OM Community, System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 now supports SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 . Note: We will have the Supported Configuration posted in the next few weeks to make this more official, but feel free to go ahead and install it. Thanks! Nishtha ...read more

Here’s a new SCVMM 2008/OpsMgr 2007 KB article we published this morning.  If you’re seeing an issue where PRO Tips alerts are unexpectedly being removed from the PRO Tips alerts window then you’ll want to check this one out: ===== Symptoms PRO Tips alerts in Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine...

  I have a quick update on the Schedule Maintenance Mode RESKIT Tool, also some information \ best practices. Best Practices: Do not go beyond 20 Jobs scheduled.  Anything over this will start to place too much load on your Root Management Server ...read more

I am pleased to announce the release of the System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Administration Resource Kit. The System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Administration Resource Kit includes three tools designed to help improve the Operations Manager ...read more

Quick heads up! The Supported Configurations Statement for OM2007R2 has been updated to support SQL Server 2008 SP2 .  We now support the following roles on SQL Server SP2: Operations Manager database Data Warehouse database Audit Collections database ...read more

Having an issue and need to uninstall Operations Manager 2007 but Add/Remove Programs isn't working?  Or maybe you need to automate the removal of the SCOM agent?  If so then the MOMClean tool is for you and we have an updated version that is now available.  Our very own Rob Kuehfus, Program...

  I noticed on the forums someone was having trouble using this with the R2 release.  Here is an updated version of the momclean tool to use for uninstalling OM2007R2 when traditional methods have failed.  Note: None of the command line ...read more

After applying Cumulative Update 2 (CU2) for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, the OpsMgr shell may fail to open in environments with a code execution policy of “All Signed." The following errors are generated: The following error occurred while loading the extended type data file: Microsoft...

Cumulative Update 2 for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 R2 is now available.  Cumulative Update 2 for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 R2 includes Cumulative Update 1 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2. Additionally, Cumulative Update 2 resolves...

Here's an issue I came across recently that I thought would be worth a mention here on our blog. While using System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 you may be unable to install some agents.  When pushing the agent you may get the following error: One or more computers you are trying to manage...

Just an FYI on a new KB we published today.  This will eventually show up here but I thought I'd post a heads up since it may take another day or two before the link is live.  As with all Knowledge Base articles we publish, when it does go live you should always refer to the original article...

The Operations Manager 2007 R2 Sizing Helper is an interactive document designed to assist you with planning & sizing deployments of Operations Manager 2007 R2. It helps you plan the correct amount of infrastructure needed for a new OpsMgr R2 deployment, removing the uncertainties in making IT hardware...

We just released an update to the IIS7 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 that adds support for monitoring Windows Server 2008 SP2 and Windows Server 2008 R2: This management pack provides an early warning to administrators on issues that could affect services so that administrators...

Just an FYI that we have a new Knowledge Base article that lists the known issues that you may experience when you use a management pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 on a computer that is running a localized version of Windows Server 2008 R2. If you haven't already seen it you...

Just a quick heads up to let you know about a known issue you may run into after upgrading to System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2.  After you upgrade from Operations Manager 2007 SP1 to Operations Manager 2007 R2, alert descriptions that are formatted with HTML tags such as the <br> or...

The updated Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Management Pack adds support for monitoring Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 in a 64-bit environment with Operations Manager 2007 R2 or Operations Manager 2007 SP1 with hotfix (KB971541) installed. This enables the Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Management Pack...

We just published a new Knowledge Base article for System Center Operations Manager 2007.  This one describes the OpsMgr 2007 R2 Cross Platform agent update. This update enables System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 to support the following platforms: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (32-bit and...

The System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cross Platform Update adds fixes for a defunct process issue on Unix/Linux Servers, as well as, adds support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (both 32-bit and 64-bit versions) and Solaris Zone support. Feature Summary: The System Center Operations Manager...

Just in case you missed it, last week the Operations Manager Product Team announced that: “…the first out of band update to the Operations Manager Management Pack has been released to the MP catalog ! This MP package (Version 6.1.7533.0) is specific to OpsMgr 2007 R2 and will not import on product versions...

The Infrastructure Planning and Design team has released two updated guides for deployment and operations: Windows Deployment Services and System Center Operations Manager. These guides, updated to reflect the features and functionalities of Windows Server® 2008 R2 and System Center Operations Manager...

We’ve been seeing a couple instances of this so I thought it would be worthy of a mention just in case any of you are running into the same thing. Issue: When taking a System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 agent out of maintenance mode, an agent with a large number of events in the application...

The announcement of support for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 has already been made but here the official KB that describes the update: KB974722 - Support for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 in System Center Operations Manager 2007 This article discusses support for the Windows Server 2008...

Last Friday the Operations Manager product team announced that support is now available for running Operations Manager 2007 SP1 and Operations Manager 2007 R2 on the following operating systems: Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows 7 The official support statement is posted under Knowledge Base article 974722...

Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 now officially supports the agent on Windows Embedded Standard 2009 . You can download the latest System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Agent Prerequisites Macro for Windows Embedded Standard 2009 (x86) - (English) on subscriber downloads at the following...

In System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1, the option to filter notifications by category was available in the UI but in the R2 release many changes were made to improve the flexibility of notification subscriptions and the category option was not included. Does that mean you can no longer...