Operations Manager - General

Announcements

• Update Rollup 1 for System Center 2012 Operations Manager (KB 2686249)

  Bob CornelissenMVPWednesday, May 16, 2012 5:41 PM

  Issue 1

  Environment crashes in Operations Manager because of RoleInstanceStatusProbe module in AzureMP.

  Issue 2

  When multiple (two or three) consoles are running on the same computer under the same user account, the consoles may crash.

  Issue 3

  You cannot start or stop tracing for Reporting and Web Console if they were installed to a stand-alone server that is running IIS.

  Issue 4

  Connected Group alert viewing is not working, but no error is given in console.

  Issue 5

  Task result - CompletedWithInfo not supported with the SDK2007 assemblies.

  Issue 6

  SeriesFactory and Microsoft.SystemCenter.Visualization.DatatoSeriesController have to be public to give the controls extensibility and reuse.

  Issue 7

  
  WebConsole is not FIPS compliant out of the box.

  Issue 8

  Network Dashboard should overlay Availability when displaying health state.

  Issue 9

  Dashboards: Group picker does not show all groups in large environment.

  Issue 10

  IIS Discovery: Prevent GetAdminSection from failing when framework version was detected incorrectly by IIS API.

  Issue 11

  Performance Counters are not displayed in the Application list view of AppDiagnostics.

  Issue 12

  Console crashes when state view with self-contained object class is opened.

  Issue 13

  PerformanceWidget displays stale "last value" in the legend because of core data access DataModel.

  Issue 14

  Availability Report and "Computer Not Reachable" Monitor display incorrect data.

  Issue 15

  Agent install fails on Win8 Core because of dependency on the .NET Framework 2.0.

  Issue 16

  Web Services Availability Monitoring Wizard - Console crashes if the wizard finishes before a test has finished.

  Issue 17

  Several Windows PowerShell changes are needed:

  • Changed License parameter in Get-SCOMAccessLicense to ShowLicense
  • Changed SCOMConnectorForTier cmdlets to SCOMTierConnector
  • Some formatting changes

  Operations Manager Update (KB2674695) – Unix and Linux monitoring

  Issue 1

  Schannel error events are logged to the System log on Operations Manager Management servers and on gateways that manage UNIX/Linux agents.

  Issue 2

  On HP-UX, Operations Manager cannot discover and monitor a logical volume composed of more than 127 physical volumes.

  Issue 3

  Upgrade of UNIX and Linux agents fails when using Run As credentials in the Agent Upgrade Wizard or Update-SCXAgent Windows PowerShell cmdlet.

  Operations Manager Update (KB2674695) – New feature

  Update Rollup1 for Operations Manager adds support for Oracle Solaris 11 (x86 and SPARC).

• Operator Basics SuperFlow available

  Jeanie DeckerMicrosoft EmployeeWednesday, April 07, 2010 7:10 PM

  The Operator Basics SuperFlow for Operations Manager 2007 helps front-line operators who are new to Operations Manager get started using the product.

• Troubleshooting Blank Reports in System Center Operations Manager 2007

  Adrian Doyle MSFT Tuesday, July 12, 2011 5:19 PM
  New KB Troubleshooting Blank Reports in System Center Operations Manager 2007
  http://support.microsoft.com/k​b/2573329

• Looking to Create Performance Alerting?

  Adrian Doyle MSFT Thursday, August 12, 2010 7:37 PM

  How to create a Basic Performance Monitor to look at a Static Threshold - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb309655.aspx

  Detailed information on Performance Monitors can be found at - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff629408.aspx

• Cumulative Update 6 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 (KB2626076)

  Bob CornelissenMVPWednesday, May 16, 2012 5:34 PM
  Cumulative Update 6 for Operations Manager 2007 R2 includes all previous cumulative updates for Operations Manager 2007 R2 and includes all cross-platform updates.
  
  To download Cumulative Update 6 for Operations Manager 2007 R2, go to the following Microsoft Download Center website:

  Download Cumulative Update 6 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2            (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=694147f8-9691-4833-97af-0de918c60141)       

  
  Cumulative Update 6 for Operations Manager 2007 R2 resolves the following issues:

  • RMS promotion fails if NetworkName and PrincipalNames are not in sync for agents.
  • UI is limited to only 100 MB for the Memory Usage field in the wizard.
  • Additional OIDs in auth certificate are not processed correctly.
  • AEM creates duplicate computer objects in OpsMgr based on Agents NetBIOS name.
  • Cannot open reporting pane on OpsMgr 2007 R2 remote console.
  • Cannot view schedule for scheduled report.
  • ManagementServerConfigTool with the option "promoterms" fails because it stops polling the SDK Service.
  • OpsMgr reports are failing on Windows 7 with the error: "Cannot initialize report."
  • ACS events have "n/a" as their category in the ACS database.
  • Watch agentless monitoring listener to detect failure to respond.
  • SCOM SDK memory leak on cryptography keys and cryptography contexts.
  • After you click Edit Schedule, a message box appears, and you cannot save the change value.
  • Audit events can be lost when the AdtServer process crashes.

