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MOM 2005 SP1 - New/Updated MP's for Windows Server 2008 release/releasing to the MP catalog

CliveEastwood — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:15:44 GMT

With the announcement of MOM 2005 SP1 agent support on Windows Server 2008. The following MP's are in the process of release. A number a already available for download from the MP catalog, others will follow shortly (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/scp/opsmgr05.aspx?SCPProdID=2)

AD Federation Services
AD Rights Management Service
Windows Server 2008 Streaming Media Services
Internet Information Service
Windows Server 2008 Network Load balancing
Windows Server 2008 Failover clustering
Windows Server 2008 Fax Server
Active Directory
Windows Server 2008Terminal Services
Network Policy Server
UNIX Interoperability
Windows Server 2008 AD Certificate Services
DHCP

Windows Server 2008 Support MP's released

CliveEastwood — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:55:00 GMT

Windows Server 2008 Application Server (6.0.6278.22)

Windows Server 2008 Base OS (6.0.6278.22)

Terminal Services (6.0.6278.22)

Exchange Server 2007 (6.0.6363.0)

Key Management Service (6.0.6278.9)

Group Policy 2003 (6.0.6278.22)

Group Policy 2008 (6.0.6278.22)

Operations manager 2007 Sp1 / Essentials 2007 SP1 support for windows server 2008 announced

CliveEastwood — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:19:37 GMT

Windows Server 2008 support has been announced. Please see the following resources for more information

The Knowledgebase article KB953141 announces our support of OpsMgr SP1 and SCE SP1 running on Windows Server 2008

The above article discusses 4 required Windows Server 2008 hotfixes which may have to be installed depending on the OpsMgr/SCE role installed on Windows Server 2008

The above article also provide a link to a required OpsMgrSP1/SCESP1 hotfix rollup which is described in Knowledgebase article KB954049

The hotfixes referenced are all available from the Microsoft download center.

The Support Configurations details for Operations Manager 2007 SP1 have been updated to reflect supported Windows Server 2008 roles http://tnstage.dns.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb309428.aspx

Management Pack Releases for Windows Server 2008 will take place shortly.

The hotfix provided in KB954049 can be installed on localized OpsMgrSP1/SCESP1 installations as it does not provide any localized fixes. The hotfix MSI installer is currently provided in English, localized versions will be provided in the coming weeks.

NOTES:

Please take careful consideration of the OpsMgrSP1/SCESP1 installation notes within KB954049 , particularly:

The OpsMgrSP1/SCESP1 hotfix must be applied after installation of OpsMgr/SCE on Windows Server 2008 or after in-place upgrade of the OS to Windows Server 2008 of an affected OpsMgr/SCE role. This will ensure correct performance counter registration on RMS, SCE Server, Management Server, Gateway server roles.
If User Account Control (UAC) is enabled on Windows Server 2008 when you apply the OpsMgrSP1/SCESP1 hotfix, you MUST execute SystemCenterOperationsManager2007-SP1-KB954049-X86-X64-ENU.MSI from an elevated command prompt. Failure to do so will not allow the display of the hotfix applicaton dialog once the MSI has completed installation of the staging bits on the server.
Read carefully the Known issues section of KB954049. There are a number of requirements and known issues, several still under investigation (Issues 6/7). As more information on Issues 6/7 becomes available and hotfixes developed the KB article will be updated and details provided.

FRS 2000/2003 MP for Operations Manager 2007 (Documentation Update)

CliveEastwood — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:09:54 GMT

The documentation included with the FRS MP 6.0.5000.0000 has been updated. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6F5F8E56-6A35-4909-BB8F-968EE95A8F17&displaylang=en

MP Refresh – Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 (6.0.6278.12)

CliveEastwood — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 01:37:00 GMT

The Exchange 2007 MP has been updated and is available from : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1A83E112-8677-4E03-83C3-F1B7EBFC3A4B&displaylang=en&displaylang=en

This MP release has dependencies on some recent hotfixes released :Including KB950853, KB951979, KB951380

There is an MP Guide with this version:)

