System Center Cross Platform and Interop
Team blog for System Center Cross Platform and Interoperability - Microsoft’s manageability solutions for UNIX and Linux platforms and interoperability with third-party management systems.
We’ve Moved!
In order to provide a more consistent experience with the System Center product family, we've moved...
Date: 02/14/2012
Operations Manager 2012 Beta is available!
The public beta version of Operations Manager 2012 is now available here...
Date: 07/21/2011
OpsMgr 2007 R2 CU4 Ships!
<plagiarizing directly from Justin Incarnato of the OpsMgr team> I’m very happy to announce...
Date: 02/01/2011
Using Opalis to get info from the SCX Cross Platform Agent
Having started on the Cross Platform & Interop team before Opalis was a part of it, I think...
Date: 11/11/2010
Cross Platform Cumulative Update 3 for Operations Manager Ships!
Cross Platform Cumulative Update 3 for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 is now...
Date: 10/01/2010
How You Can Drive the Direction of Cross Platform Support in Operations Manager
Within any software company, it's always a struggle to come up with the right mix of functionality...
Date: 08/18/2010
Tip of the week: Keep up to date with Cross-Plat KB Articles using Bing search RSS output
Yesterday I posted an article on the Opalis blog about this topic, so I thought it only fitting that...
Date: 08/13/2010
Operations Manager 2007 R2 Interop Connectors CU2 Released
Last week I decided to rebuild my desktop and I'm finally back to full speed again. Now that I have...
Date: 08/04/2010
Troubleshooting Cross Platform Discovery and Agent Installation (part 3)
This is part of a multi-part article (if you didn't gather that from the title). For easy reference,...
Date: 06/10/2010
Troubleshooting Cross Platform Discovery and Agent Installation (part 1)
Troubleshooting discovery and agent installation can be challenging when it comes to the cross...
Date: 06/10/2010
Troubleshooting Cross Platform Discovery and Agent Installation (part 4)
This is part of a multi-part article (if you didn't gather that from the title). For easy reference,...
Date: 06/10/2010
Troubleshooting Cross Platform Discovery and Agent Installation (part 2)
This is part of a multi-part article (if you didn't gather that from the title). For easy reference,...
Date: 06/10/2010
Using sudo (instead of root) for running privileged tasks
Originally I was going to talk about how to use sudo for installing the cross platform agent. That...
Date: 06/07/2010
Quest releases new Cisco extension for OpsMgr
I get asked a lot whether we can monitor network devices using OpsMgr, and here is a perfect example...
Date: 05/25/2010
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Date: 05/13/2010
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Date: 05/12/2010
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Date: 04/27/2010
More Good Cross Platform MP Articles
Kristopher Bash has written some more good articles on using cross platform agents for Operations...
Date: 04/26/2010
Cross Platform and Interop TechCenter Now Available on TechNet!
I’m happy to announce that we have just activated a new TechCenter on Microsoft TechNet specifically...
Date: 04/15/2010
Opalis at MMS 2010 – use #opalis !
With MMS happening next week, I wanted to get the word out to everyone attending to be sure and...
Date: 04/15/2010
Triggering Opalis Workflows Using Complex Schedules (part 2)
After writing my last article, no more than five minutes later did two people correct me on having...
Date: 04/15/2010
Triggering Opalis Workflows Using Complex Schedules
I answered my first Opalis question in the forums today. And sure enough, it’s something that would...
Date: 04/15/2010
Get Ready for the Opalis Onslaught
Ok, so “onslaught” sounds like a harsh term. Perhaps “juggernaut”? Ok, how about the benign term...
Date: 04/14/2010
A Simple 3-Value OpsMgr Script Monitor for UNIX and Linux
(updated 6/11/2010 with some additonal information) One of the more common questions I see is how to...
Date: 04/02/2010
Official support statement for new Linux/UNIX version releases
A few customers have asked about our plans for supporting new versions of UNIX and Linux when they...
