Once you've tracked down the management packs to monitor your environment with, you'll want to import them into OpsMgr, but before that – do you remember we mentioned the importance of reading the management pack guides first?
When you're working with a new management pack for the first time, think of the phrase R.T.F.M., which of course stands for Read the Friendly Manual!
If you don't take the time to read through the management pack guide first and familiarize yourself with how to configure it to monitor your applications or devices, then you've already started off on the wrong foot. You see, although the process of installing a management pack into OpsMgr is nearly identical for every management pack out there, you'll soon find that most management packs are then configured differently when it comes to discoveries and out-of-box capabilities.
If you've been consecutively working through the activities in each chapter of this book, then up to this point, the only...