Hi all,
Just a little post to mention that Windows Serveur 2008 SP2 now includes the hotfixes needed for SCOM support. So no need to install KB951327, KB952664 and KB953290 anymore.
Hi all,
Long time I didn't post so what's new in May:
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SCOM 2007 R2 is RTM but only available for evaluation (
download here).The official release will be available July 1st.
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Service Level DashBoard 2.0 is available
here
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If you plan to test SCOM R2 and its cross platform capabilities you can download a SUSE 10.1 VHD on the Novell
website. Very usefull for linux noobs like me.
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For those who need to extend the cross platform monitoring, have a look at BridgeWays Management Pack
here. You'll be able to monitor Apache, MySQL, Oracle... on your Linux boxes.
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I need coffee now.
Hi all,
Here is a post that lists all 237 Microsoft blogs categorized by products : http://blogs.technet.com/blogms/pages/directory-of-microsoft-team-blogs.aspx
Have a good read ! :)
Hello,
As several people who imported the latest DNS Management Packs you received many alerts regarding a problem with external resolution.
I found several blogs relating solutions was to override the host parameter of the monitor from www.microsoft.com to microsoft.com or to override the querytype parameter.
I think I found another part of the problem for people using non-US OS.
When I test the nslookup command on a french DC it returns successfully. So I checked the script used by SCOM NslookupAllTests.js and I figured out it was checking if the result of the command was matching some regular expressions:
but the string return in my case is in french:
So as the script doesn't find Non-Authoritative it returns a critical state for the monitor. My workaround for non-US environments (sorry): Disable the monitor.
Hi,
I posted some time ago a news about a fresh release of the IIS 7.0 MP with a little warning about its support. The product team has just posted about the release of a new QFE to definitly be able to monitor IIS 7.0.
Download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f82ef6b3-a08e-4295-b9e3-fb78a74aefa8&displaylang=en
Hi,
This is a post I had in mind like 2 months ago and totally forgot to share with you so here it is. I just hope it's not too late.
Today I'll deal with the Exchange 2007 MP (still the converted one) and some performance collection. After implementing the MP and tuning it I had still some views remaining deseperatly empty like the "Test-PopConnectivity Logon Latency" view:
What was weird is that I had events collected about Test-PopConnectivity so I looked at the rule that generate those events:
To check which parameters I could modify I created an override on all the CAS servers:
And I discovered a lovely parameter called returnPerfDataForR...eports I guess but don't remember which was set to False so I turned it to True and saved my overrides in a specific MP dedicated to EX2K7 (Best practices !)
I waited for my override to be propagated to the CAS servers and guess what ? my view still remained empty. I decided to look at that PS cmdlet Test-PopConnectivity. I ran it the same way SCOM does but using a pipe fl to see all parameters:
And here was the result of the command with an interesting parameter called PerformanceCounterName which value was POPConnectivity-Latency:
After this intreseting discovery I decided to check the properties of my performance view:
And what the f*** ?? it was set to filter on a counter name called "Logon Latency" which I think is used for another performance view in the MP (copy/paste is evil !):
I then created a new performance view as a test:
And set it the same way the original view is but modified the counter name filter with the one I found in the PS cmdlet result:
And I could see that performance data were collected and that since I created the override:
I hope you find this post useful. I would be pleased to have some comments on this one as I'm not 100% sure this counter name issue is due to some Exchange configuration I don't have knowledge about.
