[OpsMgr 2012] Prerequisite check failed when installing System Center 2012 Visual Studio Authoring Extensions version 1.1.0.0 on Visual Studio 2010 ( #VSAE #Authoring #OpsMgr )

When installing the new VSAE on computer with Visual Studio 2010, you have a message box : Prerequisite check did not pass.

It seems that it's not compliant with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 event if in the supported configuration on Microsoft site we have : 


Supported Operating System are

• Windows 7, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8.1, Windows Vista

And Other Software: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft Visual Studio 2012, Microsoft Visual Studio 2013

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[OpsMgr 2012] System Center 2012 Visual Studio Authoring Extensions - Version 1.1.0.0 released ( #Authoring #VSAE )

The System Center 2012 Visual Studio Authoring Extensions—VSAE—is an add-in for Visual Studio 2010 Professional and later which provides Lifecycle Management Tools to support Management Pack Authoring. More details can be found at http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/5236.visual-studio-authoring-extensions-for-system-center-2012-operations-manager.aspx

Direct link to Microsoft site

• Feature Summary
  
  • VS Projects for Monitoring MPs, System Center 2012 and later MPs including Operations Manager and Service Manager.
  • MP Item Templates for quick creation of MP Items.
  • XML MP Item Templates (generates MP XML for editing).
  • Template Group Item Templates (Abstract your intent from MP XML).
  • Snippet Templates (generates MP XML from CSV)
  • IntelliSense for MP XML for the following versions:
  • System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
  • System Center Operations Manager 2012 and later
  • System Center Service Manager 2012 and later
  • Integrates into Visual Studio Project System with *.mpproj.
  • Enables building within VS & MSBuild.
  • Supports custom build tasks (simply edit *.mpproj or *.sln)
  • Build multiple MPs (multiple *.mpproj) in a solution.
  • Integrates into any VS supported Source Control systems.
  • MP Navigation Features
  • Management Pack Browser for browsing MP Items.
  • Go to Definition
  • Find All References
  • ResKit Tools integrated
  • Workflow Simulator
  • Generate Visio Diagram
  • MP Best Practice Analyzer
  • MP Spell Checker
  • MP Cookdown Analyzer
  Release History
  
  • 10/18/2013 - version 1.1.0.0

  
  

  
  

  • Supported Operating System

    Windows 7, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8.1, Windows Vista
    

    • Other Software: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft Visual Studio 2012, Microsoft Visual Studio 2013

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[OpsMgr 2012] VSAE – Include File Content

David Allen, has posted on April 3, 2013, an article to show how to include your own vbs, ps1 or JS script in your authored management pack.

Full article is here

The include syntax in this example is $IncludeFileContent/Scripts/MonitoringScript.vbs$, and this is generated based on the path of the file.  In this MP, I stored the VBS file in a folder called Scripts, which is why “Scripts/MonitoringScript.vbs” is added to “IncludeFileContent”.

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[OpsMgr 2012] VSAE Adding Binary Resource Features in OpsMgr 2012 MPs

Michel Kamp has published a short but very interesting article related to a new feature of the schema 2.0 in combination with VSAE : the binary resource distributions.

Read the full article here

The feature is use to make binary file available on the agent where the workflow runs.

Here are the few step to follow to implement this :

1. Add your resource to the project using drag & drop the binaries to the MP project and set it to “Embedded Resource” 
2. Add your resource to the MP:           <DeployableResource
             ID=”AgentResource.Binary”
             FileName=”xxxxxxxx.zip”
             Accessibility=”Public”
             HasNullStream=”false”               />
3. Reference the resource in your workflows
   

   <Value>$FileResource[Name="AgentResource.Binary"]/Path$</Value>

   This FileResource\Path parser is very handy. Because you must know that every time the MP is updated or the agent is restarted the resource path will change.
   In runtime this Value element will be filled with for example: (running on the MS server)
   C:\Program Files\System Center 2012\Operations Manager\Server\Health Service State\Monitoring Host Temporary Files 4249\194\xxxxxxxx.zip

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[OpsMgr 2012] Wait is over ! We can now download the new SCOM authoring tools

Here we are ! VMPD and VSAE tools are available ! Remember I had posted that documentation was accessible on the Technet but the tools were not released ! It's now done !

