Management Pack Templates

Management Pack Templates provide Monitoring wizards that let you create complete monitoring scenarios with minimal input. The wizard creates the required monitors, rules, and even targets to implement the particular scenario. There is no requirement for you to understand the management pack elements that are created. You can modify the configuration of the wizard itself if you want to change the way that monitoring is being performed.

Conceptual view of a monitoring wizards

If a management pack template is available for your particular monitoring requirement, using the template most likely is your best strategy. In many cases, you could create the individual rules and monitors yourself, but this exercise is significantly more complex than using an available template. In addition, some templates perform actions that you cannot perform in any other way in the Operations console.

The following table lists the management pack templates that are part of the standard Operations Manager installation. You can install other management packs that might provide additional templates. Each of these templates is covered in detail in subsequent sections of this guide.