Hi all, I'm really lazy this morning but it's an interesting news so here are notes from connect website:
Operations Manager 2007 R2 introduces key new and enhanced functionality, including:
Enhanced application performance and availability across heterogeneous platforms
· Delivers monitoring across Windows, Linux and Unix servers–all through a single console
· Extends end to end monitoring of distributed applications to any workload running on Windows, Unix and Linux platforms
· Maximize availability of virtual workloads with integration with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008
Improved management of applications in the data center
· Delivers on the scale requirements of URL monitoring of your business
· Meet agreed service levels with enhanced reporting showing application performance and availability
· More efficient problem identification and action to resolve issues
Increased speed of access to information and functionality to drive management
· Faster load times for views and results
· Improved and simplified management pack authoring experience
For those who are evaluating the Beta release, this Release Candidate offers a number of enhancements over the Operations Manager R2 Beta, including:
· New Power Management MP template (Monitored system must be Windows Server 2008 R2 or Win7)
· Updated branding across all User Interfaces
· Improved trace configuration tools on the CD to help support issues escalated to Customer Support (where applicable)
· Improved Run As Account Distribution Configuration
· Ability to run inline tasks for non-Microsoft servers
· Support for upgrade from Beta deployments to the Release Candidate
· New and updated documentation, including the Usage Guide, Design Guide, Deployment Guide, Upgrade Guide, Security Guide and Operations Guidev
Savision has announced the availability of a free version of Livemaps 3.0. This version is fully functionnal but only allows to create 3 maps.
Download
http://www.savision.com/free-version
Here is a news I found on Stephane PAPP's blog :
A beta version of Hyper-V Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 is available on connect.
This release is designed to run on both Opsmgr and Opsmgr R2.
It will monitor the following versions:
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Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition (Complete install + Hyper-v rôle)
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Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition (Complete install + Hyper-v rôle)
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Windows Server 2008 Datacenter Edition (Complete install + Hyper-v rôle)
Support for Core installations will be integrated with MP availability in the catalog.
No information about support for Hyper-V Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2 / Hyper-V Server R2 yet.
In order to access to this beta send a mail to mailto:MPCC@microsoft.com?subject=Request:%20Hyper-V%20Management%20Pack%20Registration%20Code
A new IIS MP is now available in the catalog. It now includes monitoring for IIS 7.0
Download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D351BCA8-182B-4223-8C9E-627E184BA02B&displaylang=en
QFE
You need to apply this QFE in order to monitor IIS7.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f82ef6b3-a08e-4295-b9e3-fb78a74aefa8&DisplayLang=en
Caution
There seems to be some problem with this new QFE so it is not available for download anymore. For those who already installed it just have a look at this post from the Product Team Blog.
http://blogs.technet.com/momteam/archive/2009/02/25/problem-with-the-iis-modules-qfe-957123.aspx
Here is something I was asked to configure for one of my customer. He asked me to set SCOM so that it was able to send SNMP traps when alerts are generated. Here is how I did.
Tools:
Trapgen.exe : Used to generate the traps.
SNMPTrap.exe : Used to catch traps.
Settings:
Download en copy both tools on your RMS. I copied them in C:\SNMP\ folder.
In the console go to the Administration pane then select Settings and open Notification properties.
Go to the Command tab and click on Add.
The command line used is : C:\SNMP\trapgen.exe
The command line parameters are : -d 192.168.0.2 -c public -v .1.3.6.1.4.1.2349.2.2.2.7 STRING "$Data/Context/DataItem/AlertName$" -v .1.3.6.1.4.1.2349.2.2.2.2 INTEGER "$Data/Context/DataItem/Severity$" -v .1.3.6.1.4.1.2349.2.2.2.5 STRING "$Data/Context/DataItem/ManagedEntityPath$\$Data/Context/DataItem/ManagedEntityDisplayName$"
192.168.0.2 is the IP adress of my RMS so traps are sent locally for testing purpose, public is the community and OIDs used are taken from the MOM 2005 MIB but as this MIB is limited regarding the SCOM alerts parameters it's better to use new OIDs created for our purpose.
The initial directory is : C:\SNMP\
Once this is done create a new Notification recipient that uses our new command line channel and a new notification subscription that send alerts to this recipient.
To make sure SNMP traps are sent. Launch the snmptrap.exe tool, click and Settings -> Show Decode to see traps details:
First I would like to wish everybody an happy new year 2009 as I didn't post since last year !
