New Base OS MP released 9-18-2009 version 6.0.6667.0 to add support for Windows Server 2008R2 and other fixes
As you can see from the “Changes in this update section” of the guide – this isn't just about supporting Server 2008 R2 – there are many fixes and updates, so this would be a good one to get through your testing cycles and plan for production.
Available on the catalog: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/opsmgr/cc539535.aspx
Changes in This Update
The September 2009 release (version 6.0.6667.0) of the Windows Server Operating System Management Pack includes the following changes:
- Support for Windows Server 2008 R2, including new classes to represent Windows Server 2008 R2 systems specifically.
- The intervals for some discoveries have been changed to reduce CPU usage. For details, see Objects the Windows Server Operating System Management Pack Discovers.
- Added Logical Disk Fragmentation Level monitors for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.
- Disabled the following rules and monitors for Windows Server 2008 because the events needed are in Windows Server 2003 only.
- Duplicate computer name was detected
- Windows Activation State
- Disk Group Failed
- Disk Group Auto Import Failed
- Volume Not Started
- Run WMIAdap
- Fixed the summary details for the Performance History (Percent Processor Time) report to indicate that the object type is Windows Server 2003 operating system rather than Windows Server 2003 processor.
- Fixed the Performance History (Percent Interrupt Time) report to use a rule that targets the operating system rather than the processor.
- Changed the data source for discoveries from System.Scheduler to System.Discovery.Scheduler to avoid performance issues.
- Changed the Logical Disk Availability monitor to use a Run As profile with administrative privileges to enable it to run in a low-privilege environment.
- Modified logical disk discovery to exclude mount points, because numerous rules use performance counters that are not applicable to mount points.
- Fixed an issue in which an alert could be generated for Windows Activation too early.
- Addressed an issue that was causing some discoveries to not show up correctly in the authoring section of the console.
- Improved the product knowledge for the alert generated by the “A Service is Mis-configured” rule.
- Fixed issue in which logical disk health check could have performance problems when run against clustered servers.
- Fixed links to views in product knowledge articles.
- Added Active Alerts views for Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008.
- Added retry logic to the "Probe Module: Is Feature Installed" module to avoid failures due to periodic time-outs.
- Added a new integer property named "Size (MBytes) (Numeric)" to the Logical Disk class and updated the existing property "Size (Bytes) (String)" to clarify that it is a string. The new property can now be used in formulas and views as expected.
Make sure you also check out the new supported config statement and known issues regarding Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 support:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974722
