Detailed Report: Configuration and Deployment of Cloud Infrastructure

This report delves into the configuration and deployment of cloud infrastructure, focusing on Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). The report begins by defining SCOM and its role in managing IT infrastructure, emphasizing its importance in large enterprises. It then details the components of SCOM, including management servers, operational databases, data warehouses, and reporting servers, and explains how user roles are designed for data access and monitoring. The report further examines the role of agents in collecting data and monitoring various operating systems, and it describes different methods for installing agents. The report also provides a comparison of SCOM with alternative monitoring tools like Nagios and SolarWinds. Finally, it concludes with a discussion on the importance of operation manager in monitoring systems and applications, highlighting its significance in ensuring the availability and performance of critical services. The report also touches upon the integration of SCOM with other tools, like Service Manager, and the use of management packs for automating auditing processes.

Running head: CONFIGURATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE
CONFIGURATION AND DEPLOYMENT OF CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE
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Table of Contents
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Part A.............................................................................................................................13
Part B.............................................................................................................................15
Part C.............................................................................................................................15
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Answer to Question 1:
Part A
SCOM stands for Microsoft system center operation manager can be defined as collection
of system management products (Greene, 2016). It helps in managing various end to end
products and services which are related to IT infrastructure in an enterprise. IT infrastructure
tends to play a key role in business continuity of a given enterprise (Mohammed, 2015). SCOM
aims to provide various kind of important information related to computer health, anti-virus
software and lastly issues related to it. It is considered to be useful in various large enterprise
which comes up with complex and big IT infrastructure. Large enterprise focuses on deployment
of large and complex and SCOM is very beneficial in this case (Bannan, 2016). In large
organization it is not possible to keep a track of each and every single computing sources. So in
this particular scenario SCOM can be beneficial for monitoring a large number of computing
resources. Microsoft system center comes up with sub-unit which is known to be a management
group (Strazdinsy et al., 2017). It comes up with certain number of units like management server,
operational database, database of warehouse and lastly reporting server. Management server is
mainly responsible for proper kind of configuration of the given management group,
communication and lastly administration of agents and database (Ibrahim et al., 2016). A
management group comes up with various kind of server which totally depends on various kind
of server management. It totally depends on size of computing environment. The agents are
needed for collecting data which totally depends on size of computing environment. The agents
are mainly involved in collecting the data and sending proper kind of alert.
A basic SCOM installation comes up with various kind of components (Ellis, 2015). A
management server is needed for handling some essential administration and connecting it with

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database (Ibrahim et al., 2016). Operational database aims to provide SQL with proper and
current kind of reporting. Data warehouse aims in holding SQL data which is being provided at
the time of long-time holding (Rădulescu, 2014). A report server mainly needs queries the given
database and can easily provide various kind of detail related to delivery to different
administrators. IT department can easily install these particular components which are there on
one server and various server required for scalability.
In system center operation manager, various kind of user can easily make use of method
which is needed to assign the proper kind of rights to an individual (Tradat et al., 2017). It is
mainly done for accessing monitoring of data and carrying out large number of actions. Roles of
users are designed in such a way they can be easily used for accessing and carrying out large
number of activities on the same given group. Operation manager administrator comes up with
proper right which can be used for viewing and monitoring of data in proper way. Roles of users
are created by making use of role wizard (Krstevski, 2014). In this wizard, an individual need to
configure the active directory security group which is assigned by making use of roles. It can be
used for making use groups which are needed for monitoring groups for monitoring the access of
user and specific task. Dashboard and views are required for understanding the roles in each and
given access (Liu, Wang & Ma, 2014).
Part B
An operation manager is well-known enterprise platform for monitoring which is
required for monitoring various kind of infrastructure and workload (Meena, Singh & Bharadi,
2016). User is generally aligned to access and monitor data within the given operation. So
various kind of issues of escalation can easily support for tier or development of application
which is revenant to their given role (Parven & Maimani, 2014). Role-based security aims in

