Saturday, September 29, 2012

[OpsMgr 2007 R2][OpsMgr 2012] Report to list all occurences of a specific alert in a given interval

The reports provided with System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) may sometimes seem particularly poor in terms of daily operations on the product. Today, Jean-Sébastien DUCHÊNE offers a report to list all occurrences of a specific alert in a given interval.
 
Beware: the proposed data depend on the retention time of the Data WareHouse.
Do not forget to create a datasource targeting to the data warehouse with security rights necessary to generate the report. This reports works with System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, System Center 2012 Operations Manager and SQL Server 2008 RTM/R2.



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Friday, September 28, 2012

System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta - Evaluation (VHD) is published

This download consists of files that you extract into a single pre-configured VHD file for this System Center component. The VHD enables you to create a virtual machine to evaluate the different System Center components.

Quick details

Version:SP1 Beta                Date published:9/27/2012
Language:English

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[OpsMgr 2012] System Center 2012 Operations Manager – Alert Update Connector

The Alert Update Connector can set/override custom field values, owner, and/or ticket id for alerts

Version:1.0         Date published:9/27/2012


File name
Size
SCOM2012_AlertUpdateConnector.msi406 KBDownload


Overview

The Alert Update Connector can modify alert custom fields with additional information useful for situations like controlling alert forwarding to incident management systems and help reduce noise in the incident creation process.

Feature Summary:
  • Specify custom field values, owner, and ticket id for alerts generated by monitors
  • Override custom field values, owner, and ticket id for alerts generated by rules

System requirements

Supported operating systems: Windows Server 2008 R2
System Center 2012 Operations Manager Management Server or Console (The Alert Update Connector requires the System Center Operations Manager SDK)

Instructions

  1. Click on the link to the right, and download SCOM2012_AlertUpdateConnector.msi
  2. On a computer with System Center Operations Manager 2012 Management Server or Console installed, click on the MSI to extract the connector files
  3. Navigate to the folder/directory where the connector files are extracted to and open AlertUpdateConnector.rtf
  4. Follow the instructions in AlertUpdateConnector.rtf to install and configure the connector

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

[OpsMgr 2007 R2 SP1][OpsMgr 2012] Talking about 2012 Server Monitoring with the new OS MP - Version 6.0.6989.0

As already posted in this article, Microsoft has published the new System Center Monitoring Pack for Windows Server Operating System OS - version 6.0.6989.0. It provides the fundamental monitoring basics for computers running the Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012 Operating System.

 has already post a focusses article on the monitoring of Windows Server 2012 here. I invit you to have a look on his article right now !

Here is his summary :

With the additional of Windows Server 2012 monitoring, and the critical fixes to the cluster disk behavior – this looks like a pretty solid update and MP.  If you are running 6.0.6972.0 then I’d say upgrade to this version as soon as you can, as it addresses some critical issues.  If you are running 6.0.6958.0 or older, then I’d plan to move to this version – but make sure you test and are prepared for the changes to how cluster disks are discovered and monitored, and plan for the changes to the processor utilization performance collection for your reports.



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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

[OpsMgr 2007 R2 SP1][OpsMgr 2012] System Center Monitoring Pack for Windows Server Operating System

The System Center Monitoring Pack for Windows Server Operating System provides the fundamental monitoring basics for computers running the Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003, 2003 R2, 2008, 2008 R2 and 2012 Operating System.

Direct link to Microsoft article

Quick details

Version:6.0.6989.0                Date published:9/25/2012

File nameSize
OM_MP_WindowsOS.docx146 KBDownload
System Center Monitoring Pack-
Windows Server Operating System.msi
1.8 MBDownload


Overview

The System Center Monitoring Pack for Windows Server Operating System consists of the following management packs: Microsoft Windows Server Library, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Discovery, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Monitoring, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Discovery, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Monitoring, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Monitoring BPA, Microsoft Windows Server Clustered Shared and Volume Monitoring, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, and Microsoft Windows 2000 Server. The System Center Monitoring Pack for Windows Server Operating System monitor the performance, health, and availability of Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2003and Windows 2000 Server.

By detecting, alerting on, and automatically responding to critical events and performance indicators, these management packs reduce resolution times for issues and increase the overall availability and performance of your systems running the Windows Server operating systems, thereby helping to reduce the total cost of ownership.

