New DHCP and DNS management packs released for Windows 2000, 2003, and 2008
The MP catalog: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/scp/opsmgr07.aspx?SCPProdID=3 has new management packs.... Native DNS and DHCP MP's have been published.
These add Windows 2008 server support, and many changes to the old MP's.
DHCP:
The new version is 6.0.6383.0
A note on these new MP's.... there is a base library, and then MP's for each OS.... 2000, 2003, and 2008. Only import the OS versions that you need to support in a DHCP role in your network.
*** You MUST DELETE any previous version of the DHCP management pack you were running FIRST. The old DHCP MP was a conversion MP from MOM 2005, and this new MP is a native rewrite. Therefore - it will NOT upgrade your old MP and you need to delete it. You will also need to delete any override MP's you had for the old DHCP MP. Document what these were, and evaluate if you want to re-apply them toward the new MP. Best to start fresh when a MP is completely re-written.
To import the Server 2008 DHCP MP - you must first import the Server 2008 Base OS MP's.
DNS:
The new version is 6.0.6278.27
A note on these new MP's.... there is a base library, and then MP's for each OS.... 2000, 2003, and 2008. Only import the OS versions that you need to support in a DNS role in your network.
*** You MUST DELETE any previous version of the DNS management pack you were running FIRST. These new native MP's will NOT upgrade any previous versions, and running an older version alongside these new versions is NOT supported. You will also need to delete any override MP's you had for the old DNS MP. Document what these were, and evaluate if you want to re-apply them toward the new MP. Best to start fresh when a MP is completely re-written.
To import the Server 2008 DNS MP - you must first import the Server 2008 Base OS MP's.
READ THE GUIDES. There are several optional steps that should be given a sincere review.... including enabling and tuning many performance threshold monitors that are disabled out of the box, security requirements, objects that must be created for advanced monitoring, etc..
***** NOTE - the DNS MP is reported to cause some high CPU utilization. Recommend you test this MP in a dev environment, and then limited production to look at the impact. This is known and being investigated.
***** NOTE - The DHCP MP has a known issue logging an event about not being able to read the event log - for the workaround - see: http://blogs.msdn.com/steverac/archive/2008/08/27/updated-dhcp-management-pack-issue.aspx
