[OpsMgr 2012 R2] Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager ( #OpsMgr #SystemCenter )

This article describes the issues that are fixed in Update Rollup 2 for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager and the Linux and Unix Monitoring Pack. Additionally, this article contains the installation instructions for Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager.

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Issues that are fixed in this update rollup

Operations Manager

Issue 1
This update rollup makes the stored procedure performance aggregate more robust against out-of-range values.

Issue 2
Adding multiple regular expressions (RegEx) to a group definition causes an SQL exception when the group is added or run.

Issue 3
Web applications fail when they are monitored by the System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2 APM agent.

Issue 4
Service Level Objectives (SLO) dashboards sometimes load in several seconds and sometimes take minutes to load. Additionally, the dashboard is empty after it loads in some cases.

Issue 5
Operations Manager Console crashes when you try to override the scope in the Authoring pane.

Issue 6
The System Center Operations Manager console is slow to load views if you are a member of a custom Operator role.

Issue 7
This update rollup includes a fix for the dashboard issue that was introduced in Update Rollup 1.

Issue 8
SQL Time Out Exceptions for State data (31552 events) occur when you create Data Warehouse workflows.

Issue 9
This update rollup includes a fix for the Event Data source.

Operations Manager - UNIX and Linux Monitoring (Management Pack Update)

Issue 1
All IBM WebSphere application servers that run on Linux or AIX computers are not automatically discovered by the Management Pack for Java Enterprise Edition (JEE) if multiple application servers are defined in a single WebSphere profile.

Where to download Update rollup 2 for all the system center suite :

• Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager
• System Center 2012 Monitoring Pack for UNIX and Linux Operating Systems (7.5.1021.0)
• Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 R2 Data Protection Manager
• Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 R2 Orchestrator
• Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 R2 Service Manager
• Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 R2 Service Provider Foundation
• Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Server
• Update Rollup 2 for System Center 2012 R2 Virtual Machine Manager Console
• Update 2 for Windows Azure Pack

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[SCOM 2012 R2][Advisor] What can System Center Advisor in OpsMgr 2012 R2 do for you! ( #OpsMgr2012 #Advisor )

I've had no time to play with SCOM 2012 R2 version yet but I found an interesting article on Advisor that is now completely integrated into OpsMgr.

You can find this article here : What can System Center Advisor in OpsMgr 2012 R2 do for you! 


To complete the information on Advisor, you can also read this article from SCOMFAq : SCOM 2012 R2 – System Center Advisor Overview

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[OpsMgr 2012][OpsMgr 2012 R2] Management Packs for Windows Server 2012 massive update !

Microsoft has published 31 updated management packs for Operations Managers for Windows Server 2012 R2, System Center 2012 R2 and OS Cloud.

• System Center Management Pack for Windows Server Operating System
• System Center 2012 Management Pack for Microsoft Windows Server AD CS 2012
• System Center Management Pack for Active Directory Rights Management Services 2012 R2
• Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (ADLDS) Management Pack
• System Center Management Pack for Windows Server 2012 R2 Hyper-V
• System Center 2012 Management Pack for Windows Server 2012 R2 Remote Access
• System Center Management Pack for Windows Print Server 2012 R2
• System Center 2012 Management Pack for Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Deployment Services
• System Center Management Pack for Windows Server 2012 DHCP
• System Center Management Pack for WSUS on Windows Server 2012 R2
• System Center 2012 Management Pack for Microsoft Windows Server 2012 Internet Information Service 8
• System Center Management Pack for Windows Server Network Load Balancing
• System Center 2012 Management Pack for Multi-Tenant RemoteAccess 2012
• System Center Management Pack for Web Application Proxy
• System Center Management Pack for Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials
• System Center Management Pack for Windows Server Cluster

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