Feature Summary
  • Availability
    • Key Operating System Services: Required services are checked for status (for example, running, not running, or paused)
    • Storage: Logical hard drives are checked for availability, sufficient free space, and integrity of the NTFS partition.
    • Network: Network adapters are checked for connection health, name and IP address conflicts.
  • Performance
    • Processor: System processor(s) performance is checked system-wide. Processors can optionally be monitored on a per processor basis.
    • Memory: Memory consisting of physical memory and virtual memory (also known as page files) is monitored using the following performance indicators:
      • Available memory (in MB)
      • Pages per second
      • Page file percent usage
    • Disks and Partitions: Logical disks/partitions and physical disks are monitored, and performance data is collected for average disk seconds per read, disk seconds per write, and disk seconds per transfer. Monitoring is also provided for fragmentation of logical disks. Depending on which version of the operating system is being monitored, either logical or physical monitoring is enabled by default. Refer to the MP guide for more detail.
    • Network Adapter: Network adapters are monitored for the number of bytes received per second, the number of bytes sent per second, and the total bytes per second. In addition, the health state of the network adapter is evaluated and is set to Healthy if connected and Critical if disconnected.

The System Center Monitoring Pack for Windows Server Operating System consists of the following five management packs: Microsoft Windows Server Library, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Discovery, Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Monitoring, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Discovery, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Monitoring, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 Monitoring BPA, Microsoft Windows Server Clustered Shared and Volume Monitoring, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, and Microsoft Windows 2000 Server. The Microsoft Windows Server management packs monitor the performance, health, and availability of Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2003 and Windows 2000 Server.

By detecting, alerting on, and automatically responding to critical events and performance indicators, these management packs reduce resolution times for issues and increase the overall availability and performance of your systems running the Windows Server operating systems, thereby helping to reduce the total cost of ownership.

  • Availability
    • Key Operating System Services: Required services are checked for status (for example, running, not running, or paused)
    • Storage: Logical hard drives are checked for availability, sufficient free space, and integrity of the NTFS partition.
    • Network: Network adapters are checked for connection health, name and IP address conflicts.
  • Performance
    • Processor: System processor(s) performance is checked system-wide. Processors can optionally be monitored on a per processor basis.
    • Memory: Memory consisting of physical memory and virtual memory (also known as page files) is monitored using the following performance indicators:
      • Available memory (in MB)
      • Pages per second
      • Page file percent usage
    • Disks and Partitions: Logical disks/partitions and physical disks are monitored, and performance data is collected for average disk seconds per read, disk seconds per write, and disk seconds per transfer. Monitoring is also provided for fragmentation of logical disks. Depending on which version of the operating system is being monitored, either logical or physical monitoring is enabled by default. Refer to the MP guide for more detail.
    • Network Adapter: Network adapters are monitored for the number of bytes received per second, the number of bytes sent per second, and the total bytes per second. In addition, the health state of the network adapter is evaluated and is set to Healthy if connected and Critical if disconnected.
    Known Issue: If the BPA monitor is enabled, then there will be an error in the PowerShell script which is a know issue in the Agent. This has been fixed in Operations Manager next update which is coming up.
Release History:
  • 9/25/2012 - Update release, version 6.0.6989.0
  • 6/6/2012 - Update release, version 6.0.6972.0
  • 10/18/2011- Update release, version 6.0.6958.0
  • 9/30/2011 - Update release, version 6.0.6957.0
  • 3/19/2010 - Updated release, version 6.0.6794.0, to resolve an issue with discoveries failing to query the Win32_PowerPlan WMI class.
  • 9/18/2009 - Updated release, version 6.0.6667.0, introduced support for the Windows Server 2008 R2 Operating System and made a series of updates. Refer to the MP guide for further details.
  • 10/20/2008 – Updated release, version 6.0.6321.35. Refer to the MP guide for further details.
  • 7/27/2008 - Updated version, 6.0.6278.22: Introduced support for the Windows Server 2008 Operating System and addressed some issues from the previous release. Refer to the MP guide for further details.
  • 5/27/2008 – Same version as released on SP1 media, version 6.0.6278.0, and released on Microsoft Download Center.
  • 2/22/2008 - Updated release, version 6.0.6278.0, and released on SP1 media
  • 1/15/2008 - Updated MP Guide - same version
  • 11/8/2007 - Updated MP Guide - Software version still 6.0.5000.25
  • 10/23/2007 - Updated MP Guide - Software Version still 6.0.5000.25
  • 9/28/2007 - Updated release, version 6.0.5000.25
  • 3/23/2007 - Initial Release, version 6.0.5000.0

System requirements

Supported operating systems: Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012
    Other Requirements: All management packs (MPs) included in this download are supported on System Center Operations Manager 2007 (SP1, R2).