  Cumulative Update 6 for Operations Manager 2007 R2 resolves the following cross-platform issues:

  • The installation process for the IBM AIX 6.1 agent incorrectly checks for AIX 5.3 packages.
  • After a system restart, the OpsMgr agent for Solaris may start to run before local file systems are mounted.
  • On Red Hat Linux version 4 and SUSE Linux version 9, LVM disks are not discovered and cannot be monitored.
  • The OpsMgr agent for AIX does not report the arguments for monitored processes.
  • When Microsoft security update MS12-006 is installed on an OpsMgr management server, that management server can no longer communicate with the OpsMgr agent on any Linux or UNIX server.
  • On HP-UX, OpsMgr cannot discover and monitor a logical volume that is composed of more than 127 physical volumes.

  Cumulative Update 6 for Operations Manager 2007 R2 adds the following cross-platform features:

  • Support for IBM AIX 7.1 (POWER).
  • Support for Oracle Solaris 11 (x86 and SPARC).

  Note The new agents for IBM AIX 7.1 and Oracle Solaris 11 are included in Cumulative Update 6 for Operations Manager 2007 R2. You can download the management packs for these new operating system versions by going to the following Microsoft website:

  System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cross Platform Monitoring Management Packs            (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b15fef5c-e331-4006-8913-be376bb0e0c1)       

• Custom Report Documentation Available

  Adrian DoyleMicrosoft EmployeeMonday, December 13, 2010 8:45 PM

  This is available at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg508710.aspx and covers the following:

   

  Custom Reporting Overview

  Setting Up the Environment

  Creating Custom Reports

  Data Warehouse Schema

  Inside a Generic Report

  Custom Report Queries

• Looking to Create Event Monitors?

  Adrian Doyle MSFT Thursday, August 12, 2010 7:27 PM

  How to create a Simple Event Monitor - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb309597.aspx

  How to create a Correlated Windows Event Unit Monitor - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb381298.aspx

  Detailed information on Event Monitors can be found at - http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff629447.aspx

• Troubleshooting Gray Agent or Management Server states in System Center Operations Manager 2007 and System Center Essentials

  Adrian Doyle MSFT Monday, July 19, 2010 9:23 PM
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2288515 - please check this before posting on any grey Agent or MS issues.

• Operations Manager 2007 R2 Sizing Helper available for download

  Jeanie DeckerMicrosoft EmployeeThursday, March 04, 2010 10:06 PM
  Check out the Operations Manager 2007 R2 Sizing Helper.

  The Operations Manager 2007 R2 Sizing Helper is an interactive Excel document designed to assist you with planning & sizing deployments of Operations Manager 2007 R2. It helps you plan the correct amount of infrastructure needed for a new OpsMgr R2 deployment, removing the uncertainties in making IT hardware purchases and optimizes cost. A typical recommendation will include the recommended hardware specification for each server role, topology diagram and storage requirement. The Operations Manager Sizing Helper is most useful when used with the Operations Manager 2007 R2 Design Guide (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=184377).

  The Sizing Helper was previously available through the System Center Operations Manager blog.

• Exchange 2010 MP Guidance

  Adrian Doyle MSFT Friday, August 19, 2011 2:40 PM
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2592561

• Operations Manager 2007 Authoring Console prompts for Microsoft.SystemCenter.Library.mp version 6.1.7221.61 or later versions

  Adrian Doyle MSFT Thursday, August 04, 2011 4:28 PM

  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2590414

• Cumulative Update 5 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 (KB2495674)

  Alexey Zhuravlev - G14MVPWednesday, August 03, 2011 7:08 PM
  Cumulative Update 5 for Operations Manager 2007 R2 includes all previous cumulative updates for Operations Manager 2007 R2 and includes all cross-platform updates.
  
  To download Cumulative Update 5 for Operations Manager 2007 R2, visit the following Microsoft Download Center webpage:

  Download Cumulative Update 5 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=6657d8fa-c75d-4889-949c-75a65e6c963b)

  
  Cumulative Update 5 for Operations Manager 2007 R2 resolves the following issues:

  • Restart of non-Operations Manager services when the agent is updated.
  • Updated ACS reports.
  • TCP Port Probe incorrectly reports negative ping latency.
  • MissingEvent Manual Reset Monitor does not work as expected.
  • Drillthrough fails because of rsParameterTypeMismatch in the EnterpriseManagementChartControl.
  • ACS - Event log message is truncated or corrupted in SCDW.
  • UI hang caused by SDK locking.
  • ACS Filter fails for certain wildcard queries.
  • Edit Schedule button is disabled with SQL 2008 R2.
  • Web console times out when you open the left navigation tree.
  • Scheduled Reports view for Windows Server 2003 and for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services SP3 CU9 returns "System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Index was outside the bounds of the array."
  • Signed MPs cannot be imported when new attributes are added to existing classes.

  Cross Platform Cumulative Update 5 for Operations Manager 2007 R2 resolves the following issues:

  • Performance data for LVM managed partitions is not available.
  • Process monitor does not keep name if run by using symbolic link.
  • AIX with large number of processes crashes with bad alloc.

  Cross Platform Cumulative Update 5 for Operations Manager 2007 R2 adds the following feature:

  • Support for Red Hat 6

  Note The new agent for Red Hat 6 is included in Cumulative Update 5. You can download the management pack for Red Hat 6 by visiting the following Microsoft website:

  System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cross Platform Monitoring Management Packs