[OpsMgr 2012][OpsMgr 2012 R2] SCOM 2012: Overview link blog by Dieter Wijckmans

Dieter Wijckmans has posted a very good article that give a lot of links to understand SCOM 2012 infrastructure, Design and installation and much more ! :)

Direct link to the article

If you feel there are things missing or you’ve found dead links please do not hesitate to leave a comment and I will update this post.

Thanks Dieter for this overview !

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Features removed in System Center Technical Preview & Release Notes - Updated: September 30, 2014

Microsoft has published the Released Notes for System Center Technical Preview this week. You can find information on the technet >>>> Here <<<<

System requirements: To evaluate System Center Technical Preview, you need to be running Windows Server® Technical Preview and Microsoft SQL Server 2014.

The technet page includes release notes for:

• Virtual Machine Manager 
• Service Manager 
• Operations Manager 

Some features has been removed and you'll find the information >>>> Here <<<<

Features removed from System Center Technical Preview

The following features and functionalities have been removed from this release of System Center Technical Preview. Applications, code, or usage that depend on these features will not function in this release unless you employ an alternate method.

App Controller

Status in System Center Technical Preview: Removed.

Replacement: For on-premises deployments, provision IaaS and PaaS solutions using Windows Azure Pack. Additionally, virtual machine and PaaS self-service solutions are available in Windows Azure Pack and Azure.

Citrix XenServer and Vmware vCenter 4.1/5.1 support in Virtual Machine Manager

Status in System Center Technical Preview: Removed.

Replacement: Use VMWare vCenter 5.5 and 5.8.

Microsoft IT GRC Process Management Pack SP1 for System Center Service Manager

Status in System Center Technical Preview: Removed.

Replacement: We recommend that you engage with proactive governance partners that can integrate into your current System Center investments.

Server App-V support

Status in System Center Technical Preview: Removed.

Replacement: Migrate workloads to virtualized platforms using templates.

Service Manager CSPP

Status in System Center Technical Preview: Removed.

Replacement: Use Windows Azure Pack for Windows Server.

Visio based Management Pack Authoring for Operations Manager

Status in System Center Technical Preview: Removed.

Replacement: Use the complimentary version of Silect's MP Author to design and develop MPs for Operations Manager or customize existing MPs.

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[OpsMgr 2012 R2 UR3] Check if SCOM 2012 R2 Infrastructure was upgraded to UR3 ( #OpsMgr #Script )

Jure Labrovic has published a script to check if SCOM 2012 R2 Infrastructure was upgraded to UR3. I get this information on the Technet gallery where all the code is given.

1. Scripts Gets, All Management Servers, Gateway Servers and Web Console Server.
2. Then it checks if there are event log entries which indicate that SCOM 2012 UR3 was installed.
3. It checks file version in OpsMgr installation folder and displays all updated DLLs

More information can be found on his Blog:
http://jurelab.wordpress.com/2014/09/22/check-if-scom-2012-r2-infrastructure-was-upgraded-to-ur3/

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[OpsMgr 2012] Microsoft System Center Management Pack for Dynamics CRM 2013 - Version 6.0.0.9

The System Center Management Pack for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 enables you to administer the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 application in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2007 SP1 or a later version.

Direct Link on Microsoft page

The views, monitors, rules, and knowledge specific to Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 that comprise this Management Pack provide the means for System Center Operations Manager users to centrally manage the server application, its component services, and the computers on which they run. The Monitoring Pack for Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 also contains monitoring for the Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 E-mail Router and Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Reporting Extensions. 

By managing these Microsoft Dynamics CRM components in System Center Operations Manager, the administrator can respond quickly to critical events and key performance indicators, and take action to prevent service outages, reduce the resolution time for alert conditions, and increase the overall availability and performance of the Microsoft Dynamics CRM system. 