What a good new ! I'll test them as soos as possible !

The System Center 2012 Visio MP Designer—VMPD—is an add-in for Visio 2010 Premium that allows you to visually design a System Center Operations Manager Core Monitoring Management Pack.

Version:

1.0 CTP1

Date published:

6/28/2012

File name	Size
MPDesigner.Installer_x64.msi	4.6 MB	Download
MPDesigner.Installer_x86.msi	4.6 MB	Download

Overview

The System Center 2012 Visio MP Designer—VMPD—is an add-in for Visio 2010 Premium that allows you to visually design a System Center Operations Manager Core Monitoring Management Pack. VMPD generates a Management Pack that is compliant to the MP Authoring Best Practices by simply dragging and dropping Visio shapes to describe your application architecture and configuring them through the Shape Properties.

Feature Summary

• Visually describe your application architecture which generates classes and discoveries.
• Visually add monitoring to create monitors and rules.
• Start quickly from our pre-canned single server and multi-server patterns.  

System requirements

Supported operating systems: Windows 7, Windows 8 Release Preview, Windows Vista

• Other Software: Microsoft Visio Premium 2010

Instructions

1. Download the MSI that corresponds to the version of Microsoft Office you have. (Most customers have the 32-bit version of Office.
2. Ensure Microsoft Visio Premium 2010 is not running.
3. Execute the MSI to install.
4. Open Microsoft Visio Premium 2010. Click File --New -- then the Software and Database category -- then System Center Operations Manager Core Monitoring Management Pack.

The System Center 2012 Visual Studio Authoring Extensions—VSAE—is an add-in for Visual Studio 2010 Professional provides Lifecycle Management Tools to support Management Pack Authoring.

Version:

1.0

Date published:

6/28/2012

File name	Size
VisualStudioAuthoringConsole.msi	20.5 MB	Download

Overview

The System Center 2012 Visual Studio Authoring Extensions—VSAE—is an add-in for Visual Studio 2010 Professional provides Lifecycle Management Tools to support Management Pack Authoring.

Feature Summary

• VS Projects for Monitoring MPs, System Center 2012 MPs including Operations Manager and Service Manager.
• MP Item Templates for quick creation of MP Items.
• XML MP Item Templates (generates MP XML for editing).
• Template Group Item Templates (Abstract your intent from MP XML).
• Snippet Templates (generates MP XML from CSV)
• IntelliSense for MP XML for the following versions:
• System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
• System Center 2012 Operations Manager
• System Center 2012 Service Manager
• Integrates into Visual Studio Project System with *.mpproj.
• Enables building within VS & MSBuild.
• Supports custom build tasks (simply edit *.mpproj or *.sln)
• Build multiple MPs (multiple *.mpproj) in a solution.
• Integrates into any VS supported Source Control systems.
• MP Navigation Features
• Management Pack Browser for browsing MP Items.
• Go to Definition
• Find All References
• ResKit Tools integrated
• Workflow Simulator
• Generate Visio Diagram
• MP Best Practice Analyzer
• MP Spell Checker
• MP Cookdown Analyzer

System requirements

Supported operating systems: Windows 7, Windows 8 Release Preview, Windows Vista

• Other Software: Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional or higher

Instructions

1. Download the MSI.
2. Ensure Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional is not running.
3. Execute the MSI to install.
4. Open Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 Professional. Click File - New - Project - Management Pack.

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[OpsMgr 2012] 10 reasons NOT to use the Visual Studio Authoring Extensions VSAE

Amazing title given by Michel Kamp in his weelkly post ! Something that we all think that he shouldn't write this. Of courses, it was just to have your attention. Insteresting post to read - it gives some functionalities with screenshots !

Also here are the 10 reasons to use the VSAE tool for MP authoring  :

• SourceSafe integration
• MP object viewer
• Find references
• Simulating your workflows
• Jump to referenced MP objects.
• Intellisense
• Build and deploy
• Management objects templates
• Convert your ‘old’ OM07 MPs
• It just a must have.

He will continue to write about the tons of great features that are build in the VSAE.

Read more on the original post.

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