Opalis Blog

We’ve Moved!

Robert_Hearn — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:13:00 GMT

In order to provide a more consistent experience with the System Center product family, we've moved new blog content from the Opalis, Orchestrator and System Center Cross Platform sites to other System Center sites. For Opalis / Orchestrator content...(read more)

Evaluating the Reach and Scale of Opalis Runbooks

J.C. Hornbeck — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 13:20:01 GMT

Adam Hall just announced a couple new articles that were published on Opalis and the next version of Opalis, Orchestrator: We have published two new articles that discuss how to evaluate the Reach and Scale of Opalis. These articles and associated Runbooks...(read more)

New Configuration Manager 2007 IP Extension –Testers Needed!

Robert_Hearn — Wed, 18 May 2011 15:56:00 GMT

This post has been updated for Orchestrator 2012 and re-posted to the new Orchestrator blog site: http://blogs.technet.com/b/orchestrator/archive/2012/05/07/new-configuration-manager-2007-ip-extension-testers-needed.aspx...(read more)

Now available: The Opalis Integration Pack for PowerShell Script Execution

J.C. Hornbeck — Mon, 09 May 2011 16:43:00 GMT

Looks like Microsoft’s own Charles Joy announced the next addition to his collection of OIS 6.3 QIK based Integration Packs (IPs) on CodePlex. As you can see from the blog title, this one is all about PowerShell: If you have worked with PowerShell in...(read more)

Automating a Hyper-V Integration Services upgrade with Opalis and SCVMM

J.C. Hornbeck — Mon, 02 May 2011 18:52:42 GMT

Not sure how I missed this one back when it first posted but our very own Charles Joy posted a great video demo over on his blog about how to use Opalis to update the Hyper-V VM integration components: Have you recently upgraded your Windows Server 2008...(read more)

Handling PowerShell Switch Parameters in QIK CLI Activities

Robert_Hearn — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 21:50:00 GMT

This post has been revised for Orchestrator and moved to the Orchestrator blog here: http://blogs.technet.com/b/orchestrator/archive/2012/05/04/oit-quick-tip-using-powershell-switch-parameters-in-cli-activities.aspx...(read more)

MSIT internal Opalis adoption - Using Opalis to Move Files Across Untrusted Domains

Adam Hall MSFT — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:40:00 GMT

This post was written by Marian Stanescu I work in a small team at Microsoft that manages and monitors about 5,000 servers used to run a few of the larger Microsoft online sites. To process our data, we constantly need to move files across untrusted domains...(read more)

MMS BB53 session demo – Automated Protection of Resources

Adam Hall MSFT — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:56:02 GMT

As per the first post in this series, this article documents a demo that we did at MMS last week. In this demo, I showed how we could automatically add a newly deployed server into the DPM protection cycle. This is a very simple demo, with only...(read more)

MMS BB51 session demo – User Initiated Server Restart

Adam Hall MSFT — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 00:46:00 GMT

I am going to document and publish all the Opalis demos that I did at MMS, providing a description of what the scenario was and details on how I built it. The idea is to help you understand the process we go through, and give you ideas. You will always...(read more)

New Community Opalis Integration Pack for System Center Service Manager

J.C. Hornbeck — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:06:17 GMT

Marcel Zehner over at SCSMFAQ.ch has recently built and made available a new Opalis integration pack for SCSM! For now it includes three new workflow activities: Auto-close Resolved Incidents Auto-close Resolved Problem Export Unsealed Management Packs...(read more)

Opalis Quick Fix: Opening the Operator Console fails with "No Operator Console URL configured"

J.C. Hornbeck — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 16:25:34 GMT

This one’s really more of a tip that you need to configure the URL in the Opalis Integration Server – Client Console before you can use the Operator Console button, but just in case you forget and see the "No Operator Console URL configured"...(read more)

Opalis – Add a User to a Service Manager Review Activity

Adam Hall MSFT — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 23:20:58 GMT

This scenario came through my inbox recently, and what looked like a fairly straight forward runbook turned out to have a couple of gotcha’s in it. The scenario requested was to pick up the affected user of a Change Request, and make them part of the...(read more)

The Opalis Survival Guide

J.C. Hornbeck — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:46:35 GMT

If you’ve ever said to yourself “Wow, I sure wish I knew more about all the really cool things Opalis could do” or “I wish there was a site that had all the best Opalis resources all in one spot” then I’ve got just the site for you. It’s the Opalis...(read more)

So what’s the deal with Opalis 3rd party Integration Packs?