    The following should be considered when importing the management packs into a management group which does not have OpsMgr SP1 installed:
    • The Library, Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 specific management packs can be imported into a management group that does not have OpsMgr 2007 SP1.
    • The Windows Server 2008 specific management packs are not supported, and will not import, into a management that does not have OpsMgr 2007 Service Pack 1 installed. This is due to the fact that monitoring of Windows Server 2008 is not supported without Service Pack 1.
    The Windows Server Operating System Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 is designed to monitor the following versions of the base Operating System:

    • Microsoft Windows Server 2012
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2008
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2
    • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server

    NOTE:
    • You need to install the English MP before you import localized language packs.
    • Note that the localized language packs are not updated with this release, and will not import on Operations Manager 2012. The language packs will be updated in an upcoming release.
    • The Microsoft.Windows.Server.Reports Management Pack will only import on systems that use SQL Server 2008 as the Database and is not currently supported on SQL Server 2005.

    All support is subject to Microsoft’s overall support lifecycle (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?Linkid=26134) and the Operations Manager 2007 SP1 Supported Configurations (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?Linkid=90676) document.

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[OpsMgr 2012] System Center 2012 Monitoring Pack for Microsoft Windows Server AD CS 2012

This management pack provides an early warning to administrators on issues that could affect services so that administrators can investigate and take corrective action, if necessary.

Direct link to Microsoft article

Quick details

Version:7.0.8560.0Date published:9/25/2012
Language:English
File nameSize
2012_MP_ADCS.doc162 KBDownload
System Center Monitoring Pack for AD CS 2012.msi772 KBDownload



Overview

This management pack provides an early warning to administrators on issues that could affect services so that administrators can investigate and take corrective action, if necessary. The management pack helps to simplify the administrative environment by providing a single console for the administrator to perform a number of useful management tasks. To help troubleshoot common issues, the management pack contains helpful product knowledge and a way to extend this knowledge through adding your own company or organization knowledge related to an issue. This management pack provides an early warning to administrators on issues that could affect services so that administrators can investigate and take corrective action, if necessary. The management pack helps to simplify the administrative environment by providing a single console for the administrator to perform a number of useful management tasks. To help troubleshoot common issues, the management pack contains helpful product knowledge and a way to extend this knowledge through adding your own company or organization knowledge related to an issue.

Feature Summary
The System Center Monitoring Pack for Active Directory Certificate Services provides monitoring for the following core areas and scenarios:
  • CA service status checking.
  • Event monitors.

Release History
  • 9/25/2012 - Original release, version 7.0.8560.0

System requirements

Supported operating systems: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012
    Note: CA only (no support for Online Responder or other Active Directory Certificate Services role Services

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[OpsMgr 2012] System Center 2012 Monitoring Pack for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 AD RMS

This monitoring pack provides an early warning to administrators on issues that could affect services so that administrators can investigate and take corrective action, if necessary.

Direct link to Microsoft article

Quick details

Version:7.0.8560.0                    Date published:9/25/2012
Language:English

File nameSize
AD RMS 2012 Monitoring Management Pack.msi488 KBDownload
OpsMgr_2012_MP_ADRMS.doc291 KBDownload



Overview

This Monitoring pack provides an early warning to administrators on issues that could affect services so that administrators can investigate and take corrective action, if necessary. The management pack helps to simplify the administrative environment by providing a single console for the administrator to perform a number of useful management tasks. To help troubleshoot common issues, the management pack contains helpful product knowledge and a way to extend this knowledge through adding your own company or organization knowledge related to an issue. This management pack provides an early warning to administrators on issues that could affect services so that administrators can investigate and take corrective action, if necessary. The management pack helps to simplify the administrative environment by providing a single console for the administrator to perform a number of useful management tasks. To help troubleshoot common issues, the management pack contains helpful product knowledge and a way to extend this knowledge through adding your own company or organization knowledge related to an issue.

