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Sunday, February 24, 2008 10:42 PM

After you install SP1 for Operations Manager 2007..... what's next?

1.  Check the Operations Manager event logs.... look for any major issues. 2.  Inspect all the services (SDK and HealthService) on all OpsMgr servers - make sure they are running. 3.  Check the DB version to make sure it was upgraded successfully.
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Saturday, February 23, 2008 1:01 AM

OpsMgr SP1 is HERE!

The final Service Pack 1 has been released!    Version 6.0.6278.0 Read more about it here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/opsmgr/cc280350.aspx The download:  http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ede38d83-32d1-46fb-8b6d-78fa1dcb3e85&DisplayLang=en
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008 2:51 AM

Grooming process in the Operations Database

This is a continuation of my other post, on general alert grooming: How grooming and auto-resolution work in the OpsMgr 2007 Operational database   Grooming of the OpsDB is called once per day at 12:00am…. by the rule:  “ Partitioning
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008 12:19 AM

Print Server management pack fills the Operational DB with TONS of perf data

This is something I have noticed in MOM 2005, and seems to be the same in the conversion MP for OpsMgr 2007.  (Version 6.0.5000.0 of the Microsoft.Windows.Server.Printserver (Converted) MP).  When you import this MP, it will fill the Operational
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Monday, February 11, 2008 6:16 PM

Installing the OpsMgr 2007 agent on an ISA 2004 or ISA 2006 server

When you want to manage and monitor an ISA server, you need to install the OpsMgr agent. However, there is no guide published for the OpsMgr 2007 ISA MP.....   It comes with the MOM 2005 guide.  In ISA, there was a system policy which you
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Thursday, February 07, 2008 7:43 PM

New OpsMgr KB articles - 1-13-08 through 1-26-08

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946422 The reporting console stops responding when you generate a report in System Center Operations Manager 2007 or in System Center Essentials 2007 Sys Center Operations Mgr 2007 EN-US http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=946429
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Tuesday, February 05, 2008 5:02 PM

Failed tasks aren't groomed from the Operational Database

This appears to be present up to RC-SP1 version, build 6.0.6246.0   In the Task Status console view - I noticed an old failed task from 2 months ago..... however, my task grooming is set to 7 days.   To view the grooming process: http://blogs.technet.com/kevinholman/archive/2007/12/13/how-grooming-and-auto-resolution-work-in-the-opsmgr-2007-operational-database.aspx
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Tuesday, February 05, 2008 4:02 PM

Creating a Group based on OU (Organizational Unit) in Active Directory

  Here is a really cool feature of Opsmgr:  the ability to create groups easily based on any discovered attribute of an object.   OU is something that is part of the Windows Computer object discovery.  If you examine a state view –
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Friday, February 01, 2008 11:46 PM

Repeating event monitor alert description variables don't work

  This is current as of RC-SP1 version of OpsMgr 2007. When you create a repeating event monitor, and use the GUI to add in some Alert description variables, such as event ID, Description, etc... you will find that they do not work.  Below are
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Friday, February 01, 2008 11:37 PM

Check your management pack versions!!!!

One of the most common issues I find - is people not running the most up to date management pack.  MP's are updated on a regular basis.... adding features, fixing bugs, and enhancing existing monitoring.   If you are running the RC-SP1 version
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Friday, February 01, 2008 11:29 PM

Configuring Notifications - to include specific alerts from specific groups and classes

So.... Say I am an Exchange Administrator in a global company.... in the good old USA. My company has recently implemented OpsMgr 2007 to monitor our Exchange servers. I am going to configure my notification subscriptions so I can get an email anytime
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Friday, February 01, 2008 11:04 PM

How do I delete an attribute in OpsMgr 2007?

I notice - when viewing a custom attribute, there is no option to delete it... only view the properties? Apparently this is by design. There is no harm in having "extra" attributes in SCOM - that arent used. However, if you do want to delete an unused
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Friday, February 01, 2008 10:44 PM

MOM 2005 SP1 - upgrading SQL server from 2000 to 2005

  Upgrading from SQL 2000 to SQL 2005 to support MOM 2005 SP1: 1. Backup your MOM SQL server databases (OnePoint and Systemcenterreporting). Backup your Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services databases. 2. Backup the SRS encryption key. 3. Stop
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