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creating a platform which can easily limit the privilege which the user can have on various aspect
of operation manager.
Answer to Question 2:
Part A
In System center operation manager, an agent can be easily stated like service which is
generally installed on system (Dong et al., 2015). It mainly aims in configuration of given data
and collection of information which is needed for analysis. It is required for understanding
various kind of objects like SQL based database or any kind of logical disk. It ultimately helps in
measuring the state of monitoring objects like SQL database or any kind of logical disk. It
ultimately helps in executing various kind of demands which are put forward by operation in the
given response to condition (Zhuang et al., 2015). It ultimately helps the operation manager to
monitor various operating system like windows, Linux and lastly Unix. Various components of
IT service are mainly installed on web or controller of active directory. The operation manager
agents are listed as Microsoft monitoring agent-based service (Ramakrishnan & Kaur, 2017).
Microsoft agent service aims in collecting and execution of task and other kinds of workflow in
the given management of pack. In many cases it is seen that service is unable to establish
communication with the management server. Then the given service may tend to run and collect
queues which are required for collection of data. It emphasizes certain number of events which is
totally based monitoring of given computer (Ramakrishnan & Kaur, 2017). When the total
connection is restored then Microsoft agent service agent can easily set collected data to the
given event of server management.

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Part B
In SCOM (System center operation manager) there is large number of ways which can be
used for installing agents in client system. The methods are
 Discovery Wizard
 Group policy
 Discovery of schedule
 SCCM deployment
 Scheduled discoveries
 Operations manager command shell
Discovery wizard is considered to be one of the best methods of administration to deploy
any agents which are required like asset in SCOM infrastructure (Li et al., 2015). Discovery
wizards can easily broadcast the subnet for finding some of the best ways in which device agents
are installed easily. It can easily provide the option where various device can easily push the
SCOM agent out of RPC (Goyal, 2014). An individual can easily put the agent out PC by
making use of industry standard software deployment by the help of group policy. By making
use of group policy machines cannot be automatically being approved (Kuijs et al., 2015). An
individual need to add them through manual way until and unless the user has Auto-approve new
kind of manual agents.
Part C
Installation of service manager console on operation manager does not require to be
supported (Farokhi et al., 2016). If anyhow it is installed, then operation manager SDK service is
stopped totally. When a service manager management server and data warehouse then an

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individual need to have management group. Operation manager is supported by service manager
for establishing connection with other agents. Operation manager does not support any kind of
data source integration (Lu et al., 2015). An individual need to have register data source in the
warehouse which is according to system center version. Service manager is mainly inclusive of
operation manager agent. This particular agent is installed at the time of service manager. After
installation, the user should configure the agent for establishing communication with operation
manager management server (Mason et al., 2015).
Answer to Question 3:
SCOM stands for Microsoft System Center Operation manager is considered to be a part
of Microsoft system center (Niu et al., 2015). It is considered to be a part of enterprise of
management software. SCOM is very much employing, configuring, managing and lastly proper
monitoring of various services and devices. SCOM makes use of various agents which are
installed on each and every system which is required for checking the level of performance. It
helps in retrieving data by various management server (Zhang et al., 2014). Application-based
management packs aim in providing certain number of rules for collection of data. It aims in
reporting some particular kind of application. Management packs allow various SCOM which is
required for managing and proper monitoring of application which is outside the given tool. Both
monitoring and management can be considered to be complex for any kind of manual handling
process. It makes use of certain number of packs which can be used for automating the overall
auditing process (Clemente-Castelló et al.,2017).
Microsoft aims to provide certain number of management packs which allow SCOM that
is required for managing and monitoring of various application (Huang & Du, 2014). The
application can be both inside and outside which is needed for direct control. Proper kind of

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monitoring and management which is very much complex for handle in manual way (Dobre,
Viotti & Vukolić, 2014). Third parties also aim to providing SCOM management packs. For
some particular system an individual can have agent of the various kind of device. SCOM aims
in providing proper kind of monitoring for the various kind of machine by making use of proxy
agent which tends to run on another kind of given system (Pluzhnik, Nikulchev & Payain, 2014).
There are large number of alternatives for SCOM alternatives
Nagios: It is considered to be an open source server program for monitoring which is
considered to be very similar to SCOM (Pluzhnik & Nikulchev, 2014). Both the given programs
come with agent-based monitoring which is needed for providing support for Windows and
support for Linux OS. Nagios is known to be an active community which is based on community
which aims in sharing plugin platform for various users.
Sola winds server: It is mainly required for providing support for large number of
application, server and its database (Shyshkina, 2018). It is also helpful in checking the status on
Microsoft application in Azure. Application monitoring in Azure like SQL server can be lacking
in some of the cases like SQL server. It can be easily monitored by the help of SQL server which
lacks in some of the cases. Each of the given monitoring nodes is needed for license which
comes up with some proper cost for large kind of deployments.
Answer to Question 4:
Operation manager is considered to be a part of Microsoft system center is a well-known
software which helps in monitoring, operation and device (Pham et al., 2015). It is mainly done
for many systems which require single console. Business, small and large is totally dependent on
various kind of service and another kind of application which is provided by the given