Feature Summary
• Monitors the availability and heath of the following components
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Server 2013
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 E-mail Router
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2013 Reporting Extensions
• Monitors the availability and health of the following component services:
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Asynchronous Processing Service
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Asynchronous Processing Service (maintenance)
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Sandbox Processing Service
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM E-mail Router Service
• Microsoft Dynamics CRM Unzip Service
• World Wide Web Publishing Service
• Indexing Service
• Monitors the availability and health of the following application components and functionality:
• Operability of ISV plug-ins
• Web application requests processing, SOAP exceptions, and unexpected failures
• Monitors the performance metrics of the following components:
• Web application requests processing
• Database query processing
• Monitors the system for configuration-related failures.

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[OpsMgr 2012] Monitoring Distributed Applications in Operations Manager #XML #OpsMgr2012 #DistributedApplication

Russ Slaten (MSFT) has published a very good article and give tutorial describing how to create a distributed application in XML on System Center 2012 Operations Manager.

The console already provides a wizard for creating distributed applications. The article by Russ gives the pieces of code to allow this operation.

Read the article >>> HERE <<<

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[OpsMgr 2012] Microsoft System Center Management Pack for System Center Service Manager - New release 7.5.3079.183 ( #OpsMgr2012 #ManagementPack #SCSM )

This Microsoft System Center Management Pack for System Center Service Manager should be used to monitor System Center 2012 - Service Manager and above. It includes monitors for the management server as well as the Data Warehouse server. In this release of the management pack, the Data Access Service, Health Service, Configuration Service, and workflows are monitored.

Direct Access to Microsoft page

Feature Summary:

• Monitoring for the System Center Data Access Service
• Monitoring for the System Center Configuration Management Service
• Monitoring the Health Service Run As Accounts
• Workflows Monitoring

Release History:

• 9/15/2014 - version 7.5.3079.183
• 10/18/2013 - version 7.5.3079.0
• 6/1/2012 - Original English Release, version 7.5.1561.0

Supported Operating System
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2
System Center 2012 - Operations Manager and above,
System Center 2012 - Service Manager and above

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[OpsMgr 2012] Guided walkthrough for troubleshooting UNIX and Linux agent discovery in System Center 2012 Operations Manager - KB2993901 ( #Guide #OpsMgr2012 )

Microsoft has published an article in the knowledge base to consolidate the various problems discovered on the UNIX / Linux Agents in System Center Operations Manager 2012.

KB2993901

I'll not copy/paste the article, for more information just open the original page Guided Walkthrough for troubleshooting UNIX and Linux agent discovery in System Center Operations Manager 2012

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[OpsMgr 2012] System Center 2012 Management Pack for Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Access - New release 7.1.10181.1 ( #OpsMgr2012 #RemoteAccess)

Microsoft System Center Management Pack for Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Access helps you monitor the health and availability of computers configured for Remote Access server role and running Windows Server 2012 R2.

Direct Access to Microsoft Page

Microsoft System Center Management Pack for Remote Access helps you monitor the health and availability of computers configured for Remote Access server role and running Windows Server 2012 R2
.
System Center Management Pack for Remote Access combines monitoring for DirectAccess and RRAS into a single management pack. Monitoring capabilities for DirectAccess have been enhanced to cover more components and encompass larger set of health scenarios. This management pack monitors the following conditions:

DirectAccess Monitoring

• Issues with internal and external network adapter connection and settings such as forwarding
• State of transition technologies such as teredo, 6to4 etc
• State of underlying services
• Heuristics around network security such as DOS attack, spoof attack etc

VPN Monitoring

• Connection failures
• Erroneous configuration
• Other erroneous conditions such as hardware device error, IP-Sec related failures etc
• Support for monitoring performance counters and instrumentation

All existing support for VPN Server monitoring has been ported to this combined pack.

 

Supported Operating System
Windows Server 2012 R2
This management pack is supported to run in System Center 2012 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 Operations Manager SP1 and System Center 2012 Operations Manager R2

 

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