Which hotfixes should I apply?

What hotfixes should I apply ?

Kevin Holman's OpsMgr Blog — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:22:33 GMT

This topic has moved here: http://blogs.technet.com/kevinholman/archive/2009/01/27/which-hotfixes-should-i-apply.asp

New OpsMgr hotfix – 958253 – Fixes patchlist table view for agent hotfixes

Kevin Holman's OpsMgr Blog — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 20:45:47 GMT

Hey guys – a new hotfix is published, and I recommend this for all SP1 environments.  This cleans

954903 Update

bhethcote — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:32:58 GMT

It looks like 954903 has been pulled. There is a note on the download link that says:

Hotfix Request

The KB article has no public hotfixes. Please contact support if you need immediate assistance.

re: 954903 has been pulled ????

kevinhol — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:02:23 GMT

Hmmm... it has not been pulled that I can see.

I just went to the hotfix server, requested it, got the email, and downloaded it.

All good here.

re: Which hotfixes should I apply?

Michael Humphrey — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:20:13 GMT

Kevin,

Thank You for this.

I did notice however that http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956240/en-us states that this patch is for

* The computer hosts an Operations Manager 2007 root management server.

* The computer hosts an Operations Manager 2007 management server.

Are you certain that this should go on the DB server. Any thoughts?

re: 956240 on the database????

kevinhol — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 05:23:13 GMT

I am sorry that is confusing.

You should ALWAYS go with the release notes.

The reason I noted DB server in this hotfix - is because there is a SQL command... DBCC Freeprocache... that must be run on the DB server after the hotfix is applied... so I wanted to mention that you will need to do "something" on the DB server... but you are correct - you dont apply/install the hotfix there....

System Center Operations Manager's Ridiculous List of Post-SP1 Hotfixes

Realtime Community | Windows Server — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 08:40:35 GMT

Upwards of 10? Admittedly it has been about a year since the relase of OpsMgr 2007 SP1, but this level of post-Service Pack hotfixes makes this product a difficult sell to some environments. Making the issue even more difficult is the complex if/then

Aktualizace pro SCOM 2007 SP1 (hotfixes)

Nejde jen o software... — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 19:02:57 GMT

Uvádím zde seznam důležitých oprav pro SCOM 2007 SP1, které používám a doporučuji nasadit v každém prostředí.

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 - Links, References, Tools and Blogs - Update 1

System Center Consulting — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 04:34:49 GMT

Thanks to Kevin Holman: Console based Agent Deployment Troubleshooting table and Which hotfixes should

re: Which hotfixes should I apply?

Layne — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:04:32 GMT

Kevin, you say that 954903 supercedes 951380, which supercedes 950853 (all updating mommodules.dll). Do you know why the KB articles for each of those hotfixes say that each of them do not replace any other hotfixes?

re: supercedes?

kevinhol — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:54:47 GMT

Because - techically - 954903 does not replace 951380, which does no replace 950853. Each hotfix resolves a different issue.

They simply all update the same file.... mommodules.dll.

Because of this - I recommend applying the latest hotfix which updates this file - if you are behind on hotfixes. Technically - 951380 is the most important for *all* environments... because it fixes cluster discovery, and includes the memory leak hotfix from 950853, as it is a newer version of the same file.

re: Which hotfixes should I apply?

mlalbonov — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 14:11:59 GMT

In targets for KB956240 you say "RMS , MS and OpsDB".

In Readme file from Microsoft for KB956240

".............

This hotfix must be applied to each computer that meets the following criteria:

1·Hosts a Microsoft Operations Manager 2007 Root Management Server

2·Hosts a Microsoft Operations Manager 2007 Management Server"

Is it nessesary to apply this patch to a standalone OpsDB server ?

re: In targets for KB956240 you say "RMS , MS and OpsDB".

kevinhol — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:53:08 GMT

Please see my comment above where I clarify this.

Quelles sont les HOTFIX à Appliquer ?

Blog Opsmgr / SCOM 2007, and Windows 2008 , Seven ...in french — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:19:29 GMT

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Which System Center Operations Manager 2007 hotfixes should I apply?

The Operations Manager Support Team Blog — Wed, 20 May 2009 18:46:27 GMT

If I had a nickel for each time I heard that one.  It’s a great question too, and one that sometimes

Kevin Holman's OpsMgr Blog : Which hotfixes should I apply?

Rod Trent at myITforum.com — Thu, 21 May 2009 02:50:50 GMT

  In general - you should evaluate all hotfixes available, and only apply those applicable to your

[OpsMgr] Which System Center Operations Manager 2007 hotfixes should I apply?

Cliff Hobbs - FAQShop.com and Microsoft MVP ConfigMgr/ SMS — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:23:39 GMT

From The Operations Manager Support Team Blog : “ If I had a nickel for each time I heard that one. 

[OpsMgr] Which System Center Operations Manager 2007 hotfixes should I apply?

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Fri, 22 May 2009 16:37:00 GMT

From The Operations Manager Support Team Blog : “ If I had a nickel for each time I heard that one. 

