[OpsMgr 2012 SP1] Upgrading Operations Manager 2012 to SP1: The CDM Monitoring and Management Experience

DaveHatton has written an interesting article on his experience upgrading Operations Manager 2012 to SP1 on the environment od Microsoft IT.

You can read the full article >>>>>>>>>> Here <<<<<<<<<<.

Here are some details of the environment :

1 Management group

6200 agents

3 administration servers

24 gateways

2 administration servers with ACS

2 administration servers with  web Console

1 Cluster SQL (Operation DB)

1 Cluster SQL (Data Warehouse, SSRS &Reporting)

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[OpsMgr 2012] System Center 2012 - Operations Manager Component Add - On

I'm a bit late to annonce that additional tool that applies to System Center 2012 - Operations Manager has been released

Direct link to Microsoft Article

Quick details

Version:	7.3.2061.0	Date published:	3/21/2013
Language:	English

Files in this download

The links in this section correspond to files available for this download. Download the files appropriate for you.

File name	Size
OpsMgr_MP_JBOSS.docx	95 KB	Download
OpsMgr_MP_Tomcat.docx	94 KB	Download
OpsMgr_MP_WebLogic.docx	100 KB	Download
OpsMgr_MP_WebSphere.docx	93 KB	Download
SC2012OM_JEE_MP.msi	1.1 MB	Download
SC2012OM_JEE_MP_Chinese.msi	478 KB	Download
SC2012OM_JEE_MP_French.msi	490 KB	Download
SC2012OM_JEE_MP_German.msi	492 KB	Download
SC2012OM_JEE_MP_Italian.msi	483 KB	Download
SC2012OM_JEE_MP_Japanese.msi	485 KB	Download
SC2012OM_JEE_MP_Portuguese(Brazil).msi	487 KB	Download
SC2012OM_JEE_MP_Russian.msi	495 KB	Download
SC2012OM_JEE_MP_Spanish.msi	485 KB	Download
SC2012OM_JEE_Readme.txt	16 KB	Download
System Center 2012 Operations Manager Sizing           Helper Tool v1.xls	1.2 MB	Download

Overview 

System Center Monitoring Pack for Java EE:
These monitoring packs monitor JEE (Java Enterprise Edition) application servers. Monitoring packs are available for IBM WebSphere, Oracle WebLogic, Red Hat JBoss and Apache Tomcat.

This monitoring pack includes following features:

• Enables automatic discovery of Tomcat/JBoss/WebSphere/WebLogic application servers deployed in customer's environment.
• Monitors application server availability and performance.
• Discovers and monitors applications deployed in your Java EE application servers.

System Center 2012 - Operations Manager Sizing Helper

The Operations Manager 2012 Sizing Helper is an interactive document designed to assist you with planning & sizing deployments of Operations Manager 2012. It helps you plan the correct amount of infrastructure needed for a new OpsMgr 2012 deployment, removing the uncertainties in making IT hardware purchases and optimizes cost. A typical recommendation will include the recommended hardware specification for each server role, topology diagram and storage requirement.

                               

System requirements

Supported operating systems: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2
System Center Monitoring Pack for Java EE:

• All System Center 2012 Operations Manager supported Windows server and UNIX/Linux systems.
• Other Software Required: System Center 2012 - Operations Manager

System Center 2012 - Operations Manager Sizing Helper

• Supported operating systems: Windows 7, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows XP
• Requirement Office Software: Microsoft Office Excel

                               

Instructions

System Center Monitoring Pack for Java EE:

1. Download and install the msi package.
2. Follow the quick start instructions in the SC2012OM_JEE_Readme.txt.

System Center 2012 - Operations Manager Sizing Helper

1. Save the Operations Manager 2012 Sizing Helper.xls to local storage.
2. Open the Operations Manager 2012 Sizing Helper.xls.
3. In the Security Warning, click "Enable Content". The interactive functions of the sizing helper will not work if macros are not enabled.

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[OpsMgr 2007 R2] How to change the Management Server Run As Account on a Clustered RMS in Operations Manager 2007

Brian McDermott offered us an article with some info on how to change the Management Server Run As account on a clustered RMS in System Center Operations Manager 2007.

Brian McDermott's article

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[OpsMgr 2007 R2][OpsMgr 2012] Powershell script to list all references stored in all unsealed Management Pack

I'm actually doing some clean up in our 2007 R2 environment to be sure that all management pack are OK before importing them in our new SCOM 2012  environment.

As you know, best practices is to create one override MP by MP you want to tune. One of the tasks we wanted to do is to ensure that all overrides stored in unsealed MPs are corresponding to the sealed assocaited MP.

Listing all references of unsealed MPs is a good help to identify what unsealed MP has a reference on a MP (and also override) that should not be referenced !

Download the file :

<<<<<<<<<< Here >>>>>>>>>>

Or create a file : ListReferenceUnsealedMPs.ps1

1. param([string]$Path)
2. $Exportfile = [string]$Path + "\ListAllReferencesForNonSealedMPs.csv"
3. $Exportfile
4. # SCOM 2007R2
5. $mps = get-managementpack | where-object {$_.Sealed -eq $false}
6. # SCOM 2012
7. # $mps = Get-SCOMManagementPack | where-object {$_.Sealed -eq $false}
8. "Management Pack Name;Reference Name;Reference Key Token;Reference Version;Reference ID;Reference Version ID" >> $Exportfile
9. Foreach ($mp in $mps)
10.  {
11.  $References = $mp.References
12.  foreach ($Ref in $References)
13.   {
14.   $mp.Name + ";" + $Ref.name + ";" + $Ref.KeyToken + ";" + $Ref.Version  + ";" + $Ref.Id + ";" + $Ref.VersionId >> $Exportfile
15.   }
16.  }

 Then you can use the ListReferenceUnsealedMPs.ps1 "C:\temp" command line in a powershell connected to your SCOM (don't forget to comment line 5 + un-comment line 7 for using in 2012).