J.C. Hornbeck — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 16:12:10 GMT

Wondering why your favorite 3rd party Opalis Integration Pack isn’t being updated? Well rest assured that it probably is, according to Adam Hall, Sr. Technical Product Manager for Opalis. Check out his notes on the topic and send him some...(read more)

Make installing the Operator Console easier with a superflow

Gp De Ciantis — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 23:30:44 GMT

You can find the Operator Console installation superflow here: http://download.microsoft.com/download/F/E/9/FE9A306D-BFCB-48D6-8748-922B0F1F0E68/SF_OpalisOpConsoleInstall.msi Just install this msi and it guides you through the installation of...(read more)

Test your ability to run remote PowerShell on a computer before you actually do it

Robert_Hearn — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 22:35:00 GMT

This post has been edited and updated for Orchestrator and can now be found on the Orchestrator blog: Quick Tip: Checking PowerShell Scripting Abilities on a Computer...(read more)

Opalis Integration Server Run .Net Script object returns error "Object reference not set to an instance of an object." at runtime

J.C. Hornbeck — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:01:03 GMT

When executing an Opalis Integration Server Policy that utilizes the Run .Net Script object, the following error may be returned in the Error Summary Text Published Data of the Run .Net Script object and the object status returns as failed: "Object...(read more)

Opalis Integration Server is now supported on Microsoft Windows 64-bit Operating Systems

J.C. Hornbeck — Mon, 07 Feb 2011 15:08:12 GMT

Just a heads up on a new Opalis development regarding amd64 support. Opalis Integration Server 6.3 is officially supported on Windows 2008 64-bit versions. Previous Opalis versions are not supported on any 64-bit edition of Microsoft Windows, and...(read more)

Error "Export failure _com_error, Unspecified error, -2147467259" in Opalis Integration Server Client when exporting policies

J.C. Hornbeck — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 17:16:53 GMT

When attempting to export a large structure of Policies and/or Global Resources (Variables, Counters, Schedules and Computer Groups), the following error is returned in the Opalis Integration Server Client: "Export operation failed. Please see the...(read more)

New utility to automate the installation of the Opalis ops console

Adam Hall MSFT — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:48:21 GMT

I am very happy to announce that Kelverion has created and published a new tool that simplifies and automates the installation of the current Opalis 6.3 operator console. This new tool removes the complexity from the current operator console installation...(read more)

A couple new Opalis Integration Packs are available

J.C. Hornbeck — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 20:43:34 GMT

In cased you missed it, our very own Charles Joy just announced some recent additions to the Opalis CodePlex site . Since they are CodePlex releases they fall into that “no warranty, no support, use at your own risk” type of category but for...(read more)

How to install Opalis Integration Pack for IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console Class and Rule definitions

J.C. Hornbeck — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 17:49:05 GMT

The Opalis Integration Pack for IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console requires that new classes and rules be incorporated into IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console to function properly. This article will review how to install the required rules and classes. More Information...(read more)

Opalis 6.3 step-by-step installation guides

Adam Hall MSFT — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 15:56:46 GMT

HI everyone We have posted an article which contains links to two great installation resources. There is a video from Charles Joy showing the installation process, and there is a screenshot based article from Christopher Keyaert, one of our Opalis...(read more)

Opalis Integration Server is officially supported by Microsoft in virtualized environments

J.C. Hornbeck — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 19:19:03 GMT

I just wanted to let everyone know that Opalis Integration Server 6.2.2 and later versions are now officially supported in virtualized environments in accordance to the guidelines documented in the following Knowledge Base article: KB957006 - Microsoft...(read more)

Trouble Making the Connection to OpsMgr, VMM? Don't forget WinRM.

Robert_Hearn — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:45:20 GMT

Sometimes we all forget to "RTFM". Some of us think we have stuff all configured right, but for some reason things aren't working. One example is when trying to install and use the Operations Manager or Virtual Machine Manager IPs within Opalis...(read more)