What about 952664 and 953290

martit01 — Fri, 22 May 2009 23:29:22 GMT

From your link below you talk about four hotfixes needed specifically for Server 2008, but none of those are mentioned here in your OpsMgr 2007 Post-SP1 hotfixes list. Why not?

http://blogs.technet.com/kevinholman/archive/2008/08/05/a-note-on-kb-951116-it-is-not-directly-required-for-server-2008-support.aspx

re: 2008 hotfixes

kevinhol — Fri, 22 May 2009 23:37:31 GMT

Mostly - because those dont apply to most any environment - and those are OS hotfixes - not a SCOM hotfix - so they dont really fit the table.... I suppose I could put them in - but if a customer was hotfixing due to 2008 OS - my list includes 954049 - which references those OS hotfixes as well.

Plus - SP2 for Server 2008 includes these updates.

This hotfix list isnt the "end all - be all" of hotfixes... just the ones I encounter in almost all my customers.... if I tried to list all the possiblities it would be neverending.

This is a new KB coming out soon - which will discuss the Windows 2008 hotfixes required for SCOM R2 very soon.

re: Which hotfixes should I apply?

daviesg — Wed, 27 May 2009 13:38:56 GMT

Just a question about upgrades.

After the core components have been upgradedto R2, should the .msp files be removed from the relevant agentmanagement directories? Just wonder whether an R2 agent, when you install it will try to install the old SP1 hot fixes? And whether when you approve and upgrade an SP1 agent to R2 whether it will still try to reapply old hot fixes?

Cheers

Graham

re: R2 upgrades

kevinhol — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:48:14 GMT

Hi Graham -

Great question. This was an area I inspected when I did my R2 upgrade. When R2 is applied - it will update the Agent MSI - and remove any post-SP1 hotfix MSP files that are present in all the \AgentManagement directories. This wont be an issue. I tested it on my RMS and two MS, and it worked perfectly - I did not test on a gateway but it should work the same.... but always verify. :-)

re: Which hotfixes should I apply?

kevinhol — Sat, 30 May 2009 23:14:29 GMT

Added 971233 to R2, and added caution on hotfix launguage breaking base management group language.

re: Hotfixes to monitor 2008 from 2003?

Geoff Duke — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:57:47 GMT

Kevin, what a great resource. Thanks for sharing your experience and this compiled list.

An issue I'm wrestling with is monitoring Server 2008 systems from my OpsMgr 2007 SP1 (6.0.6278.0) install on a Server 2003 system. I see advice about what to apply to a server 2008 system that is going to host an Ops Manager role. But I'm content to leave my OpsMgr services on 2003 for now.

I'm having trouble specifically with the ADDiscover scripts, which I have traced back to a failed install of the AD Helper MP Helper Objects. There's KB article (956184) which describes a very similar set of issues, but not an exact match.

So what do I need to put in place to get OpsMgr 2007 SP1 on Server 2003 Std SP2 x86 to monitor Server 2008 [Ent|Std|Core] AMD64? Specifically to install the MP Helper Objects successfully?

re: Hotfixes to monitor 2008 from 2003?

Geoff Duke — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:56:15 GMT

An update. I went ahead and applied the KB 956184 hotfix (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956184), uninstalled and reinstalled the agents on the Win2008 x64 DCs from the Ops manager console, and Helper Objects installed successfully.

FWIW,

--Geoff

re: Which hotfixes should I apply?

Renjith — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 12:37:43 GMT

Thanks for sharing the hotfix information. It was very hard earlier to get a single place for getting the information about the needed hotfix for SCOM.

Once again thanks.

All your posts are very helpfull.

MP language error

Miquel — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:03:08 GMT

I made a mistake installing the management pack in wrong language. but SCOM doesn't allow me to reinstall it in english. ¿what can i do?....

Microsoft.SystemCenter.2007.mp 6.0.6278.19 Microsoft.SystemCenter.ACS.Internal.mp 6.0.6278.19 Microsoft.SystemCenter.Internal.mp 6.0.6278.19 Microsoft.Mom.BackwardCompatibility.mp 6.0.6278.19

re: Wrong hotfix language

kevinhol — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:16:57 GMT

Bummer - I recently added this to my "always" list.

I would open a case with PSS for this.

re: Update

kevinhol — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 18:22:49 GMT

Added Windows OS related hotfixes table, based on many requests

re: Which hotfixes should I apply?

Alexey Zhuravlev — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:53:14 GMT

Hi Kevin,

I think you should add this: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/958936

re: SNMP hotfix

kevinhol — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:06:24 GMT

Alexey - I try to keep this "important hotfixes" list as small as I can... only including the hotfixes that I or my peers seem to run into the most. I absolutely do add hotfixes to the list based on feedback. However - I have not personally run into a customer that needed this. It did make it into a KB - so obviously - there is a need... but do you see this in MOST OpsMgr environments you support/work in? Most of my customers dont even utilize SNMP in any way.

re: Which hotfixes should I apply?

