Florian Aguettaz IT Blog: [System Center] Full review of all System Center product ( #SystemCenter )

Florian Aguettaz is posting a full review of all System Center products. There are currently 7 products in the System Center Suite that are used to cover all the ITIL best practices. Each one will be detailed in different post on his blog.

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[OpsMgr 2012] Operations Manager integration with System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager fails with error 10218

When creating the integration from System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM 2012) to Operations Manager, the integration fails with the following error :

Error (10218) Setup could not import the System Center Virtual Machine Manager Management Pack into Operations Manager server because one or more required management packs are missing. The SCVMM Management Packs cannot be deployed unless the following component management packs are present in Operations Manager 2007:
Windows Server Internet Information Services 2003,
Windows Server 2008 Internet Information Services 7,
Windows Server Internet Information Services Library,
SQL Server Core Library.

NOTE All required Management Packs have been imported in Operations Manager.

Read Microsoft Article ID: 2674625

In this scenario, the Virtual Server 2005 R2 Management Pack was imported which imports the Microsoft Virtualization Core Library. The cause of the problem is that SCVMM 2012 will import a newer version of the Microsoft Virtualization Core Library Management Pack and the old version cannot be present in order for integration to complete successfully.



There are two potential solutions:

• Remove the old version of the Microsoft Virtualization Core Library and the Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Management Pack.

or

• Configure a second Operations Management group for the SCVMM 2012 integration and configure the SCVMM 2012 server as well as the Hyper-V servers to report to this new management group.  

The Microsoft Virtualization Core Library is a Hyper-V Management Pack developed by the Hyper-V team. It has been updated to support the latest version of Hyper-v and improve monitoring of the hosts.

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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

• System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta – App Controller – Evaluation (VHD)
• System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta – Data Protection Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
• System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta – Operations Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
• System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta – Orchestrator – Evaluation (VHD)
• System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta – Service Manager – Evaluation (VHD)
• System Center 2012 Service Pack 1 Beta – Virtual Machine Manager – Evaluation (VHD)

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[OpsMgr 2012] Free OpsMgr 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Dashboards from the OpsMgr Unleashed team

The System Center Operations Manager Unleashed team is offering a free pack of dashboards designed to provide information for System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager hosts and guests.

Read more on http://opsmgrunleashed.wordpress.com/2012/07/13/free-opsmgr-2012-virtual-machine-manager-dashboards-from-the-opsmgr-unleashed-team-scom/

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[OpsMgr 2007R2][OpsMgr 2012] System Center Monitoring Pack for System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager has been released

A new version of the VMM MP for OpsMgr 2007 R2 and Opsmgr 2012 has been published.

Version: 3.0.6019.0                
Language: English

Date published: 4/26/2012

The VMM monitoring pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007, System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, or System Center 2012 - Operations Manager monitors availability of VMM and the availability, health, and performance of all virtual machines and virtual machine hosts that VMM manages.

File name	Size
System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager Update Rollup 1 MP.msi	1.9 MB	Download

Overview

The VMM monitoring pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007, System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, or System Center 2012 - Operations Manager monitors availability of VMM and the availability, health, and performance of all virtual machines and virtual machine hosts that VMM manages.

Feature Summary
This management pack enables the following features:

• Integreation of Operations Manager with Virtual Machine Manager
• Multi-Hypervisor Monitoring
• Performance and Resource Optimization (PRO)
• Maintenance Mode integration
• Reporting in VMM
• Support for SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS)

Release History

• 4/2/2012 - Original release of version ​3.0.6005.0 with System Center 2012 - Virtual Machine Manager
• 4/26/2012- Updated release, version 3.0.6019.0 containing bug fixes detailed in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2686249

System requirements

Supported operating systems: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
The Operations Manager configuration must meet the following requirements:

• The VMM monitoring pack requires System Center Operations Manager 2007 with Service Pack 1 (SP1), System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2, or System Center 2012 - Operations Manager.
• The virtual environment managed by a management server must be monitored by a single management group in Operations Manager. However, an Operations Manager management group can monitor multiple VMM instances.
• The VMM monitoring pack does not support agentless management of hosts and virtual machines in Operations Manager.

The following requirements must be met to run this monitoring pack:

• PowerShell 2.0 must be installed on all Operations Manager management servers.
• Operations console must be installed on the VMM management server. The version must match the version of Operations Manager.
• The management server must have the following management packs installed:
• Windows Server Internet Information Services 2003
• Windows Server 2008 Internet Information Services 7
• Windows Server Internet Information Services Library
• SQL Server Core Library

Instructions

For detailed installation instructions please utilize the guide for System Center Monitoring Pack for System Center 2012- Virtual Machine Manager

Note: This updated management pack release requires a mandatory configuration identified in the mandatory configuration section of the Management guide.

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