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OpsMgr R2 Release Candidate is available
The download is available on Connect Operations Manager 2007 R2 introduces key new and enhanced functionality, including: Enhanced application performance and availability across heterogeneous...
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R2 – Improved Agent Proxy Alerts
Here is a nice add in R2: When we give you the old “agent proxy alert”, we now tell you the name of the Agent that needs agent proxy enabled, and resolve the name of the object type that it was...
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R2 – Improved override screens
Here are some changes in R2 that make Overrides a bit more intuitive, and help a LOT in understanding what has been done: First up: We used to have a lot of names for “Class”. We used “Target”,...
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SCOM R2 hits RTM!
New Functionality - Operations Manager 2007 R2 introduces key new and enhanced functionality, including: Enhanced application performance and availability across heterogeneous platforms Delivers...
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New web based forums for OpsMgr – no more NNTP newsgroups
Getting help from the community for OpsMgr just got easier. We released the new interface to OpsMgr forums – on the web. No more NNTP newsgroups to parse, with a hard to use web interface....
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My experience upgrading to OpsMgr R2 RTM
I upgraded my test lab from SP1 to R2-RTM this weekend. My current test lab consists of the following servers: OMRMS – Server 2003 - RMS role OMMS3 – Server 2008 - MS role, Web Console OMMS – Server...
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Web Application recorder R2 – the recorder bar missing in IE?
Sometimes getting the web application recorder to capture a web session can be a little tricky. I have blogged about some typical issues you might run into HERE Something I noticed today, with R2:...
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The R2 Connectors are HERE!
Announcing System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Connectors The Connectors are available for download at the following location:...
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Nice clean Alert descriptions have been added to R2. Ahem.
I didn't realize this feature got added – very nice. In OpsMgr SP1 – we had to use some hacks to get the Alert Description formatted to be nicely readable. I wrote about this HERE. The problem was...
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How to monitor a process on a multi-CPU agent using ScaleBy
The business need: It is a very common request to monitor a process on a given set of servers, and collect that data for reporting, or monitor it for a given threshold. One thing you might notice when...
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OpsMgr 2007 R2 Connectors - Cumulative Update 2 shipped
This is an update, if you use the Microsoft branded OpsMgr R2 connectors. KB Article: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=2274165 Download location:...
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SCOM Console crashes after October Windows cumulative updates – Resolved
There is an issue where after patching your Windows Server or Workstation machine with the monthly cumulative updates – you might see you SCOM console crash with an exception. This affects SCOM...
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Deploying SCOM 2016 Agents to Domain controllers – some assembly required
Something that a fellow PFE (Brian Barrington) called to my attention, with SCOM 2016 agents, when installed on a Domain Controller: the agent just sits there and does not communicate. The...
View ArticleDoes SCOM 2012 R2 support monitoring Windows Server 2016?
This has been coming up quite a bit lately – The answer is YES, and we have updated the SCOM 2012 R2 documentation: https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn281931(v=sc.12).aspx There is no...
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Monitoring UNIX/Linux with OpsMgr 2016
Microsoft started including Unix and Linux monitoring in OpsMgr directly in OpsMgr 2007 R2, which shipped in 2009. Some significant updates have been made to this for OpsMgr 2012. Primarily these...
View ArticleSCOM SQL queries
These queries work for SCOM 2012 and SCOM 2016. Updated 12/11/2016 Large Table query. (I am putting this at the top, because I use it so much – to find out what is taking up so much space in...
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Installing the Exchange 2010 Correlation Engine on a Non-Management Server...
These is an issue with the current Exchange 2010 Correlation Engine – which causes it to fail on SCOM 2012 or 2016 Management Servers. Jimmy wrote about these here:...
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Understanding SCOM Resource Pools
Resource pools are nothing new – they were introduced in SCOM 2012 RTM, for two reasons: 1. To remove the single-point-of-failure that was the RMS role in SCOM 2007. 2. To provide a mechanism...
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How to move views in My Workspace into a Management Pack
Customers often use “My Workspace” to create customized views that they use on a regular basis. However, one of the drawbacks on My Workspace is that these views are not available to any other...
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Windows Server 2016 Management Packs are available
These are now available: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=54303 This is version 10.0.8.0. It covers the Windows Server 2016 MP release ONLY, and does not include other...
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