From the download page

Overview

The Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 management pack is designed to be used for monitoring Exchange 2007 events, collecting Exchange component-specific performance counters in one central location, and for raising alerts for operator intervention as necessary. By detecting, sending alerts, and automatically responding to critical events, this management pack helps indicate, correct, and prevent possible service outages or configuration problems, allowing you to proactively manage Exchange servers and identify issues before they become critical. The management pack monitors and provides alerts for automatic notification of events indicating service outages, performance degradation, health monitoring, and centralized management.
This Management Pack requires Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1.
This Management Pack requires the Operations Manager 2007 updates specified in Knowledge Base articles 950853, 951979 and 951380 (see the Management Pack Guide for details).
Release History:

10/9/2007 - Initial Release, version 6.0.5000.0
6/20/2007 - Updated Release, version 6.0.6278.12

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Released (04.0.0000.0000)

CliveEastwood — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 19:25:33 GMT

The Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 has released http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2e2b747d-1947-474c-91c6-246348871174&DisplayLang=en

Overview

The views, tasks, rules, and knowledge specific to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 that comprise this Management Pack provide the means for MOM users to centrally manage the server application, its component services, and the computers on which they run. The Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Management Pack also collects performance analysis and capacity planning data by tracking application performance and user load.
By managing these Microsoft Dynamics CRM components in MOM, the administrator can respond quickly to critical events and key performance indicators, and take action to prevent service outages, reduce the resolution time for alert conditions, and increase the overall availability and performance of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM system.
Feature Bullet Summary:

Monitors the availability and health of the following component services:
- Microsoft Dynamics CRM Asynchronous Processing service
- World Wide Web Publishing
- Microsoft Dynamics CRM Deletion service
- Microsoft Dynamics CRM databases
Monitors the availability and health of the following application components and functionality:
- Deletion of deleted records
- Operability of ISV plug-ins
- Web application requests processing, SOAP exceptions, and unexpected failures
Detects brute-force attacks and denial of service attacks.
Monitors the performance metrics of the following components:.
- Web application requests processing
- Database query processing
Monitors the system for configuration-related failures.

Release History

6/5/2008 - Initial Release, version 04.0.0000.0000.

Message Queuing Management Pack (MSMQ) for Operations Manager 2007 Released (6.0.6278.23)

CliveEastwood — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:13:57 GMT

The MSMQ MP has been released http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1d2b4398-8bc2-4a43-850c-852ebb0d983b&DisplayLang=en

Overview

Message Queuing (also known as MSMQ) is a server application that enables applications to communicate across heterogeneous networks and systems that may be temporarily offline or otherwise inaccessible. Instead of an application communicating with a service on another computer, it sends its information to Message Queuing, which sends the information to a Message Queuing service on the target computer where it is made available to the other application. Message Queuing provides guaranteed delivery, efficient routing, security, and priority based messaging.
Feature Summary
The Message Queuing Management Pack provides monitoring for the following:

MSMQ Servers
MSMQ Triggers
MSMQ Queues
Dependant Clients

Release History

6/3/2008 - Initial Release, version 6.0.6278.23. Refer to the MP guide for further details.

System Center Essentials 2007 SP1 – French, German and Japanese Upgrade and Evaluation packages released

CliveEastwood — Wed, 28 May 2008 07:32:41 GMT

SP1 Upgrade packages available for download : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=20824f84-b98a-4e42-93a7-045a7a58e289&DisplayLang=en

SP1 Evaluation packages available for download : http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=246df207-f051-47c3-bd64-c9072281c3c8&DisplayLang=en

Operations Manager 2007 SP1 Management Packs Released to the MP Catalog

CliveEastwood — Wed, 28 May 2008 07:28:38 GMT

The Management packs that are available on the SP1 media are also now available on the MP catalog and download center.