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computing environment (Srinivasan, Quadir & Vijayakumar, 2015). IT department is mainly
responsible for understanding the availability and ensuring the given performance of system. It is
mainly used by various kind of critical service and another kind of application. It mainly
highlights the IT department to understand the need for problem and figuring out the given
problem. It is mainly used by various users for encountering the problems. It is used by various
kind of computing device in the system which is becoming challenging in last few years. With
the increase in the number of computing devices, the challenge is increasing on day by day
interval or basis. Making use of operation manager in the given environment makes it is easier
for various computers to be monitored (Kovachev, Cao & Klamma, 2014). The operation
console helps the user in checking the various aspects like health, performance, availability and
lastly monitoring of various objects in the given environment. It helps the user to analyze and
overcome various kind issues or problem.
Installation of operation manager helps in creating a proper kind of management group.
The management group is known to be basic principle of functionality.
Management server: It is considered to be focal point for administering the management
group along with communication with the given database. When the user opens ups operation
console and establish connection with management group (Wang et al., 2015). Then user can
open up operation console and establish connection with the management server for the given
group. It totally depends on size of computing environment. A management group can easily
contain a single management group or depends on single management server or even multiple
ones.

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The main task of management server is to easily monitor the configuration of
management group. It helps in administration and proper communication with the given database
in the group (Calatrava et al., 2016). The management group tends to contain various
management server which is needed for providing some additional capacity. In some cases, two
or more management server can be used for adding to management group. Management server
can easily become a part of resource pool and work can be easily spread across various members.
Operation database: Operational database in SQL server comes up various kind
configuration of data which is needed by various management group(Greene, 2016). It aims in
storing all kind of all monitored data which needs to be collected and monitored for various
management group. The operational database tends to retain data for short period of time.
Data warehouse database: It is a SQL server database which helps in storing and
monitoring data that can be used for historical purpose(Bannan, 2016). Data is mainly written in
the operation database of the data warehouse databases so that it can easily report the current
data. The given data in warehouse should tend to remain for a long period of time.
Management packs: Workflow of system center management service is totally stated by
management packs (Ibrahim et al., 2016). It defines that information that the given agents can
easily collect and return the management server which is needed for specific technology. As
soon as the operation manager is installed on the agent computer, it can easily send initial
configuration to any of the agent (Ellis, 2015). The initial configuration is all about analyzing the
type of data along with objectives and features.
Service: Monitoring of Microsoft agent helps in collection of information, evaluation of
task and its collection (Ibrahim et al., 2016). The Microsoft monitoring agent service aims to

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provide data, executing and many other. In many cases, the service is unable to establish proper
kind of communication with the given management server and finally reporting to the service
(Strazdinsy et al., 2017). It aims in providing service which cannot be sent to server as it aims in
providing communication with server management.
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Answer to Question 6:
APM stands for Application performance monitoring is a well-known software which has
been designed in such a way that is can provide help to IT administrator. It mainly works for
meeting performance standard along with providing quality of experience (Mohammed, 2015).
Application monitoring performance tool is used for monitoring various tools provided to
administrator. It can easily overcome certain number issues which are related to performance of
application (Rădulescu, 2014). APM tool can be used for monitoring tools which provide the
administrators with proper kind of data. They quickly need to discover and solve problem which
can have negative effect on the application. APM tool can easily track the performance of
various application over the time and has given IT professional to understand the effect of
various dependencies (Tradat et al., 2017). APM is very helpful in monitoring the speed at which
the given transaction can be performed by both end user and system. It aims in providing support
to various network application and providing end to end overview to some of the bottlenecks and
lastly interruption of service.
This mainly requires the use of software tools which is there on single integrated SaaS or
on-premises tool. It is mainly required for analyzing the speed of the network, reliability and