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KB936220 (Amended) - How to change the credentials for the OpsMgr SDK Service and for the OpsMgr Config Service in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007
I put in a change a change request for the Kb article https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936220 to...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 06/22/2007
Exchange Server 2007 Management Pack for MOM 2005 Released to the Web (ver 08.01.0021.001)
The Exchange Server 2007 MP for MOM 2005 has been released to the Web with support for localized...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 06/19/2007
Operations Manager 2007 Design Guide released to the Web
The Design Guide has been released and is available via the documentation link on TechNet...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 06/17/2007
System Center Operations Manager 2007 Virtual Labs now available on the Technet Site
System Center Operations Manager 2007: Introduction -...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 06/15/2007
KB938627 - When you try to install Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Reporting, the installation is unsuccessful
KB938627 has been released https://support.microsoft.com/kb/938627/en-us SYMPTOMS When you try to...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 06/15/2007
Exchange 2000-2003 Management Pack for MOM 2005 has been updated (MP Version 6.5.7926)
The Exchange 2000-2003 MP for MOM 2005 has been updated to 6.5.7926 and is available via...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 06/07/2007
Entity Heath for one or more Management Servers displays Critical in the Operations Manager Console
Not a KB article yet, but on the way to becoming one. This affects the RTM product due to an...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 06/06/2007
KB937831 - The installation of System Center Essentials 2007 fails during the Reporting part of Setup and the following information is logged: The specified domain does not exist or cannot be contacted
The knowledgebase article discussing the problem with installing System Center Essentials 2007 when...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 06/05/2007
Microsoft acquires Engyro Corporation
Today Microsoft announced the acquisition of Engyro corporation https://www.engyro.com , the company...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 06/04/2007
Operations Manager 2007 MP's released to the Web - Print Server, FRS, Group Policy, DHCP, WSS 3.0, MOSS 2007
The following Operations Manager 2007/Essentials 2007 Management packs have released to the Web...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 06/04/2007
MGInfo - Management Group license and summary info utility for Operations Manager 2007 and Essentials 2007
Here's a small command line utility I put together which allows you to display licensing, and some...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 06/04/2007
System Center Essentials Documentation Released to the Web (Operations Guide & Migration Guide)
The System Center Essentials 2007 Operations Guide is now available via the following link...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 06/04/2007
Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Server Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 released to the Web
The Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 Server Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 has...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/31/2007
Operations Manager 2007 MOM 2005 Backward Compatibility MP Update Released to the Web
An update has been released to the backward compatibility MP's for Operations Manager 2007. These...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/31/2007
Updated Microsoft SQL Server Management Pack for Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 released to the Web
An updated version of the SQL Server 2000-2005 management pack for MOM 2005 have been released to...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/31/2007
MOM 2005 Windows Server Base OS MP 05.0.3500.0010 supporting Windows Server 2003 R2 has been re-released to the Web
For those with a long memory, you may recall the Server Base OS MP 05.0.3500.0000 was withdrawn last...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/29/2007
KB937826 - How to upgrade the 180-day evaluation version of System Center Operations Manager 2007 to the full product version
KB937826 is in the process of publication and should be available via the following link...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/29/2007
Operations Manager 2007 Performance And Scalability Whitepaper has now moved from the Connect site to Microsoft Downloads
In order to make it easier to obtain the Perf and Scale Whitepaper has moved to the Microsoft...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/26/2007
Management Pack Authoring Console help file released for Operations Manager 2007
The Operations Manager 2007 authoring console is currently still in beta and is available from...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/25/2007
Tool to dump all MP's as XML (Unsealed) to a folder of your choice - Updated (Now version 2.0)
Well it's easy enough to do in PowerShell but there are a few caveats involved. I'm running System...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/25/2007
Operations Manager 2007 and Essentials Hotfixes released to solve Reporting install issues covering: (1) Install failure when SDK account is Local System KB936219 , 2) Failure to install in a disjointed namespace
Two hotfixes have been released and are currently only available through Microsoft Customer Support...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/25/2007
KB937050 - Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 Administrative console does not display the correct scope for some user accounts
KB937050 will be available via the following link shortly https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=937050...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/24/2007
KB936178 - Error message when you try to import a management pack in System Center Essentials 2007: "OutOfMemoryException"
KB936178 has been released https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936178 SYMPTOMS When you try to import...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/22/2007
Alert Resolution States / Auto-Resolve settings dialog is not present within the System Center Essentials 2007 UI
The System Center Operations Manager 2007 administrator console contains a settings dialog for Alert...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/21/2007
KB934757 - Error message when you click Record after you start the Web Application Editor in Operations Manager 2007: "The requested lookup key was not found in any activation context"