The MP’s are as follows:

Windows Server 2000/2003 Base OS MP - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3529d233-5e3e-4b51-8f66-5d6f27005ec3&DisplayLang=en - 6.0.6278.0

Windows Client 2000/MP MP - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f55f1803-eae6-4ed5-b2d2-9e1adf98e325&DisplayLang=en – 6.0.6278.0

Information Worker MP - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d898d5fe-1ff2-4c91-abbe-63adc3bfa1c4&DisplayLang=en – 6.0.6278.0

IIS 2000/2003 MP - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d351bca8-182b-4223-8c9e-627e184ba02b&DisplayLang=en – 6.0.6278.0

SharePoint Portal Server 2003 MP - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=db3e6fb0-880e-4086-bdef-1d45327f6a84&DisplayLang=en – 6.0.6278.0

Terminal Server 2000/2003 MP - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1428ecfd-8c3e-4779-a383-4c491d2684f3&DisplayLang=en – 6.0.6278.0

Windows SharePoint Services 2.0 MP - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3c6c7a37-82cb-46c4-a300-902d184c9d96&DisplayLang=en – 6.0.6278.0

ASP .Net MP Guide available on http://blogs.technet.com/momteam/archive/2008/05/08/asp-net-management-pack-guide-available.aspx

CliveEastwood — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:04:44 GMT

A number of you have been asking for the MP Guide for the ASP .Net MP which shipped without the guide. While the MP with Guide is being packaged and released (shouldn’t be too long) the guide itself has been posted to the MOM team blog http://blogs.technet.com/momteam/archive/2008/05/08/asp-net-management-pack-guide-available.aspx

Operations Manager 2007 Capacity Planning Model released for System Center Capacity Planner 2007

CliveEastwood — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:12:31 GMT

The capacity planning model for OpsMgr07 has now been released for SCCP 2007. You can download from here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6fec1f12-a62c-4e8d-8a19-56879192adc3&displaylang=en

The SCCP model download catalog on http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sccp/bb969059.aspx will be updated to reflect the release shortly.

Running the MSI on the download page above will install the model on a computer with SCCP 2007 already installed. If you need Capacity Planner 2007. Install it first from here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E754F35D-59DB-4BC4-8386-E83E66A16FAD&displaylang=en

MMS 2008 announcement of Operations Manager 2007 interop connectors for IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console and HP OpenView for Windows and UNIX

CliveEastwood — Fri, 02 May 2008 00:19:42 GMT

At the Microsoft Management Summit 2008 in Las Vegas an announcement was made on the proposed release of Opsmgr interop connectors for IBM Tivoli Enterprise Console and HP OpenView for Windows and UNIX. These are currently in beta and may be downloaded from the Microsoft Connect site.

Details can be found on the System Center Team Blog

You can download the Cross Platform Extensions Beta through Microsoft Connect. To help you navigate to the right spot, follow these directions:

Go to Microsoft Connect, and log in.
Click on Connection Directory at the top menu.
Scroll down the list of categories to System Center TAP/Beta.
Within this category you will see the Program, "Operations Manager Public Beta (Cross Platform and Interop)". Click Apply Now.
Complete the survey, and then you're in and can download the Ops Mgr Cross Plat Beta!

New Operations Manager 2007 Management Pack – Office Communicator Web Access (6.0.5000.0000)

CliveEastwood — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:58:28 GMT

This is a new release of a converted management pack for Office Communicator Web Access 2005. The MP is available for download here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b98c87f5-d17d-49ac-9bc2-c04f85acda60&DisplayLang=en

New Operations Manager 2007 Management Pack – Host Integration Server 2006 (6.0.5000.0000)

CliveEastwood — Thu, 01 May 2008 23:57:43 GMT

This is a new release of a converted management pack for Host Integration Server 2006. The MP is available for download here http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=64b9e217-b3cd-46d3-970a-a2960ab5a20f&DisplayLang=en

Operations Manager 2007 Management Pack Authoring Console (RTM- 6278) Released

CliveEastwood — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:19:18 GMT

Just in time for MMS 2008, the Authoring console SP1 RTM version is now available see the MOM team blog for more details

Use the following links to obtain the Authoring console RTM for x86 and x64 rather than those from http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/opsmgr/default.aspx for the time being as the latter has not yet been updated.