Feature Summary
The System Center Monitoring Pack for Active Directory Rights Management Services provides monitoring for the following core areas and scenarios:
  • Cluster Availability
  • Logging Failures
  • Database Availability
  • Client Activation Issues
  • Rights Policy Template Integration

Release History
  • 9/25/2012 - Original release for Windows Server 2012 AD RMS, version 7.0.8560.0

System requirements

Supported operating systems: Windows Server 2012
  • Other Software: System Center 2012 - Operations Manager

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[OpsMgr 2012] System Center 2012 Monitoringing Pack for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Internet Information Service 8

The Internet Information Services Management Pack provides proactive and reactive monitoring of your Internet Information Services (IIS) environment.
Direct link to Microsoft article

Quick details

Version:7.0.8862.0   Date published:9/25/2012
Language:English
File nameSize
Internet Information Services 8 MP.msi560 KBDownload
OpsMgr_MP_IIS2012.docx138 KBDownload


Overview

This management pack provides an early warning to administrators on issues that could affect services so that administrators can investigate and take corrective action, if necessary. The management pack helps to simplify the administrative environment by providing a single console for the administrator to perform a number of useful management tasks. To help troubleshoot common issues, the management pack contains helpful product knowledge and a way to extend this knowledge through adding your own company or organization knowledge related to an issue.

Feature Summary:
The IIS MP provides monitoring of the following objects:
  • Web Sites
  • Application Pools
  • FTP Servers
  • NNTP Servers
  • SMTP Servers
Release History
  • 9/25/2012 - Updated IIS management pack to support monitoring Windows Server 2012, version 7.0.8862.0

System requirements

Supported operating systems: Windows Server 2012
  • Other Software: System Center 2012 - Operations Manager


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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

[OpsMgr 2012] Technical Documentation Download for System Center 2012 - Updated

This page lists the technical documentation downloads that are available for the Service Manager component of System Center 2012.



Version:1.0Date published:9/18/2012
File nameSize
SC2012_OpsMgr_Authoring.docx4.6 MBDownload
SC2012_OpsMgr_Authoring.pdf6.6 MBDownload New
SC2012_OpsMgr_Cmdlets.doc5.0 MBDownload
SC2012_OpsMgr_Cmdlets.pdf5.0 MBDownload New
SC2012_OpsMgr_Deployment.docx559 KBDownload
SC2012_OpsMgr_Deployment.pdf2.2 MBDownload New
SC2012_OpsMgr_GetStarted.docx62 KBDownload New
SC2012_OpsMgr_GetStarted.pdf255 KBDownload New
SC2012_OpsMgr_KeyConcepts.docx187 KBDownload New
SC2012_OpsMgr_KeyConcepts.pdf369 KBDownload New
SC2012_OpsMgr_Operations.docx4.2 MBDownload New
SC2012_OpsMgr_Operations.pdf7.6 MBDownload New
SC2012_OpsMgr_SuppConfig.docx93 KBDownload New
SC2012_OpsMgr_SuppConfig.pdf526 KBDownload New
SC2012_OpsMgr_WhatsNew.docx168 KBDownload New
SC2012_OpsMgr_WhatsNew.pdf388 KBDownload New


Version:1.0Date published:9/18/2012
File nameSize
SC2012_Orch_Admin.docx123 KBDownload
SC2012_Orch_Admin.pdf684 KBDownload New
SC2012_Orch_Deploy.docx134 KBDownload
SC2012_Orch_Deploy.pdf747 KBDownload New
SC2012_Orch_GetStarted.docx240 KBDownload
SC2012_Orch_GetStarted.pdf324 KBDownload New
SC2012_Orch_OrchConsole.docx67 KBDownload
SC2012_Orch_OrchConsole.pdf208 KBDownload New
SC2012_Orch_RunbookRef.docx189 KBDownload 
SC2012_Orch_RunbookRef.pdf1.4 MBDownload New
SC2012_Orch_Runbooks.docx147 KBDownload
SC2012_Orch_Runbooks.pdf653 KBDownload New


And of courses all other product of the System Center suite received an updated documentation !
Click on the product to access the download page :

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Monday, September 24, 2012

[OpsMgr 2007 R2][OpsMgr 2012] System Center Monitoring Pack for System Center 2012 SP1 Beta – Configuration Manager

This monitoring pack will allow you to monitor the health of Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 Beta – Configuration Manager