This will create a c:\Temp\ListAllReferencesForNonSealedMPs.csv that contains all References by unsealed MP.

Openning the .csv file with excel will give you :

 Enjoy !

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[OpsMgr 2012 SP1 UR1] Groups containing explicit members not present in the management group are shown as Dynamic Group !

We have detect a very stange thing importing our SCOM 2007 override management packs in our new SCOM 2012 environment that have today not all agents.

Our override MPs contains explicit members groups but some of them contains agent not 'homed' yet. Those groups show the explicit members has empty but this is a normal behaviour !

What is not really understandable is that my explicit group is shown as a dynamic group by SCOM

 

Clicking View Group Members, on this group show an empty group instead of giving all Windows Server 2008... FORTUNATELY !!!

 

And checking within the xml code of my override MP does not show any dynamic group population for this group, before and after beeing imported ! Really strange... The only thing we can see is that the class used for the dynamic view is the same class used to populate the explicit members.

 

 

Removing the formula is generating an error :

 

 

 

 

 

Date: 3/8/2013 10:40:04 AM
Application: Operations Manager
Application Version: 7.0.9538.0
Severity: Error
Message:

System.InvalidOperationException: A membership rule for the target "UINameSpaceb565f3d172de4893aea7e8266e342b3a.Group" failed with the following error: "Invalid column name Name_761097C7_8EA8_EAD8_5039_C5A81D0A5473 for query MTV_SelectProperty_78e44951-b8d7-e88f-b378-549183629ac4." There are two common conditions that could cause a membership rule to fail, 1) a cycle was formed by having two groups contain each other, 2) the monitoring relationship class used is incompatible with either the source or target monitoring class. Review and correct the membership rule to avoid further failures.
   at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Common.Internal.EntityObjectsServiceProxy.HandleChannelExceptions(String methodName, Exception ex)
   at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Common.Internal.ServiceProxy.HandleFault(String methodName, Message message)
   at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Common.Internal.EntityObjectsServiceProxy.PerformGroupMembershipDiscoverySnapshot(String managementPackXml)
   at Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.Mom.Internal.UI.Console.ConsoleJobExceptionHandler.ExecuteJob(IComponent component, EventHandler`1 job, Object sender, ConsoleJobEventArgs args)

 

But, when one of the explicit members is discovered, it appears in the group has explicit member (good), the formula in the dynamic pane is not shown any more and the group population is well working since View Group Members show the discovered server !

 

This is a very stange behavior ! 

 

 

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[OpsMgr 2012] Could not allocate a new page for database ‘OperationsManager’ because of insufficient disk space in filegroup ‘PRIMARY’

Today, when I'd like to multi-home some agent on my new SCOM 2012 environment, I got this error :

 

 

Searching on Internet, gave me an article from Florent APPOINTAIRE that was explaining he has the same issue and explained how to solve.

You can read his article >>>>>> Here <<<<<<

 

 

 

 

 

In our case here, initial size for the logical name MOM_DATA couldn't be set due to an issue to detect the mount point during the installation. Default value has been kept and we forgot to increase the size in a second step ! Too bad ! :)

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[Book] System Center 2012 Operations Manager Unleashed, 2nd Edition

System Center 2012 Operations Manager Unleashed, 2nd Edition

By Kerrie Meyler, Cameron Fuller, John Joyner
Published Feb 28, 2013 by Sams. Part of the Unleashed series.

3 format : Book + eBook Bundle, Book or eBook (Watermarked)

Direct link to Informit.com

This is the first comprehensive Operations Manager 2012 technical resource for every IT implementer and administrator. Building on their bestselling OpsMgr 2007 book, three Microsoft System Center Cloud and Data Center Management MVPs thoroughly illuminate major improvements in Microsoft’s newest version–including new enhancements just added in Service Pack 1.

You’ll find all the information you need to efficiently manage cloud and datacenter applications and services in even the most complex environment. The authors provide up-to-date best practices for planning, installation, migration, configuration, administration, security, compliance, dashboards, forecasting, backup/recovery, management packs, monitoring including .NET monitoring, PowerShell automation, and much more.

Drawing on decades of enterprise and service provider experience, they also offer indispensable insights for integrating with your existing Microsoft and third-party infrastructure.

Detailed information on how to…

• Plan and execute a smooth OpsMgr 2012 deployment or migration
• Move toward application-centered management in complex environments
• Secure OpsMgr 2012, and assure compliance through Audit Collection Services
• Implement dashboards, identify trends, and improve forecasting
• Maintain and protect each of your OpsMgr 2012 databases
• Monitor virtually any application, environment, or device: client-based, .NET, distributed, networked, agentless, or agent-managed
• Use synthetic transactions to monitor application performance and responsiveness
• Install UNIX/Linux cross-platform agents
• Integrate OpsMgr into virtualized environments
• Manage and author management packs and reports
• Automate key tasks with PowerShell, agents, and alerts
• Create scalable management clouds for service provider/multi-tenant environments
• Use OpsMgr 2012 Service Pack 1 with Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012

Downloads

Download free online content for System Center 2012 Operations Manager Unleashed here

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