ManageEngine OPManager Plus Network Monitoring course & Lab

Explore OPManager Plus network monitoring concepts through a demo site to test networking and devices with limited resources. View inventory, settings, notifications, and downtime schedules to understand the web console.

Learn how snmp monitors routers, switches, and devices via agents, using oids and a management information base. Explore snmp versions v1, v2c, v3 and the security role of community strings.

Discover GNS3, a free, open-source network simulator that emulates real devices and runs Cisco IOS images on virtual routers, with local server, local vm, remote vm modes, and bundled Wireshark.

Master essential gns3 setup: enable nested virtualization, allocate at least 2 gb ram, configure bios, import vms with not attached networking, and start/stop devices within gns3 for reliable connectivity.

Learn step-by-step lab troubleshooting for non-responsive devices, including ping tests, firewall checks, VLAN configurations, and proper device startup order. Verify IP addressing and subnet, gateway, and links to ensure connectivity.

Install opmanager plus on windows server 2019 by downloading the 64-bit version, running as administrator, and configuring disk space, web server port, and optional sequel server settings.

Configure MikroTik devices in OPManager Plus by setting IP addresses, enabling SNMP v1/v2 with public and private communities, and enabling NetFlow on chosen interfaces for traffic monitoring.

Enable SNMP and NetFlow in Sophos XG using ManageEngine OpManager Plus by configuring SNMP with public access, defining the NetFlow server IP and port 5255, and enabling log traffic forwarding.

Configure snmp v3 on a Cisco by creating a security group Solah lab, a user linked to it, with private authentication and des 56 encryption.

Learn to add Windows and Linux servers to ManageEngine OpManager Plus, configure credentials for WMI and SSH, and perform device discovery and inventory resolution to categorize networks accurately.

Add a virtualization device, choose its type (dns server, tenex, Hyper-V, VMware), configure IP and credentials, then discover and monitor virtual machines, memory, cpu, networks, and datastores.

Learn how to deploy and configure agent-based monitoring with OPManager Plus, compare agent-based versus agentless polling, optimize resource use, and implement push, manual, and GPO deployments.

Learn to monitor server processes and services using OPManager: set CPU and memory thresholds, choose instances, and save monitors; test services by name and port to ensure uptime.

Demonstrates an outage simulation in ManageEngine OpManager Plus, showing how quickly alarms trigger, devices become not responding, and the map and email alerts refresh via the network operations center.

Rebrand ManageEngine OpManager Plus by adding your logo, choosing a background, setting a custom product name and login message, and save to apply branding to reports and pdf exports.

Create a business view map by selecting a background, placing devices with icons, and linking them to visualize connections; customize labels, save, and monitor status on a dashboard.

Explore quick configuration results and device dependencies, applying templates to devices and associating or overriding, while configuring service monitors, thresholds, event rules, credentials, and alarms suppression for network monitoring.

Create and configure notification profiles to route alerts via email, sms, web hooks, or website notifications, then assign profiles to devices and customize recipients and timing.

Use custom OID in ManageEngine OPManager Plus to monitor otherwise unknown device elements, by adding monitors, querying the device, and setting intervals and thresholds for elements like temperature and uptime.

Explore quick configuration results in ManageEngine OPManager Plus. Learn to apply device templates, configure service monitors and event rules, set thresholds, manage credentials, and suppress alarms to reduce dependency-driven notifications.

Discover how to create a workflow in OPManager Plus that tests a Windows service, restarts it when down, and triggers alarms and notifications.

Create an alarm escalation rule to notify a manager when a critical server alarm isn't cleared within 20 minutes, with checks every 2 minutes and email or sms alerts.

Explore URL monitoring with ManageEngine OPManager Plus, creating monitors for SharePoint endpoints, choosing GET or POST requests, configuring content checks, credentials, and response time across devices and templates.

Configure syslog in Fortigate with active and passive monitoring using Up Manager Plus to create rules, alarms, and forwarding, enabling event logging and targeted alerts.

Configure syslog on Cisco by using the console, set the logging host IP, choose log levels (alerts, critical, information, warnings), and copy running-config to preserve changes.

Learn to enable syslog on Sophos XG by configuring system services, setting log transmission and severity levels, and choosing local or remote reporting with antivirus, antispam, and heartbeat.

Learn how to create and manage reports in OPManager Plus, using preconfigured and custom reports, dashboards, scheduling, and export options to monitor health, availability, and network assets.

Learn how to integrate ManageEngine OpManager Plus with Slack, obtain an authentication code, authorize access, configure channel preferences, and create notification profiles to send alerts via Slack.

Master net flow configuration in ManageEngine OpManager Plus, using auto or custom flow expert, test devices, map traffic, and set threshold-based alerts for applications and protocols.

Explore config management and config change through conflict management, change tracking, and backups, using baselines and notifications to inventory, verify, and rollback device configurations.

Set up compliances in ManageEngine OPManager Plus by building rule groups and policies, applying them to devices, and scheduling reports (PDF) via email.

Explore ManageEngine tools for OPManager Plus, including IP proxy and traceroute, WMI queries, DNS resolution, device explorer, REST API, failover details, and deploy agent options with Service Desk Plus integration.