Date: 03/25/2010
Opalis Resources
Helpful links for System Center Cross Platform information: Top Troubleshooting Topics: Certificate...
Date: 03/17/2010
Interop Connectors Resources
Helpful links for System Center Cross Platform information: Top Troubleshooting Topics: Certificate...
Date: 03/17/2010
Building an Oracle Management Pack for OpsMgr Cross-Platform Agents
I just discovered a new (to me) blogger who is writing about cross platform support in Operations...
Date: 03/17/2010
Quest Announces VMWare extension for Operations Manager is now free!
News Flash from Quest (www.quest.com) The QMX VMware extension is now free for...
Date: 03/04/2010
Even more about root account usage in the cross platform monitoring
Root account usage requirements are a hot topic around here. It’s not always clear why root access...
Date: 03/04/2010
New BridgeWays Betas: WebSphere, WebLogic and Generic JVM monitoring with SCOM
BridgeWays just announced three new beta management packs: BridgeWays Management Pack for WebSphere...
Date: 03/03/2010
Some more help troubleshooting discovery and agent installation
I was recently working with Bob Cornelissen on an issue that he was seeing with agent installation....
Date: 02/22/2010
System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Cross Platform Cumulative Update 2 (KB979490) released
The Cross Platform team released a new update (CU2) for Operations Manager R2 Cross Platform agents...
Date: 02/16/2010
Modifying single-value monitors to allow for multiple possible return codes
I recently got a question in the Cross Platform Forums about an issue a customer was seeing with...
Date: 02/10/2010
Silect Releases MP Studio 4.1
From Silect’s Release: We’re pleased to announce the availability of our latest release of MP Studio...
Date: 02/10/2010
A PowerShell script for removing all Unix/Linux computers from a Management Server
We recently released a set of PowerShell scripts for cross platform computers in Operations Manager,...
Date: 02/05/2010
Can’t get your Linux computer discovered? Check your network configuration.
Recently I was doing some tests and was trying to deploy a new Linux computer to be managed by...
Date: 02/05/2010
FAQ: How do I License Cross Platform Agents?
This question comes up often enough, and I saw another person send an email out on it today – “How...
Date: 02/04/2010
Understanding CPU Performance Counters on Cross Platform Monitors
I recently saw a bug submitted to our team about CPU usage statistics being reported by the cross...
Date: 02/04/2010
Getting “the Linux guys” to accept (or even tolerate) Windows-based management
I hear this same question over and over in the forums, email discussions and face to face with lots...
Date: 02/01/2010
Building a CentOS Management Pack (part 3)
In part 1 of this article, I talked about the basics of building a CentOS Management Pack, beginning...
Date: 01/18/2010
Building a CentOS Management Pack (part 2)
In part 1 of this article, I talked about the basics of building a CentOS Management Pack, beginning...
Date: 01/15/2010
More on Unix Privileged Account vs. Unix Action Account and root-level access context
A couple of weeks ago, I posted “Privileged and Non-Privileged “Run As” accounts in cross platform...
Date: 01/12/2010
Using OpsMgr Class Inheritance to Extend Monitoring to New (Unsupported) Operating Systems
I got an email the other day from a customer who asked if we were planning on supporting Red Hat...
Date: 01/11/2010
Cross Platform Resources
Helpful links for System Center Cross Platform information: Top Troubleshooting Topics: Certificate...
Date: 01/08/2010
Building a CentOS Management Pack (part 1)
UPDATE 8/27/2012 - This worked on SCOM 2007 R2 but will most likely not work on SC 2012. As part of...
Date: 01/05/2010
Cross Platform Audit Collection Services released
We are happy to announce the release of the Cross Platform Audit Collection Services for Operations...
Date: 12/17/2009
Privileged and Non-Privileged “Run As” accounts in cross platform monitoring
One of the initial configuration requirements (and one of the top things new users forget to do) for...
Date: 12/16/2009