Failure and Restore in Operations Manager 2007
Applies To: Operations Manager 2007 R2, Operations Manager 2007 SP1
Even with the best maintenance practices, data might become corrupted, causing interruption to System Center Operations Manager 2007 functionality and loss of data.
There are various causes for failure. Some of the most common causes can be classified as follows:
Hardware failure, such as the storage system having an impact on data availability or integrity
Security breach or virus infection
Accidental deletion or corruption of Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) security information, such as accounts or groups
Physical disaster
This section describes various Operations Manager failure scenarios and how to restore Operations Manager components to resume services.