PaulD — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:13:27 GMT

in current list

954049 superseded by 958490+970533

957135 -> 958490

956423 -> 962082

and these ones are missed

954823 (MP)

954329 (RMS,MS,GW,Ag)

956172 (RMS,MS,GW,Ag)

963005 (UI)

970533 (Web,UI)

952937 (Reporting)

954948 (ACS Collector)

959497 (RMS,MS)

967843 (RMS,MS)

968082 (RMS,MS)

951148 (Distributive)

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KB970533 MobileWebConsole.dll - 6.0.6278.71

KB970533 MobileWebConsole.resources.dll - 6.0.6278.71

KB970533 Microsoft.Enterprisemanagement.Operationsmanager.DataAbstractionLayer.commonsetup.dll - 6.0.6278.71

KB970533 Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.OperationsManager.DataAbstractionLayer.dll - 6.0.6278.71

KB970533 Microsoft.Enterprisemanagement.Operationsmanager.DataAbstractionLayer.Resources.dll - 6.0.6278.71

KB970533 Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.OperationsManager.Web.ConsoleFramework.dll - 6.0.6278.71

KB970533 Microsoft.Enterprisemanagement.OperationsManager.Web.Consoleframework.Resources.dll - 6.0.6278.71

KB970533 RootWebConsole.dll - 6.0.6278.71

KB970533 RootWebConsole.resources.dll - 6.0.6278.71

KB970533 RSSWebConsole.dll - 6.0.6278.71

KB970533 RSSWebConsole.resources.dll - 6.0.6278.71

KB970533 Microsoft.MOM.UI.Common.dll - 6.0.6278.71

KB970533 Microsoft.MOM.UI.Components.dll - 6.0.6278.71

KB952937 Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Reporting.Code.dll - 6.0.6278.31

KB967843 Microsoft.Mom.Adwriteactionmodule.dll - 6.0.6278.63

KB958490 HealthService.dll - 6.0.6278.53

KB959497 Microsoft.Mom.Sdk.ServiceDataLayer.dll - 6.0.6278.54

KB956446 Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.HealthService.Modules.Notification.dll - 6.0.6278.39

KB968082 Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.OperationsManager.dll - 6.0.6278.67

KB956240 Microsoft.Mom.DataAccessLayer.dll - 6.0.6278.37

KB959865 MOMModules.dll - 6.0.6278.65

KB961363 MOMNetworkModules.dll - 6.0.6278.68

KB963005 Microsoft.enterprisemanagement.ui.reporting.dll - 6.0.6278.61

KB961363 MOMAgentInstaller.exe - 6.0.6278.56

KB956172 scommaintenancemode.dll - 6.0.6278.38

KB954329 AdtAgent.exe - 6.0.6278.42

KB954948 AdtSrvDll.dll - 6.0.6278.34

re: hotfix comment

kevinhol — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:20:33 GMT

Thanks for the feedback Paul. However - I want to respond to some of your comments:

First - in my opinion, my list is not "missing" anything. This is not a list of "all released hotfixes" and was never intended to be that. This is a list of the most common issues, and the hotfixes for those issues, that I encounter to be needed in the field.

Second - on the superseded points:

954049 is NOT superseded by 958490+970533. 958490 takes a very special custom action, which resets the state of ALL the monitors on the system, which can have a serious impact on any large enterprise customer. This is not just a simple DLL update, and therefore must be considered on it's own merits. It is already listed in my list - however I dont recommend it unless the user if affected by that issue, and understands what will happen.

On 957135 -> 958490 - same issue as above. EVERYONE I have worked with was impacted by 957135, but not necessarily 958490. 958490 also includes DLL's in addition to the two in 957135.

On 956423 -> 962082 - I will assume you meant 968082. However - that is a very, very specific hotfix, that 99% of the customer bas will not be affected by. (a numeric digit at the beginning of the domain name)

Overall - I am *VERY* careful when recommending or listing any hotfix. A hotfix = expense and adds to TCO of an application. My large enterprise customers can equate this to real $$$, in overtime, off shift pay, downtime, or costs incurred by their service provider to apply these patches. I spent the last decade working for one of the largest IT service providers, and know all too well the cost and impact of updating systems. For those reasons, I only recommend or list the most common issues and hotfixes, and dont recommend a new hotfix just because it came out or supersedes an existing one.

And - this list isn't official... it is more my personal list of recommendations than anything else. But I do take a lot of feedback from the field, if there is an issue seen by a large number of consultants, that I have not seen myself.

Unless something really critical comes out soon, I will be adding anything to the post-SP1 hotfix list, until the SP1 hotfix rollup ships... in which I will be recommending that to all customers. Applying one bigger fix is generally cheaper than applying multiple smaller fixes.

re: Which hotfixes should I apply?

Alexey Zhuravlev — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:04:05 GMT

"but do you see this in MOST OpsMgr environments you support/work in? Most of my customers dont even utilize SNMP in any way."

I am not so lucky as you - all my customers utilizes snmp(to monitor UPS f.e.). And all customers who decide to install management servers on Windows Server 2008 had an issues with SNMP Traps...