I have had a huge amount of fun installing Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2012 (he says sarcastically!).
I will just say one thing – SQL Server Collation!
I actually carried out the complete install only to find Reporting failed to install.
I went back and re-installed the SQL server with the correct collation;
SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
The details can be found on the following page;
Supported Configurations for System Center 2012 – Operations Manager
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh205990.aspx
Another pre-requisite you will need for both the full install and later when you come to install the Operations Console is;
Microsoft Report Viewer 2010 Redistributable Package
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=6442
Another interesting page is the deployment guide here;
Deployment Guide for System Center 2012 – Operations Manager
http://technet.microsoft.com/library/hh278852.aspx
This also has a walkthru install (but without the pretty picture).
Any other pre-requisites which fail upon install are pretty self-explanatory and can be easily fixed and then re-check the pre-requisites.
And so on to the install…….
System Center Operations Manager 2012 - Install
This is a basic splash screen we are all familiar with, just a set of links to relevant documents and pages, th Install option is the one we want.
System Center Operations Manager 2012 - Features
This next screen lets you choose which elements you want to install onto the current server (or workstation if you are installing the Operations Console). Select all elements for a single server install. (You can press the down arrow buttons for a more detailed description of each element.)
System Center Operations Manager 2012 - Location
This next screen lets you select the install path (I would recommend sticking with the default as other elements and applications will be looking for it here).
System Center Operations Manager 2012 - Prerequisites
The next screen is the pre-requisite screen, this will inform you of any failures of pre-requisites and let you verify them again once you have performed corrective action. (The 2 fails I have on my screen shot are because my SCOM server is a hyper-v with dynamic memory!)
System Center Operations Manager 2012 - Group
This next screen lets you give your SCOM management group a name, make sure it is something unique, probably best to stick with your own naming convention.
System Center Operations Manager 2012 - License
This screen is the license term, read the terms, click to accept and click next.
System Center Operations Manager 2012 - Ops Database
As I mentioned briefly earlier, this screen configures your operational database, point it at the correct server (with the correct collation on) and check the other settings.
System Center Operations Manager 2012 - Data Warehouse
This next screen configures the data warehouse database.
System Center Operations Manager 2012 - Sql Reports
Now configure the instance to use for reporting services.
System Center Operations Manager 2012 - Web Site
Specify a web site for the web console, the web console gives you a read only view of SCOM from any device (must have Silverlight installed), so any Windows IE9 device! You may also want to configure the website beforehand for SSL…
System Center Operations Manager 2012 - IIS Configuration
In IIS, under Isapi and CGI Restrictions for your selected web server, you will need to allow the ASP.NET v4 isapi extensions.
System Center Operations Manager 2012 - Authentication Mode
Select an authentication mode to give your users access to the web console.
System Center Operations Manager 2012 - Accounts 1
System Center Operations Manager 2012 - Accounts 2
System Center Operations Manager 2012 - Accounts 3
These 3 screens allow you to define the accounts to use for Operations Manager. The arrow buttons supply descriptions of what each account is used for.
System Center Operations Manager 2012 - Improve
This is the Customer Experience, Error reporting and Operational Data Reporting section.
System Center Operations Manager 2012 - Update
Set Microsoft Updates on.
System Center Operations Manager 2012 - Summary
A brief summary of your installation options.
System Center Operations Manager 2012 - Progress
Then on to the installation progress, which should hopefully all go ok.
System Center Operations Manager 2012 - Reporting Error
The screen above shows the error I got for having the incorrect SQL installation.
Eventually the install all went ok, however this is merely the proverbial “tip-o-the-iceberg” the fun starts when you install your Management Packs and start monitoring resources on your network.
I will post further about configuring System Center once I get it up and running properly.