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SQL MP guide updated

Posted Tuesday, November 24, 2009 2:45 PM by Jeanie Decker
I recently mentioned that we're changing how MP guides are released . The SQL Server Management Pack is the first to take advantage of the new system by making an update to the guide without repackaging the management pack .msi. Just download the .doc Read More...
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MP guides to be separate download

Posted Monday, November 09, 2009 1:12 PM by Jeanie Decker
A sharp-eyed blogger (Pete Zerger) noticed a change in our management pack download pages . Here's what's going on: Guides will be available as a separate download, on the same download page as their respective management packs. For a short period of Read More...
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R2: check for MP updates

Posted Friday, June 19, 2009 9:35 AM by Jeanie Decker
There hasn't been an easy way to check for management pack updates in Operations Manager 2007 until the R2 release. Once you're running R2, you can use the Import Management Packs wizard to determine if any of the MPs you are running have had an update Read More...
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Submit questions for the Operator's Manual

Posted Tuesday, June 09, 2009 10:14 AM by Jeanie Decker
There are two ways to approach content on using the Operations console and Web console for Operations Manager: Explain what information is available in each section of the consoles. Take examples of information that an operator would want to locate, and Read More...
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MP Guide for Operations Manager 2007 R2

Posted Wednesday, June 03, 2009 12:46 PM by Jeanie Decker
The management pack guide for the Operations Manager Management Pack (Operations Manager 2007 R2 only) is available for download. Usually, the guide is in the download with the management pack, but since the new Operations Manager Management Pack is included Read More...
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What goes in product knowledge?

Posted Tuesday, June 02, 2009 2:53 PM by Jeanie Decker
When you create a component in a management pack, you have to provide a display name. You can also include a description and product knowledge. All three of those items are pretty much free-form, meaning you can put what you want in those fields (subject Read More...
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Where did "Key Concepts" go?

Posted Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:23 AM by Jeanie Decker
Back when Operations Manager 2007 was released, the content team posted an online version of a Key Concepts Guide and a download version . When you look at our documentation download page for Ops Mgr 2007 R2 , Key Concepts isn't listed. Where did it go? Read More...
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Product knowledge in management packs

Posted Monday, January 12, 2009 1:37 PM by Jeanie Decker
Some components of management packs include product knowledge , which is just information provided by the MP author (as compared to company knowledge which is information provided by the user in their own copy of the MP). We're working on internal guidelines Read More...
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Active Directory Management Pack: which ones to import

Posted Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:40 AM by Jeanie Decker
The latest Active Directory Management Pack package includes management packs for monitoring Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008. Each server version has a .Discovery management pack and a .Monitoring management pack. You Read More...
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Authoring management packs

Posted Thursday, November 06, 2008 2:13 PM by Jeanie Decker
Working on management pack guides, my attention is generally on how you can use the management packs we create at Microsoft. Next week, however, I'm attending a daylong workshop on authoring management packs. I'm hoping to learn a lot (unless it all goes Read More...
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ReadMe vs. Guide

Posted Wednesday, October 08, 2008 12:38 PM by Jeanie Decker
You might notice in the management pack guide library that some guides are quite extensive (like Active Directory ) and some are a single webpage with "ReadMe" in the name (like FRS ). You might also notice in the installation folder for some management Read More...
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Change control: content preview

Posted Wednesday, August 06, 2008 9:56 AM by Jeanie Decker
The next revision of the Operations Guide for Ops Manager will include an expanded section on management packs. We've added some procedures (both GUI and script) and some conceptual information. Here's a preview from the management pack lifecycle topic: Read More...
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Support for Windows Server 2008

Posted Saturday, July 26, 2008 1:30 PM by Jeanie Decker
I know many of you have been waiting anxiously eagerly for management packs for Windows Server 2008. The support statement has been released and now we can start publishing them to the Catalog . Be sure to read Clive's post carefully, he calls out some Read More...
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MP guide library complete

Posted Friday, June 13, 2008 1:22 PM by Jeanie Decker
Last month, I announced that we'd started adding Ops Manager 2007 management pack guides to our online TechCenter. I'm relieved happy to let you know that the guides for Windows operating systems and technologies and the guides for server products are Read More...
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Management pack guides online

Posted Thursday, May 29, 2008 6:17 PM by Jeanie Decker
The Management Pack Guide library is now live on TechNet. About half (23) of the Operations Manager 2007 guides are available in the library now, with the rest to be added over the next few weeks. The guides are organized into Operating Systems & Read More...
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