-----     Direct link     -----

Quick details

Version:5.00.7787.1               Date published:9/19/2012
Language:English

Files in this download

The links in this section correspond to files available for this download. Download the files appropriate for you.
File name      Size
OpsMgr_MP_ConfigMgr.docx            112 KBDownload
System Center Monitoring Pack for
Configuration Manager.msi
            1,004 KBDownload


Overview

The Monitoring Pack will allow you to monitor the health of Microsoft System Center 2012 SP1 Beta – Configuration Manager by monitoring general health; data replication between Configuration Manager sites; server and service availability; SQL Server configurations; Backup and recovery; backlog monitoring; software update synchronization; and other server role configuration.

Feature Summary
This release of monitoring pack delivers improved capabilities for Configuration Manager monitoring, including the following:
  • Monitoring the availability status of all server roles
  • Monitoring the health status of key services
  • Monitoring SQL replication health status
  • Collecting and monitoring performance counters from Configuration Manager servers
  • A topology diagram of the Configuration Manager site hierarchy
  • Reports showing the availability status and performance of Configuration Manager servers
  • Monitoring the status of Configuration Manager alerts

Release History
  • 9/19/2012 - Original English release, version 5.00.7787.1

System requirements

Supported operating systems: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

Other Software:
  • System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 or later
  • OR System Center Configuration Manager 2012


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[OpsMgr 2007 R2][OpsMgr 2012] 2 reports to work on references between MPs

Here is a new link to an article from Jean-Sebastien DUCHENE who provide 2 new reports to work with references between management packs. Please find more report on his blog >>> Here <<<


The reports provided with System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) may sometimes seem particularly poor in terms of daily operations on the product. Today, I offer a report to track references between Unsealed MP and Sealed MP.
Here are the reports:
  • Management Pack - References by Override MP
  • Management Pack - References by Sealed MP
Do not forget to create a datasource targeting to the data warehouse with security rights necessary to generate the report. This reports works with System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, System Center 2012 Operations Manager and SQL Server 2008 RTM/R2.

Here is the query:

SELECT distinct Tgt.ManagementPackSystemName As 'Sealed MP', Src.ManagementPackSystemName As 'Override MP'
FROM vManagementPackVersionReference
INNER JOIN vManagementPack As Tgt on ReferencedManagementPackRowId = Tgt.ManagementPackRowId
INNER join vManagementPackVersion on ReferencingManagementPackVersionRowId = vManagementPackVersion.ManagementPackVersionRowId
INNER JOIN vManagementPack As Src on vManagementPackVersion.ManagementPackRowId = Src.ManagementPackRowId
WHERE Src.SealedInd = 0
AND Tgt.ManagementPackSystemName NOT IN
('Microsoft.SystemCenter.Library',
'Microsoft.SystemCenter.InstanceGroup.Library',
'Microsoft.Windows.Library',
'System.Library',
'System.Health.Library')
ORDER BY Tgt.ManagementPackSystemName


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[OpsMgr 2012] System Center 2012 Monitoring Pack for SharePoint 2010

This Management Pack enables operators and administrators to manage Microsoft SharePoint 2010 based on System Center 2012. It needs to be used together with SharePoint 2010 Management Pack.

Technet link : >>> HERE <<<

Quick details

Version:1.0.0.0                 Date published:9/19/2012


File nameSize
Microsoft.SharePoint.2010.SCOM2012.msi380 KBDownload
System Center 2012 Monitoring Pack for
SharePoint 2010 Guide.docx
48 KBDownload

Overview

This Management Pack enables operators and administrators to manage Microsoft SharePoint 2010 based on System Center 2012. It needs to be used together with SharePoint 2010 Management Pack.

Feature Summary
This Management Pack contains one Admin task. The task is designed for System Center 2012 users to run as part of SharePoint 2010 Management Pack configuration so that SharePoint 2010 components can be discovered and monitored properly by System Center 2012.

Release History
  • 9/19/2012 - ​Original Release for System Center 2012, version 1.0.0.0

System requirements

Supported operating systems: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012
  • Other Software: System Center 2012 - Operations Manager

Instructions

  1. Download the Management Pack from this download page
  2. Import the Management Pack to System Center 2012
  3. Run the Admin task named Configure SharePoint Management Pack (SCOM 2012)
  4. Please note, before that you need to import SharePoint 2010 Management Pack first.

