Reporting from OpsMgr

OpsMgr management packs commonly include a variety of preconfigured reports to show information about the operating system or the specific application to which they were designed to work. These reports are run in SQL Reporting Services. The reports provide an effective view of systems and services on the network over a custom period, such as weekly, monthly, or quarterly. They can also help you monitor your networks based on performance data, which can include critical pattern analysis, trend analysis, capacity planning, and security auditing. Reports also provide availability statistics for distributed applications, servers, and specific components within a server.

Reports are particularly useful for executives, managers, and application owners. These reports show the availability of any object within OpsMgr, including a server (see Figure 13.6), a database, or even a service such as Lync Server 2010 that includes a multitude of servers and components. The availability report in Figure 13.6 shows that the LS1 Server was available until after 8:00 a.m. and then was down through 11:00 a.m.

Figure 13.6 Availability Report

The reports can be run on demand or at scheduled times and delivered through e-mail. OpsMgr can also generate HTML-based reports that can be published to a web server and viewed from any web browser. Vendors can also create additional reports as part of their management packs.