KB934757 (https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934757) has been released SYMPTOMS When you open the...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/16/2007
KB934756 - How to test notification settings after you configure e-mail notifications for a recipient or for a subscription in Operations Manager 2007
KB934756 (https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934756) has been released INTRODUCTION This article...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/16/2007
KB934760 - Error message when you try to install a management agent in Operations Manager 2007: "Unknown error 0x80072971"
KB934760 (https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934760) has been released SYMPTOMS When you try to...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/16/2007
KB937292 - Error message when you run the Operations Manager Prerequisite Viewer for the Server component: "Microsoft.interop.security.azroles.dll is not registered in the global assembly cache"
KB937292 has now been published https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=937292 SYMPTOMS When you run the...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/16/2007
KB919598 - When you try to import a Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 report file, the import process fails (UPDATED)
KB919598 (https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=919598) has been recently updated to reflect the fact...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/16/2007
Windows Vista Client Monitoring MP for OpsMgr07 Released to the Web
The Vista monitoring MP is now available from...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/15/2007
SMS 2003 SP3 MP Guide For OpsMgr07 Available for download
The SMS 2003 MP Guide for OpsMgr07...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/15/2007
WSUS 3.0 MP For MOM 2005 released
The WSUS 3.0 MP for MOM 2005 has been released...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/15/2007
KB924043 - Active Directory Management Pack reports contain incorrect data after you install Multiple Management Group Rollup Solution Accelerator in a Microsoft Operations Manager 2005 environment
KB924043 has been released https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=924043 SYMPTOMS Consider the following...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/15/2007
Operations Manager 2007 Web Console returns Server Error in '/' Application - Requested value 'UrlViewType' was not found.
This issue occurs when a new Web Page View is created in the Operations Manager 2007 console. This...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/14/2007
Operations Manager 2007 and System Center Essentials Reporting features will fail to install in a disjointed DNS namespace
This is currently a known issue. The Reporting install will roll back when installed in a disjointed...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/14/2007
KB936219 - Error message when you try to install System Center Operations Manager 2007 Reporting: "The wizard was interrupted before Operations Manager 2007 could be installed"
KB936219 has been released https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=936219 CAUSE This problem occurs if...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/14/2007
Not able to see all servers in my Availability Reporting reports for MOM 2005
Seeing these symptoms? Even after rebooting and waiting a long period of time for availability data...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/11/2007
Can I upgrade from the Operations Manager 2007 Evaluation version to the full version? - Why, sure you can
The Operations Manager 2007 180-day evaluation version downloadable from...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/11/2007
How to configure Audit Collection System (ACS) to use Certificate based authentication
The documentation for this is yet to be published. Since I configured this recently and it's fresh...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/11/2007
KB934441 - Event ID: 26009 occurs after a MOM 2005 agent tries to fail over to the secondary MOM 2005 server
KB934441 has been released https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=934441 If you have multiple management...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/11/2007
The SMS 2003 Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 is now available
The SMS 2003 Management Pack is now available from the download site at...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/09/2007
OpsMgr07 PreReq returns Microsoft.interop.security.azroles.dll is not registered in the global assemby cache
KB is forthcoming on this issue. If you receive the above prereq error when running the Operations...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/09/2007
Operations Manager 2007 SDK Documentation Released to MSDN
The Operations Manager 2007 SDK documentation is now available on MSDN online :...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/03/2007
Using certificates with OpsMgr07 Agents and Workgroup computers
If it's not necessary to use a Gateway server in a situation where mutual authentication is not...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/02/2007
KB936221 - The Run As Account that you create in System Center Operations Manager 2007 or in System Center Essentials 2007 does not run a task successfully
KB936221 has been released to https://support.microsoft.com/kb/936221/en-us
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/02/2007
KB936579 - The Operations Manager Audit Collection Service does not start and Event ID 4668 is logged after you install Audit Collection Server from a read-only source
As previously mentioned on my blog that a KB was forthcoming. KB936579 is now published...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/02/2007
System Center Essentials 2007 Has RTM'ed ! - Eval version available for download
System Center Essentials 2007, AKA SCE has RTM'ed. The English version is currently available for...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/02/2007
Operations Manager 2007 Security Guide Released to the Web
The Operations Manager 2007 Security Guide has been released to accompany the other documentation...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 05/02/2007
Operations Manager 2007 RTM MP and Guides are in the process of publication to the download site and MP Catalog
The RTM MP's are in the process of publication to the download site. Possibly the easiest method to...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 04/26/2007
KB934700 - Error message when you reinstall MOM 2005, and then you restore the previous MOM 2005 OnePoint database: "Was unable to submit the request to the MOM Management Server"
KB934700 has been published and is available via the following link...
Author: CliveEastwood Date: 04/18/2007