    For SharePoint 2010 Management Pack, please refer to:

    http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=4419 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13819

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Friday, September 21, 2012

[OpsMgr2012] Technical Documentation Download for System Center 2012 – Operations Manager

This page lists the technical documentation downloads that are available for the Operations Manager component of System Center 2012.

Quick details

Version:1.0          Date published:9/18/2012
Language:English

Files in this download

The links in this section correspond to files available for this download. Download the files appropriate for you.
File nameSize
SC2012_OpsMgr_Authoring.docx4.6 MBDownload
SC2012_OpsMgr_Authoring.pdf6.6 MBDownload
SC2012_OpsMgr_Cmdlets.doc5.0 MBDownload
SC2012_OpsMgr_Cmdlets.pdf5.0 MBDownload
SC2012_OpsMgr_Deployment.docx559 KBDownload
SC2012_OpsMgr_Deployment.pdf2.2 MBDownload
SC2012_OpsMgr_GetStarted.docx62 KBDownload
SC2012_OpsMgr_GetStarted.pdf255 KBDownload
SC2012_OpsMgr_KeyConcepts.docx187 KBDownload
SC2012_OpsMgr_KeyConcepts.pdf369 KBDownload
SC2012_OpsMgr_Operations.docx4.2 MBDownload
SC2012_OpsMgr_Operations.pdf7.6 MBDownload
SC2012_OpsMgr_SuppConfig.docx93 KBDownload
SC2012_OpsMgr_SuppConfig.pdf526 KBDownload
SC2012_OpsMgr_WhatsNew.docx168 KBDownload
SC2012_OpsMgr_WhatsNew.pdf388 KBDownload


Overview

The downloadable files listed on this page contain the product documentation for the Operations Manager component of System Center 2012. The available downloads include:

  • Authoring Guide for System Center 2012 - Operations Manager, last updated September 10, 2012 (pdf & docx)
  • Deployment Guide for System Center 2012 - Operations Manager, last updated September 10, 2012 (pdf & docx)
  • Getting Started Guide for System Center 2012 - Operations Manager, last updated September 10, 2012 (pdf & docx)
  • Key Concepts for System Center 2012 - Operations Manager, last updated September 10, 2012 (pdf & docx)
  • Operations Guide for System Center 2012 - Operations Manager, last updated September 10, 2012 (pdf & docx)
  • Supported Configurations for System Center 2012 - Operations Manager, last updated September 10, 2012 (pdf & docx)
  • What's New for System Center 2012 - Operations Manager, last updated September 10, 2012 (pdf & docx)
  • System Center 2012 - Operations Manager Cmdlet Reference, last updated April 1, 2012 (pdf & docx)


This technical documentation is also available in the TechNet Library.


System requirements

Supported operating systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 4, Windows 7, Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP Service Pack 2
  • Word Viewer
  • Microsoft Word 2010
  • Microsoft Office Word 2007
  • Microsoft Office Word 2003
  • Microsoft Word 2002
  • Microsoft Word 2000

Instructions

  1. Click the Download button to start the download.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • To start the installation immediately, click Open.
    • To copy the download to your computer for installation at a later time, click Save.
    • To cancel the installation, click Cancel.

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[OpsMgr 2007 R2][OpsMgr 2012] Performance Optimizations

Matt Goedtel (MSFT) has uptaded his post initialy created for OpsMgr 2007.


Management Server Health Service - OM 2007 R2
The recommended settings highlighted in this section are only applicable to Operations Manager 2007 R2.

In Operations Manager 2012, the default settings for these Registry keys for the Health Service have higher values and are already optimized out of the box (at this point).

The following are specific settings with recommended values from the product group based on their performance and scalability tests that can reduce resource utilization on the SQL Servers hosting the Operations Manager databases, and the management servers/Root Management Server:
To reduce resource utilization impact on the Root Management Server and management servers caused by the OpsMgr queues, perform these changes on the RMS/MS’s in the management group:

Registry Path
Registry Value(DWORD)
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\HealthService\Parameters\Persistence Cache Maximum
102400
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\HealthService\Parameters\Persistence Version Store Maximum
10240
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\HealthService\Parameters\State Queue Items (See note below)
20480
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\HealthService\Parameters\Persistence Checkpoint Depth Maximum
104857600

Note: This key does not exist by default and must be created manually.