This is not the news of the year but it's kinda practical. Management Packs guides are now availlable online. You can download them on the following URLs.
For Server Products : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd279605.aspx
For Windows Operating Systems and Technologies : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd279602.aspx
SCOM 2007 R2 beta 1 has just been released.
Download is available on Connect
Notes from the SCOM team :
Enhanced application performance and availability across heterogeneous platforms
. Delivers monitoring across Windows, Linux and Unix servers-all through a single console.
. Extends end to end monitoring of distributed applications to any workload running on Windows, Unix and Linux platforms.
. Maximize availability of virtual workloads with integration with System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008.
Improved management of applications in the data center
. Delivers on the scale requirements of URL monitoring of your business.
. Meet agreed service levels with enhanced reporting showing application performance and availability.
. More efficient problem identification and action to resolve issues.
Increased speed of access to information and functionality to drive management
. Faster load times for views and results.
. Improved and simplified management pack authoring experience
The Operations Manager 2007 R2 beta integrates the functionality delivered within the Cross Platform Extensions Beta. New betas of the Interoperability Connectors will available shortly through the Operations Manager R2 Connect program.
Support for the R2 beta can be found through the following:
For general questions on the Operations Manager 2007 R2 beta, please use the existing newsgroups at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/opsmgr/bb839593.aspx
For questions relating to Cross Platform and the Interoperability Connectors, we are excited to launch the new forums available at:
Cross Platform Monitoring - http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=604&SiteID=17
Interop Connectors - http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=605&SiteID=17
Active Directory MP
A new version (6.0.6452.0) has been released. It now supports
Active Directory 2008.
Download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=008F58A6-DC67-4E59-95C6-D7C7C34A1447&displaylang=en
DHCP MP
A new version (6.0.6452.0) has been released. This MP update fixes some high CPU utilization issues
Download
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2694E87C-76E0-417B-AD0F-5897E46FFF88&displaylang=en
I must be one of the last SCOM bloggers to post about it but I was kinda lazzy busy lately.
We've heard weeks ago about the rumour that SCOM SP2 will be in fact a R2 and it's now no more a rumour since the annoucement Brad Anderson made at the European TechEd in Barcelona.
The main new features will be:
A beta version should be available very shortly. More info about the R2 here : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/opsmgr/dd239186.aspx
As one of my co-worker wrote on his blog, a R2 version means licence upgrade so it migth be painful for customers who didn't subscribe for software assurance...
I recently did some work about modifying Operations Manager roles using the command shell. I started with this post from Eugene Bykov. Many thanks to Marco Shaw for his help and his time.
I worked on the creation of a read-only operator role. That role is scoped on a group and only views in a specific Management Pack are reachable. Note that tests are made with a non-sealed MP.
Create a Read-Only Operator Role:
$RoleName = "My New ROO role"
$mg = (get-item .).ManagementGroup
$profil = $mg.GetMonitoringProfiles() | where {$_.Name -eq "ReadOnlyOperator"}
$role = new-object Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Monitoring.Security.MonitoringUserRole
$role.Name = $RoleName
$role.DisplayName = $RoleName
$role.Description = "This is my new readonly operator role"
$role.MonitoringProfile = $profil
$mg.InsertMonitoringUserRole($role)
Scope the role on a group:
$GroupName = "Name of my group"
$ID = get-monitoringobject | where {$_.Displayname -eq $GroupName}
$role = get-userrole | where {$_.DisplayName -eq $RoleName}
($role.Scope).MonitoringObjects.add($ID.id)
$role.Update()
Adding all views contained in a MP to the role:
$MpName = "My MP"
$Mp = get-ManagementPack -Name $MpName
$Mp.getviews() | ForEach-Object {
$pair = new-object "Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Common.Pair``2[[System.Guid, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089],[System.Boolean, mscorlib, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]]" $_.Id,$false
($role.Scope).Monitoringviews.Add($pair)
}
$role.Update()
If you have any question don't hesitate to add a comment.