Simplify Management Pack Deployment Workflow and Lifecycle Management with MP Studio

Management Pack Lifecycle Management

Each step below represents a key process when deploying a new Management Pack or implementing a change to an existing Management Pack. The processes may repeat more than once as a Management Pack moves from its file format to pre-production and eventually into production. Silect's MP Studio simplifies the deployment and management of System Center Operations Manager by providing you the flexibility and control to customize and master Management Packs throughout their lifecycle.


Request for Change

  • A new Management Pack has been requested
  • A change to an Override Management Pack has been requested

Analyze & Document

  • The Management Pack is analyzed using rich analysis capabilities
  • The Management Pack is documented by exporting to Excel or HTML

Validate/Test

  • The Management Pack is tested against one or more servers
  • Resultant Set of Alerts Report (RSoA) and Discovery results are exported to Excel

Assessment/Scorecard – Pass or fail

  • Review RSoA & Discovery report for compliance with SLA

Tune Management Pack

  • Review alerts and Discovery results and tune appropriate Overrides

Version Control/Backup

  • Create Management Pack Store folders and check in modified Management Packs
  • Generate the Audit History Report

Notify & Report

  • Create a Change Management Report with Override Audit History, RSoA and Comparison Reports
  • Notify the original requestor

Deploy

  • Import the Management pack into the QA or production Operations Manager environment

Document & Audit Change

  • Run a Comparison Set for the Management Pack, comparing the file and QA copies to the production copy and document results
Screenshot - View Management Packs in the Store
Management Pack Deployment Work Flow
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Silect Software delivers innovative products that simplify the deployment and management of Microsoft System Center’s Operations Manager and Configuration Manager / DCM solutions.


For Operations Manager, Silect’s MP Studio provides powerful Management Pack analysis, testing, tuning, authoring, auditing, documentation, compliance and version control, as well as features like bulk overrides and reporting that can accelerate the migration and upgrade process when moving from MOM (Microsoft Operations Manager) to SCOM (Microsoft System Center Operations Manager).


For Configuration Manager / DCM, Silect’s CP Studio delivers intuitive Configuration Pack authoring, testing, tuning and impact analysis to assist in Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) deployment, version control and compliance throughout the product lifecycle.