Wednesday, August 06, 2008 1:20 PM
Jonobie Ford
Editing exported custom MPs in the authoring console
Hi all -
Today's tip comes from Robb Dilallo, via Tim Kremer. Robb found that it was frustrating to try to edit an exported custom management pack because he couldn't access the sealed, dependent management pack. He shared the following steps to create a "management pack development environment":
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On the RMS, do a search for *.mp in the C:\Program Files directory.
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Create a directory in a temporary location. For example, C:\DEV\SealedMP\.
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Copy all the management packs found in step 1 to C:\DEV\SealedMP.
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Open the Authoring Console, and go to Tools -> Options.
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Select the References tab, and click Add.
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Browse to C:\DEV\SealedMP and select Okay twice.
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Select Tools -> Import MP from Management Group, and type in your RMS.
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Select the custom management pack you'd like to edit.
This removes the difficulty of accessing the dependent sealed management pack. Thanks, Robb!
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About Jonobie Ford
I joined Microsoft in October of 2006, right in the middle of a flurry of Ops Manager activity. After joining, I started work on planning for the Management Pack guides and later wrote the Active Directory MP Guide. Prior to joining Microsoft, I was a writer at IBM in the Tivoli brand, most recently for the Response Time Tracker product, although I also worked on the Enterprise Console product.
I now work as the content publishing manager for System Center Capacity Planner, System Center Service Manager, and the Connector and Cross-Platform extensions for Operations Manager.
