Hacking the data warehouse:Mastering the reporting experience in System Center 2012 Operations Manager

Alec KingDirector, Product Management

Veeam Software

IM-B392

Oleg KapustinSenior Developer

Veeam Software

Intro

Who are Veeam?Microsoft Partner of the Year – Systems Management and Virtualization

Veeam ProductsVMware and Hyper-V BackupVMware Management PackFREE Tools!

Visit Veeam at booth #332

Session Objectives

Real life development experience how do we mine the OpsMgr Data Warehouse

Mastering OpsMgr Reportswhy we created our own Generic Report Library

OpsMgr DW – what’s that?

OpsMgr DW - what's that?Database

SQL Server database

SQL Server databaseContains:

Monitoring configuration: MPs, rules, monitors, discoveries, etc.Configuration & inventory dataPerformance dataState dataAlerts historyEvents historyOverrides

OpsMgr DW: How to get data?

Reports, dashboards, etc.Get data in a predefined way, present it in a predefined way

SQL queryGet data how YOU want and do what YOU need

OpsMgr DW – what’s inside?

Demo caseEnvironment500 SQL Server instances5000 databases

TaskAnalyze the probability of “out of space” conditions for all SQL Server databases.Analysis horizon – 3 months.

Special requirements“Express” edition shouldn’t be analyzed.

Where is my data: Monitoring ConfigurationManagement packs: vManagementPackvManagementPackVersion vManagementPackVersionReference

Managed entity type: vManagedEntityTypevManagedEntityTypeProperty

Relationship type: vRelationshipTypevRelationshipProperty

Workflows:Rules:

vRulevPerformanceRulevPerformanceRuleInstance

Monitors: vMonitorvMonitorManagementPackVersion

Where is my data: Configuration & Inventory dataManagement group: vManagementGroup

Managed entity: vManagedEntityvManagedEntityPropertyvManagedEntityPropertySet

Relationship: vRelationship

Where is my data: monitoring data

State: State.vStateHourly State.vStateDailyvStateDailyFullvStateHourlyFull

Performance: Perf.vPerfDailyPerf.vPerfHourly

Alerts: Alert.vAlertAlert.vAlertDetailAlert.vAlertParameterAlert.vAlertResolutionState

Events: Event.vEventEvent.vEventDetailEvent.vEventParameterEvent.vRule

Demo: Explore the Management Pack

Mastering OpsMgr reports

Alert reports: features we’ve addedTwo points of view

Filter by management pack

Valuable stats

Raw details

State reports: features we’ve addedAny monitor can be selected

Two intervals to compare

Performance reports: features we’ve addedYOU can control what to aggregateAvailable aggregations: per-group, per-object, individual instances

YOU can control how to aggregateAvailable aggregation functions: Avg, Min, Max, Sum

No data means no dataData gaps are visible

Many moreRich details tables, random colors, trends, simplified interface, integration friendly, etc.

Demo: Veeam Extended Generic Report Library

1. Fast performance counter selection2. It doesn't matter what button is used to define the

scope

Performance reports: minimizing clicks

Demo: Building linked performance reports for ANY MP in less than 5 minutes

• Veeam Generic Performance Details Report has the Trend

• Underlying SP can be used to get trend's coefficients

• You can use trend's coefficients to predict the future

Performance reports: predicting the future

Demo: Predicting the future

Action items and Must see sessions

Oleg’s Blog – Musings of a OM Reporting GuruOleg Kapustin’s Sandbox http://ok-sandbox.com

IM-B309 System Center 2012 for VMware InfrastructureFeaturing Veeam Management Pack for VMwareTuesday 4.30pm Mandalay Bay Ballroom F

SD-B313 Effective Capacity Planning of Your Infrastructure ResourcesWednesday 2.45pm Islander Ballroom G

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