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  • Monday, April 16, 2012 6:43 PM
     
     
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    We have SCOM 2007 R2 environment. Some MP of different vendors was successfully imported. Normally Server are correctly added to various groups depending on software installed on it. Sometimes a particular Server is not automatically added to a group. Editing group “Explicit member” tab is gray so: how can “Add Computer to specific Group”?

    Thanks a lot for response.

     

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  • Tuesday, April 17, 2012 10:10 AM
     
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    Hello,

    The Groups that are shipped with the Management Packs are using dynamic membership discoveries, For example SQL Computers, should include all SQL Computers that host any SQL Server Role, if one server is missing in this group, so it will be a discovery issue on that computer OR it could be a problem in its agent..


    You can go to Monitoring >> Discovered Inventory >> Change Target Type "Select a type" >> this will show you the discovered objects from a specific type to make sure the discoveries are working fine..


    Finally you can create your own Group - with a dynamic membership and specify a criteria..

    Regards,

    Mazen Ahmed


     
  • Wednesday, April 18, 2012 6:06 AM
     
     
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    Hello Ahmed,

    Server with missing group is successfully added to many other groups like SQL Server. Missing group is about Symantec BackupExec; but many other remote Servers are listed in same group or others different depending on software version.

    So I suppose to have two different solutions:

    1. Force to refresh discovery on agent of remote Server with missing group. (How can perform this?)
    2. Create a custom group with same dynamic membership criteria ad manually ad specific Server.

    This is correct?

    Thanks a lot for reply.

    Best Regards.

     
  • Wednesday, April 18, 2012 6:25 AM
     
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    Hello Ahmed,

    Server with missing group is successfully added to many other groups like SQL Server. Missing group is about Symantec BackupExec; but many other remote Servers are listed in same group or others different depending on software version.

    So I suppose to have two different solutions:

    1. Force to refresh discovery on agent of remote Server with missing group. (How can perform this?)
    2. Create a custom group with same dynamic membership criteria ad manually ad specific Server.

    This is correct?

    Thanks a lot for reply.

    Best Regards.


    Ok, did you check the Discovered Inventory for the Symantec BackupExec Class, did you find the Computer listed?


    Regarding #1: you can reset the Health Service State folder

    Stop the System Center Management service

    Rename the folder >> <Path>\Program Files\System Center Operations Manager 2007\Health Service State

    Start the System Center Management service


    Wait for some time and check back the group membership and the Discovered Inventory..
     

    Regards, Mazen Ahmed

     
  • Wednesday, April 18, 2012 10:29 AM
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    The management packs that are shipped by Microsoft are sealed so you can't change them. Hence the “Explicit member” tab is gray.

    If a SQL Server running 2008 SP2 is missing from the SQL Server group then this is a known issue - Daniele runs through it here and provides a workaround:

    http://nocentdocent.wordpress.com/2012/03/30/including-sql-server-2008-service-pack-2-in-the-database-engine-group/

    Where did you get the Symantec Backup Exec management pack? It might be that it is out of date. What is the dynamic query that it is using to pick up the servers?

    You might find that you can use the logic that Daniele mentions in his blog above to tweakthe sql group can be used to tweak the symantec group.

    Cheers

    Graham

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