Toby S

4 Feb 2011 4:02 PM

@Amaury, @ JockTodd

I believe both registry keys should be REG_DWORDs. REG_SZ will cause the SDK service to crash.

@Kevin

I just tried setting DALInitiateClearPool = "true" as a REG_SZ and the "System Center Data Access service terminated unexpectedly" after only a few seconds. The Operations Manager Event Log confirmed it with EventID 26380, OpsMgr SDK Service "...System.InvalidCastException: Specified cast is not valid...".

It took me a few minutes to realise this was the cause, so you might want to warn about this in your upcoming blog.

And thanks for your many informative blogs. I've been finding a lot of useful tips in them.

Kevin Holman

4 Feb 2011 4:28 PM

Guys - more information will be coming soon.

However - I got confirmation on the settings. Both should be created as a DWORD value.

"DALInitiateClearPool"=dword:00000001

"DALInitiateClearPoolSeconds"=dword:0000003c

The decimal values are:

DALInitiateClearPool=1

DALInitiateClearPoolSeconds=60

Frederic Oriol

4 Feb 2011 8:42 PM

Thanks for the walkthrough. I barely had the time to test CU3 in the lab that CU4 comes out...

SN

5 Feb 2011 3:25 AM

Thanks for the great writeup Kevin

Is anyone else having a problem with the /silent parameter? I am using the below command to update my gateway servers, but as soon as I add /silent nothing happens(no errors in my cmd window, no msinstaller entries in app log...just nothing happens)

SetupUpdateOM.exe /x86msp:KB2449679-x86.msp /amd64msp:KB2449679-x64.msp /ia64msp:KB2449679-ia64.msp /x86locmsp:KB2449679-x86-ENU.msp /amd64locmsp:KB2449679-x64-ENU.msp /ia64locmsp:KB2449679-ia64-ENU.msp /Agent /noreboot /Silent

I would very much like to use PSEXEC to install across our huge amount of gateways, but this blocks me from doing so

SN

Tim LJMU

7 Feb 2011 12:07 PM

Hi Kevin,

The Microsoft KB article for CU4 also makes mention of this hotfix :

The following released SCOM 2007 R2 hotfix is not included in this update because the hotfix includes SQL Server Transact-SQL scripts, SQL Stored Procedure updates, or cross-platform agent updates. For more information about how to obtain a hotfix for this issue, visit the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

981740 (support.microsoft.com/.../981740 ) System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 does not display new properties in some views after you import a management pack

I can't find this in your recommended list. Is this something we need to apply?

Thanks,

Tim

rob1974

7 Feb 2011 12:50 PM

--- CU4 is cumulative - it doesn matter if you have RTM, CU1, CU2, or CU3 installed - you follow the same steps.

i read in the patch nodes: If you do not have Cumulative Update 3 for SCOM 2007 R2 installed, you must download the latest management packs for monitoring Linux and UNIX computers before you apply Cumulative Update 4 for SCOM 2007 R2

i read from this you need to install cu3 before you apply this patch. I think applying cu3 for unix requires cu3 for scom r2 as well i think, so i could skip the linux/unix cu3?

Kevin Holman

7 Feb 2011 3:09 PM

@Tim - I dont recommend every single hotfix out there... only the ones I have personally dealt with that I found impacting my customers, or heard from enough others that there was significant impact. I am not a fan of proactively applying any hotfix out there... only the ones which cause impact to your specific environment, or cumulative updates which contain enough fixes that they impact all environments.

@rob1974 - CU3 is NOT required. That is simply stating - that IF you had applied CU3, you already updated the xplat MP's as part of the CU3 steps, and those have not been updated again for CU4. IF you did not update to CU3, or did not update your Xplat MP's - then you need to do that here as well.

You can go straight from R2-RTM to CU4 without issue - you just need to update your Xplat MP's from the referenced KB article, and then upgrade your Xplat unix/linux agents per the article. This is simply saying - that if you did apply CU3, and did update your Xplat environment, no more steps are necessary for CU4.

mick

9 Feb 2011 3:08 AM

Hi Kevin,

just completed the upgrade of cu4 and would now like to upgrade sql 2008 SP1 to R2. As Tim says could you please put a guide together showing that ugrade path ensuring the SQL instance has Reporting Services installed as I am getting an error at the Upgrade Rules check stage - No custom security extensions and No Custom Authentication Extensions both fail

thnaks

mick

Ackros

9 Feb 2011 11:21 AM

I have a clean scom 2007 R2 install on win 2008 R2 with local sql 2008 R2 instance.

no agents rolled out , zero config done so far.

was waiting until i got CU4 installed.

strange thing is I ran the installer, it unpacks into PF (x86) on the (all in one ) server.

but no menu appears, with the Run XX update..

trying to figure out how to manually launch it , any ideas?

Kevin Holman

9 Feb 2011 3:07 PM

@Ackros - the command line options to kick it off once extracted are covere din the KB article - and in my command line article referenced above.

Vivak

11 Feb 2011 8:34 AM

After i Installed the CU4 on RMS , I was not prompted for Reboot :(Is this common

Also If tomorrow i installa new agent using the Discovery , do i have to Install CU4 on that or is it automatic

If i manually install an agent (i guess i will have to upgrade is) correct

**Thanks Heaven for Kevin**

Kevin Holman

11 Feb 2011 3:29 PM

@Vivak - No reboot is required - only prompted if there was something that could not be updated.

If you PUSH a new agent - it gets CU4 automatically - this is why we doublecheck the \AgentMangement directory for the update files.

If you manually install an agent - you must manually apply the updates.

andyinsdca

11 Feb 2011 5:32 PM

Today's ninja trick:

If you go into Monitoring...Operations Manager..Agent...Agents by Version, you'll note that it's not sortable, making finding agents running an old patch difficult.

Instead, go into My Workspace, create a new State View and in the "Show Data related to" box, select "Agent," pick a group if you want and your new view will be sortable!

Vivak

13 Feb 2011 12:31 PM

In this case , If i have a RMS and 2 MS servers all of them have the \AgentManagemnt dir ,

How do i know where is the agent being pushed from ..

The Program Files of RMS always or From the MS where we run the Discovery Wizard From.

And if in Case i have the console on any other system what then?

Also when we install the Update I mean approve , does it not chnage the Version on The Agent: In the view:

Operations Manager..Agent...Agents by Version , I still see the old version , but the patch list colum shows the CU4 One.. Should i be worried.

Vivak

13 Feb 2011 2:18 PM

Kevin as you mentioned , **You should see CU4 AND CU4 ENU to represent a fully patched agent**

For some of my agents i just See CU4; they are missing the ENU part in the patch list

How bad is the state of my agent