Your network consists of a single Active Directory forest. The sales department in your company has
600 Windows Server 2008 R2 servers. You need to recommend a solution to monitor the
performance of the 600 servers. Your solution must meet the following requirements:
• Generate alerts when the average processor usage is higher than 90 percent for 20 minutes.
• Automatically adjust the processor monitoring threshold to allow for temporary changes in
the workload.
What should you recommend?
A.
Install Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM) on each server.
B.
Deploy Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (OpsMgr).
C.
Deploy Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SysMgr).
D.
Configure Reliability and Performance Monitor on each server
Explanation:
MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit Exam 70-646 Windows Server Administration:
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007
When planning the centralized monitoring and management of large numbers of Windows Server
2008 computers, you should consider implementing Microsoft System Center Operations Manager
2007. System
Center Operations Manager 2007 was touched on briefly during Chapter 4, “Application Servers and
Services.”Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 allows you to centrally manage and
monitor thousands of servers and applications and provides a complete overview of the health of
your network environment. System Center Operations Manager 2007 is the most recent version of
Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 (MOM). System Center Operations Manager 2007 provides the
following features:
■Proactive alerts that recognize conditions that are likely to lead to failure of critical services,
applications, and servers in the future
■The ability to configure tasks to automatically execute to resolve problems when given events
occur
■The collection of long-term trend data from all servers and applications across the organization
with the ability to generate comparison reports against current performance
■ Correlation of auditing data generated across the organization, allowing the detection of trends
that might not be apparent when examining server auditing data in isolation