April 2007 - Technical Rollup Mail - Manageability
News
System Center Operations Manager 2007 – It’s Here!
System Center Operations Manager 2007 is the end-to-end service management solution that is the best choice for Windows because it works seamlessly with Microsoft software and applications helping you increase efficiency while enabling greater control of your IT environment.
https://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/opsmgr/default.mspx
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Microsoft System Center Website – Designed for BIG
See video’s and case studies from four large enterprise deployments using Microsoft’s manageability products
https://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/designedforbig/
Downloads
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Optimize Your Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange, Windows Vista and Windows Investments
System Center Operations Manager is best of breed for Windows because it includes expertise from the Microsoft server, client and application teams, providing you with the knowledge and built-in capabilities to drive greater efficiency:
•Monitoring Windows Vista, Office 2007, POS, ATM and Windows Clients with Operations Manager 2007
•Monitoring Exchange Server and Unified Communications with Operations Manager 2007
•Monitoring SQL Server and custom .NET applications with Operations Manager 2007
Events/WebCasts
With the launch of System Center Operations Manager 2007, here is a collection of webcasts demonstrating some of the key functionality that ships with this product:
Add Monitoring with a Management Pack Template
Presenters: Omar Kouatly, Microsoft
This video demonstrates how to add TCP port monitoring using a Management Pack Template in Operations Manager 2007.
Running Time (minutes): 3:45
Date Posted: March 23, 2007
Presenters: Dhananjay Mahajan, Microsoft
This video provides a brief overview of how to configure AEM (Agentless Exception Monitoring) using the Configure Client Monitoring Wizard. AEM is one part of the rich client monitoring capabilities in Operations Manager 2007.
Running Time (minutes): 7:41
Date Posted: March 23, 2007
Presenters: Omar Kouatly, Microsoft
This video provides a brief overview of how to import Management Packs in Operations Manager 2007.
Running Time (minutes): 3:38
Date Posted: March 23, 2007
Presenters: Omar Kouatly, Microsoft
This video provides an overview of the Management Pack Templates in Operations Manager 2007.
Running Time (minutes): 3:03
Date Posted: March 23, 2007
Presenters: Thomas Theiner, Microsoft
This video covers how to create, view, manage and subscribe to reports in Operations Manager 2007.
Running Time (minutes): 13:26
Date Posted: March 23, 2007
Target Monitoring (Targeting Management Pack Objects)
Presenters: Lorenzo Rizzi, Microsoft
This video demonstrates how to target management pack objects such as rules and monitors in Operations Manager 2007.
Running Time (minutes): 4:29
Date Posted: March 23, 2007
What's new for Operations Manager 2005 Authors
Presenters: Steve Wilson, Microsoft
This video will assist MOM 2005 Authors transition to the authoring experience in Operations Manager 2007.
Running Time (minutes): 6:48
Date Posted: March 23, 2007
Presenters: Joseph Chan, Microsoft
This video demonstrates how to configure Active Directory integration to automatically assign agents to management servers.
Running Time (minutes): 6:03
Date Posted: March 18, 2007
Adjusting Monitors with Overrides
Presenters: Lorenzo Rizzi, Microsoft
This video provides and overview of the overrides feature in Operations Manager 2007.
Running Time (minutes): 5:37
Date Posted: March 18, 2007
Presenters: Joseph Chan , Microsoft
This video introduces the Administration Space in the Operations Console.
Running Time (minutes): 7:05
Date Posted: March 18, 2007
Presenters: Roger Sprague, Microsoft
This video covers the capabilities, starting, discovering, and navigation of the Operations Manager Command Shell.
Running Time (minutes): 11:01
Date Posted: March 18, 2007
Presenters: Dhananjay Mahajan, Microsoft
This video demonstrates how to configure the channel, recipients, subscriptions, and format of notification messages in Operations Manager 2007.
Running Time (minutes): 9:36
Date Posted: March 18, 2007
Presenters: Joseph Chan, Microsoft
This video demonstrates how to create user roles to control access to Operations Manager data and monitoring objects like tasks and views according to the users business responsibilities and needs.