Management Servers Config Service and Group Membership Calculation - OM 2007 R2 and OM 2012
In an Operations Manager 2007 R2 management group, to reduce resouce utilization on an Operations Manager 2007 R2 Root Management Server, perform the changes highlighted in the following table. 
In an Operations Manager 2012 management group, perform the changes highlighted in the following table on all management servers that are a member of the "All Management Servers Resource Pool" (which technically is every management server deployed in your management group, unless you have dedicated one or more management servers to a custom-defined pool for Network Device or Cross-Platform monitoring and have manually assigned management servers to the "All Management Servers Resource Pool").

Registry PathRegistry Value (DWORD)
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Operations Manager\3.0\Config Service\Polling Interval Seconds
00000078
(2 minutes)
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Microsoft Operations Manager\3.0\GroupCalcPollingIntervalMilliseconds
000dbba0
(15 minutes)

Note: These Registry keys do not exist by default and must be created manually.

Before changing the Group Calculation interval I should point out a few things to help you make a well informed decision. By default group calculation is performed on the RMS every 30 seconds. In a management group supporting the enterprise scenario, you will typically see many custom groups defined for targeting overrides, scoping of user roles, and for controlling the behavior of notification subscriptions (at a minimum). Group calculation discovery rules can impact the performance of the OperationsManager database, as the behavior characteristics are queries run against the database instance space in the form of multiple read operations. If you have lot of groups and their group calculation criteria are complex, it will have a big hit on database performance. Other operations in the management group could be affected as well, such as slower discovery insertion, degraded console performance, and replication of configuration changes to agents is slower. Precisely how much degradation you’ll see in these other areas is predicated upon how much group calculation is overloaded.
Changing the calculation interval to a greater value could affect any overrides that target a group, since an object that would fall under the criteria of a group would not relate to that group and receive the override until the group calculation is performed. If you can tolerate the latency of group membership discovery, then you can increase the interval/frequency to a less frequent schedule, say every four or eight hours as an example.

Data Warehouse Synchronization - OM 2007 R2 and 2012
For reduced resource utilization impact on the OperationsManager databases caused by DW synchronization rules running on the RMS in an Operations Manager 2007 R2 management gorup or the management servers in an Operations Manager 2012 management gorup, create overrides in the Operations Manager console for the following rules to increase the interval and batch size of those operations:

All rules below are in the class Data Warehouse Synchronization Server

Rule/Monitor NameOverride ParameterOverride Value
Data Warehouse monitor initial state synchronization rule
Batch Generation Frequency Seconds
300
Data Warehouse monitor initial state synchronization rule
Batch Size
1000
Data Warehouse object synchronization rule
Batch Generation Frequency Seconds
300
Data Warehouse object synchronization rule
Batch Size
1000
Data Warehouse report deployment rule
* Management Pack List Frequency Seconds
600
Data Warehouse report deployment rule
*Management Pack List Frequency Seconds
550
Data Warehouse report deployment rule
*Management Pack List Frequency Seconds
500
Data Warehouse managed object type synchronization rule
Batch Generation Frequency Seconds
300
Data Warehouse managed object type synchronization rule
Batch Size
1000
Data Warehouse relationship synchronization rule
Batch Generation Frequency Seconds
300
Data Warehouse relationship synchronization rule
Batch Size
1000
*Note: This override parameter actually affects three data sources referenced in this rule.

Console Refresh - OM 2007 R2 and OM 2012
The Operations Manager Console refresh interval is every 15 seconds by default. With multiple consoles in an enterprise scenario, this can negatively impact performance. For best performance, turning off Polling or increasing the interval can help. Perform this change on any Windows computer that has the console installed:

Registry PathRegistry Value (DWORD)
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft Operations Manager\3.0\console\CacheParameters\ PollingInterval0 – 10 (0 turns off automatic refresh and requires manual refresh via F5. The value 1 through 10 increments the refresh interval every 15 seconds. The maximum value of 10 is a refresh interval of 2 min 30 seconds).

Before making any changes, always test first and evaluate the results before implementing them in production.  If you make them in production due to constraints in being able to appropriately test/validate in your test lab, first establish a performance baseline before making any of the proposed changes stated here.  After each change, perform another performance measurement and compare it to the initial baseline statistics to determine if the results are above or below the baseline.

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