace, you see a list of all management packs imported into your management group. When you right-click an individual management pack in the results pane, you can view its properties, delete it, or export any customizations to another management group. You can use links in the tasks pane to create, import, and download management packs.
For more information, see Using Operations Manager Management Packs in the Operations Guide.
Network Management
You can use Network Management in the Administration workspace to discover network devices and managed discovered network devices. The following table summarizes the uses of the items in Network Management and provides links to more detailed information.
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Discovery Rules |
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Network Devices |
To view properties of discovered network devices. |
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Network Devices Pending Management |
To retry or reject discovered network devices that are pending management. |
Notifications
Notifications generate messages or run commands automatically when an alert is raised on a monitored system. By default, notifications for alerts are not configured. To notify Operations Manager users immediately when an alert is generated, you have to configure a channel for notifications, add subscribers, and then create a subscription for the notification.
For more information, see Subscribing to Alert Notifications in the Operations Guide.
Product Connectors
Product connectors are used to synchronize Operations Manager data with other management systems such as those that monitor UNIX and Linux computers or create trouble reports. Product connectors can integrate a deployment of Operations Manager into another management platform or connect other management systems into a full Operations Manager management solution. For more information, see Connecting Operations Manager with Other Management Systems in the Operations Guide.
Run As Configuration
You can use Run As Configuration in the Administration workspace to manage Run As accounts and profiles, and UNIX and Linux accounts. The following table summarizes the uses of the items in Run As Configuration and provides links to more detailed information.
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Accounts |
To modify the credentials and distribution for Run As accounts. |
Managing Access in Operations Manager in the Operations Guide. |
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Profiles |
To add, edit, and remove Run As accounts associated with Run As profiles. |
Managing Access in Operations Manager in the Operations Guide. |
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UNIX/Linux Accounts |
To create, edit, and remove monitoring and agent maintenance Run As accounts for use with UNIX and Linux computers. |
How to Configure Run As Accounts and Profiles for UNIX and Linux Access in the Operations Guide. |
Security
In Operations Manager, operations such as resolving alerts, running tasks, overriding monitors, viewing alerts, viewing events, and so on have been grouped into user roles, with each user role representing a particular job function. Role-based security allows you to limit credentials and privileges that users have for various aspects of Operations Manager. In Security in the Administration workspace, you can add and remove users to specific user roles. You can also modify the properties of user roles that you create.
For more information, see Implementing User Roles.
Settings
The following table summarizes the settings that you can manage in Settings in the Administration workspace.
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Agent Heartbeat |
Agents generate a heartbeat at specific intervals to ensure they are operating correctly. You can adjust the interval. |
How Heartbeats Work in Operations Manager in the Operations Guide. |
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Alerts |
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Database Grooming |
To configure how long different types of data should be retained in the database. |
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Privacy |
To modify the settings for the following programs:
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Sending Data to Microsoft in the Deployment Guide. |
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Reporting |
Configure the path to the Reporting server. |
How to Move the Reporting Server Role in the Deployment Guide. |
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Web Addresses |
Designate web addresses for the web console and online company knowledge. |
How to Add Knowledge to a Management Pack in the Operations Guide. |
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Server Heartbeat |
Configure the number of missed heartbeats before the management server pings the agent-managed computer. |
How Heartbeats Work in Operations Manager in the Operations Guide. |
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Server Security |
Specify how the management server should handle manually installed agents. |
Process Manual Agent Installations in the Operations Guide. |