Running Time (minutes): 5:39
Date Posted: March 18, 2007
Presenters: Steve Wilson, Microsoft
This video introduces the use of diagnostics and recoveries for monitors in Operations Manager 2007.
Running Time (minutes): 6:13
Date Posted: March 2, 2007
Presenters: Steve Wilson, Microsoft
This video will show you how to create different types of groups using the Operations Console.
Running Time (minutes): 5:32
Date Posted: March 2, 2007
Building Management Packs (Management Pack Concepts)
Presenters: Steve Wilson, Microsoft
This video provides and introduction to creating and using Management Packs in Operations Manager 2007.
Running Time (minutes): 6:29
Date Posted: March 2, 2007
Presenters: Steve Wilson, Microsoft
This video provides a brief overview of how to create and edit rules in the Operations Console.
Running Time (minutes): 7:27
Date Posted: March 2, 2007
Presenters: Steve Wilson, Microsoft
This video provides a brief overview of how to create and use tasks in the Operations Console.
Running Time (minutes): 5:27
Date Posted: March 2, 2007
About Views (Add New Views of Monitoring)
Presenters: Steve Wilson, Microsoft
This video provides a brief overview on creating, editing, using and organizing views in the Operations Console.
Running Time (minutes): 7:04
Date Posted: March 2, 2007
Presenters: Justin Incarnato, Microsoft
This video demonstrates installing agents on discovered Windows Servers and Proxy Agents SNMP devices.
Running Time (minutes): 2:22
Date Posted: February 28, 2007
Presenters: Tom Keane, Microsoft
This video provides an overview of using the Favorites Views and Saved Searches.
Running Time (minutes): 4:09
Date Posted: February 28, 2007
Presenters: Tom Keane, Microsoft
This video provides an overview of using the Active Alerts view, the Look for filter, Performance views, and the Computers view.
Running Time (minutes): 3:25
Date Posted: February 28, 2007
Presenters: Justin Incarnato, Microsoft
The Distributed Application video demonstrates creating a distributed application model using the MS PetShop application as an example.
Running Time (minutes): 5:32
Date Posted: February 16, 2007
Presenters: Tom Keane, Microsoft
The About Monitors video demonstrates creating a simple service monitor in System Center Operations Manager 2007.
Running Time (minutes): 3:28
Date Posted: February 16, 2007
Presenters: Tom Keane, Microsoft
The Using the Operations Console video provides an overview of each of the nodes in the Operations Manager console including the Monitoring, Authoring, Administration, Reporting and My Workspace nodes.
Running Time (minutes): 3:29
Date Posted: February 16, 2007
TechNet Webcast: How Microsoft IT Implements System Center Operations Manager 2007
As a first step in building an end-to-end solution, Microsoft IT used System Center Operations Manager 2007 to consolidate two of its largest management groups into one group, the Enterprise Monitoring Team (EMT). In this webcast, we show how Microsoft System Center Operations Manager, the next generation of Microsoft Operations Management and successor to MOM 2005, significantly changes the way that EMT monitors its operations. See how new templates and improved management pack design enable group managers to adjust their monitoring definitions and configurations without having to depend on EMT specialists.
New KB’s
KB934160: Error message in Windows Vista when you try to rename a new subfolder in a shared folder on the network: "The <SharedFolderName> folder does not exist" https://support.microsoft.com/kb/934160
KB926030: How to use Systems Management Server to deploy Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 https://support.microsoft.com/kb/926030
KB933461: Error message after you enable the "Systems Management Server Advanced Client Updates" option in the Sms_def.mof file: "Unknown error encountered processing an instance of class Win32Reg_AdvCliUpdates: 80041001" https://support.microsoft.com/kb/933461
KB933553: You cannot deploy an operating system image to a computer that has a hidden partition when you use Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 https://support.microsoft.com/kb/933553
KB933556: Error message when you use the MOM 2005 Operator console to run an XML script that contains a CDATA block: "Parameter is incorrect" https://support.microsoft.com/kb/933556
KB934756: How to test notification settings after you configure e-mail notifications for a recipient or for a subscription in Operations Manager 2007 https://support.microsoft.com/kb/934756
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" https://support.microsoft.com/kb/934757