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...

Back towards the end of last year we announced the acquisition of Opalis Software and so far the integration of the various teams has been going exceptionally well.  We even have some Opalis Knowledge Base articles showing up in our KB.  Here...

A large and sudden increase in the number of alerts is called an alert storm. An alert storm can be a symptom of massive changes of some kind within your management group, such as the catastrophic failure of networks. An alert storm can also be a symptom...

I am really excited to tell you that due to our continued success, Premier Field Engineering in the U.K. is looking to recruit some more Engineers to join our ranks. If you are interested in joining a dynamic and exciting team, and working for a great...

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...

An existing Active Directory Group Policy Object (GPO) named "SCE Test GPO" may be deleted during the configuration of System Center Essentials 2010.  This can happen because the System Center Essentials 2010 policy configuration process...

When you attempt to open the System Center Operations Manager 2007 console it may fail with the following exception: =========================================================================================== Date:    - Application: System...

Cumulative Update 1 for Microsoft System Center Service Manager 2010 is available for download at the Microsoft Download website. This cumulative update is a rollup of fixes for System Center Service Manager 2010. This cumulative update is also a prerequisite...

Symptoms When using the Opalis Integration Server "Log Purge" functionality either scheduled or directly from the Opalis Integration Server Client via the "Purge Now..." button, the purge operation either times out and does not complete...

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...

I recently worked on this issue and since I didn't see the resulting solution published I thought it would be worth a mention here. Symptoms In this scenario, the Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cross Platform Agent with Cumulative Update 2 had been...

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...

Just a quick announcement that the Supported Configurations Statement for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 has been updated to support SQL Server 2008 SP2. For all the details see http://blogs.technet.com/b/momteam/archive/2011/01/07/system-center...

Cumulative Update 4 for SCOM 2007 R2 includes all previous cumulative updates for SCOM 2007 R2 and includes all cross-platform updates. Note Any cross-platform changes for this update and for future updates are no longer described in a separate Microsoft...

When using SQL Server 2008 R2 as the database server for the System Center Operations Manager 2007 operationsmanager database, the SQL server service may use 100% CPU when SCOM 2007 triggers configuration update requests. For example, when we make a change...

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...

The Key Management Service is used to activate computers running Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Each activation request is logged on the KMS host. The KMS Management Pack collects data from the event logs of defined KMS hosts, and monitors those...

NOTE: This information has been updated. To view the latest version see http://blogs.technet.com/b/jonathanalmquist/archive/2010/03/16/security-model.aspx . ===== Although we have all the guides available at our disposal, it can be a lot of reading...

The folks on the System Center Essentials team just announced the availability of the SCE 2010 RC over on their blog: We’re very happy to announce that the Release Candidate of Essentials 2010 is now available. The download package is in 4 self-extracting...

In Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 and in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, alerts can be raised by the monitors. Alerts that are raised by the monitors are typically the result of a state change. These alerts are displayed...

The DFS Namespaces Management Pack monitors servers running Windows Server® 2008, Windows Server 2003 R2, and Windows Server 2003. It can also be configured to monitor the health of DFS Namespaces from client computers running Windows Vista® or Windows...

We had a couple new Management Pack updates released last Friday, one for the Active Directory Management and the other for the DHCP Management Pack.  Windows Server 2008 is now supported for each.  More information and download details can...

The esteemed Adrian Doyle sent me some cool registry keys that can be used to control not only what is refreshed but how often it's refreshed within the OpsMgr 2007 admin console.  Please note that we only recommend changing these values upon the...

Over on Steve Rachui's Manageability blog he posted a great sample showing how to build an MP containing linked reports.  Below is an excerpt but you can read his entire post here . ======== I've seen several posts on various forums where folks are...

OK, I know this isn't really MOM or OpsMgr specific but it was just too cool to let slide under the radar.  Today, at TechEd EMEA 2008 in Barcelona, we announced the RTM release of the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit version 3.2.  ...