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[MS KBs] A computer may be listed in the Agent Managed pane of the Operations console in System Center Operations Manager 2007 with…

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 23:21:11 GMT

Full Title: A computer may be listed in the Agent Managed pane of the Operations console in System Center Operations Manager 2007 with the same name as the gateway server that was just installed SYMPTOMS When you view agents by gateway in Microsoft System...(read more)

[Events] MMS 2010 - Registration is Now Open!

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:58:01 GMT

Just got this through: Registration for MMS 2010 is now open! Microsoft Management Summit 2010, April 19 – 23, Las Vegas, Nevada It’s time to start planning for the Microsoft Management Summit 2010 (MMS 2010) - the place to learn about the...(read more)

[OpsMgr] How to link multiple Gateway Servers together?

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:45:14 GMT

From the System Center Operations Manager blog: Overview: In Operations Manager, the Gateway server role is primary used for monitoring servers outside the Root Management Servers trusted Domain boundary. Another popular use of the Gateway...(read more)

[MS KBs] New KB Articles At Microsoft 18 Nov 2009 - Weekly Summary

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:33:03 GMT

Outlook 2003 976939 Description of the Outlook 2003 hotfix package: November 2, 2009 975958 Description of the Outlook 2003 Junk E-mail Filter update: November 10, 2009 Outlook 2007 975960 Description of the Outlook 2007 Junk E-mail Filter update: November...(read more)

[MS KBs] Description of System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 Update

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:09:00 GMT

INTRODUCTION This update provides a cumulative rollup of hotfixes for Microsoft System Center... This update provides a cumulative rollup of hotfixes for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 together with the following improvements...(read more)

[OpsMgr] Windows Power Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:01:00 GMT

The Power Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 R2 enables you to monitor and manage the power consumption of computers running Windows Server 2008 R2. Feature Summary This management pack provides: Visibility into power consumption Visibility and...(read more)

[OpsMgr] Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:04:00 GMT

The Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 management pack is designed to be used for monitoring Exchange 2010 events, collecting Exchange component-specific performance counters in one central location, and for raising alerts for operator intervention as necessary...(read more)

[MS KBs] Description of System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cross Platform Agent Update

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 21:41:00 GMT

INTRODUCTION This update enables System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 to support the foll... This update enables System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 to support the following platforms: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (32-bit and 64-bit) Solaris...(read more)

[MS KBs] New KB Articles At Microsoft 14 Oct 2009 - Weekly Summary

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:38:00 GMT

.NET Framework 2.0 976111 Introduction to URL rewriting, to URL mapping, and to URL routing in ASP.NET in a .NET Framework environment 976112 Introduction to ASP.NET inline expressions in the .NET Framework Expression Web 957488 MS09-062: Vulnerabilities...(read more)

[OpsMgr] Vote and help build the product YOU want

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:11:24 GMT

The OpsMgr guys are giving you the chance to vote for the features YOU want to see in the next version of the product. Full details (and it’s REALLY easy) at: http://blogs.technet.com/momteam/archive/2009/10/13/we-need-your-vote.aspx...( read more ) Read...(read more)

[OpsMgr] OpsMgr 2007 R2 MP version 6.1.7533.0 is Released!

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:28:00 GMT

From the OpsMgr Team blog : I'm very happy to announce that the first out of band update to the Operations Manager Management Pack has been released to the MP catalog ! This MP package (Version 6.1.7533.0) is specific to OpsMgr 2007 R2 and will not...(read more)

[OpsMgr] Some common Operations Manager issues we get here in product support

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:39:55 GMT

A fascinating post over on the OpsMgr Support Team blog : We recently did an analysis of the issues we’ve been seeing on the Operations Manager product support team and I thought I’d share a couple here just in case you run into any of them. Below...(read more)

[MS KBs] New KB Articles At Microsoft 23 Sep 2009 - Weekly Summary

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:09:48 GMT

Outlook 2007 200197 Outlook 2007: Body of HTML e-mail messages are blank 974370 When you delete a meeting request in Outlook 2007 without responding to the request, there is no message that states that the corresponding calendar item is deleted SQL Server...(read more)

[OpsMgr] New Exchange 2007 Management Pack and Keeping Old Management Pack Data

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:21:02 GMT

Reproduced from the System Center Operations Manager blog: One of the scenarios supported by the new Exchange 2007 MP (6.0.6623.0) is to keep the Exchange 2007 Converted MP (6.0.6461.0) installed. This allows you to keep your historical data from the...(read more)

[OpsMgr] MPguide_template_external updated

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:22:00 GMT

From the System Center Operations Manager blog: We have updated the mp guide template that you can use for writing your own mp guides for your custom mps. The content has been updated for several topics and new content was added for disabled monitors...(read more)

[OpsMgr] OpsMgr 2007 Tip: Some Reports may be missing from the Reporting pane

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:47:55 GMT

Some good info in this post by Milan Jajal over on The Operations Manager Support Team Blog : “ Using System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1), you may notice that some reports folders are missing from the Reporting pane under Operations...(read more)

[OpsMgr] DB Grooming – How it works

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Sun, 31 May 2009 14:44:00 GMT

I came across this post on Steve Rachui's Manageability blog - ConfigMgr/OpsMgr : “ A while back I wrote up a blog post on how grooming works for the OpsMgr DB and the warehouse http://blogs.msdn.com/steverac/archive/2007/12/13/scom-2007-operational...(read more)

[OpsMgr] What’s new in R2 Deployment and Upgrade

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Fri, 29 May 2009 07:29:00 GMT

Wondering what’s new? Check out this blog post on the System Center Operations Manager blog: http://blogs.technet.com/momteam/archive/2009/05/29/what-s-new-in-r2-deployment-and-upgrade.aspx...( read more ) Read More......(read more)

[OpsMgr] Service Level Dashboard 2.0 for Operations Manager 2007 R2 now available

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Thu, 28 May 2009 20:14:00 GMT

Posted on The Operations Manager Support Team Blog : “The Service Level Dashboard Management Pack 2.0 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 was delivered late last week by the Microsoft Solution Accelerators team, and is available for you to download...(read more)

[OpsMgr] How to configure a gateway to communicate with a different management server...

Cliff Hobbs at myITforum.com — Fri, 22 May 2009 07:41:00 GMT

“ Here’s a neat piece of documentation I came across today that was written by one of our top Support Escalation Engineers, Ganesh Babu gnana Sundaram. If you ever need to reconfigure a Gateway server to communicate with a different Management server...(read more)