[OpsMgr 2012 SP1][OpsMgr 2012 R2] Storage Foundation for Windows (SFW) 6.1 management packs now available (#Symantec #OpsMgr2012 #ManagementPack )

Extend the management capability of SCOM by applying a Symantec Management Pack (MP). A Symantec MP enables SCOM to monitor the events that are generated by specific applications and to display alerts.

 

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The following Symantec MPs that support SCOM 2012 SP1 and SCOM 2012 R2 are now available:

• Storage Foundation for Windows (SFW) Management Pack
• Symantec Cluster Communication Management Pack

These MPs allow you to manage the storage and clusters that are deployed in a Microsoft environment. You can use the Monitoring pane of the SCOM console to view events and alerts.

Storage Foundation for Windows Management Pack

The SFW MP allows you to monitor the SFW servers, and generates events and alerts. This MP allows you to monitor the events that are generated by SFW components (such as disks, disk groups, and volumes), Volume Replicator, and Dynamic Multi-Pathing for Windows (DMPW).

To learn more about deploying and configuring the SFW MP in your SCOM environment, see:

Symantec Storage Foundation Management Pack Guide for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2012

Symantec Cluster Communication Management Pack

The Symantec Cluster Communication MP allows you to monitor the rules and alerts that are specific to the Group Atomic Broadcast (GAB) and Low Latency Transport (LLT) protocols. Symantec Cluster Server (VCS) and certain SFW deployments, such as SFW configured with Cluster Volume Manager (CVM) or Fast Failover, use GAB and LLT. The Symantec Cluster Communication MP helps you to identify potential issues with Symantec cluster communications in the SCOM environment.

To learn more about deploying and configuring the Symantec Cluster Communication MP in your SCOM environment, see:

Symantec Cluster Communication Management Pack Guide for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2012

 

To download Storage Foundation for Windows and Symantec Cluster Communication MPs, see:

Symantec Management Packs (MP) for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) 2012 / 2012 R2

 

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[SCOM 2012] Maintenance Mode Scheduler V3 from Tim McFadden ( #MaintenanceMode #SCOM2012 )

Tim McFadden has released the SCOM 2012 Maintenance Mode Scheduler Version 3 on his blog post here.

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Here are the new features in V3 that will help address this problem:

• Schedule Subscriptions for maintenance mode.  Most organizations only use the alerts from SCOM.  Now you can schedule your complex subscriptions into maintenance mode.  You can choose to send the alerts that were queued up or discard them.
• International Date format of DD/MM/YYYY now supported
• New Integrated Dashboard with the help of Tao Yang
• Removed resource pools from the list of groups
• Changed default start time to only 2 minutes ahead instead of 5
• Check to verify start time hasn’t already passed
• Minor bug fixes

    Download a free trial version on the post.

 

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