The System Center Operations Manager Support Team Blog
This is the OpsMgr 2007 blog for the Microsoft support team. If you were looking for the SCOM 2007 or MOM 2005 blog then you are in the right place.
New Exchange 2007 Management Pack and Keeping Old Management Pack Data
In case you missed it, Steven Halsey just posted some great info on the new Exchange Management Pack...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/07/2009
One new System Center Operations Manager 2007 KB article for the week ending 07/04/2009
We just published a new Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 article which addresses an...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/06/2009
OpsMgr 2007: How to create reports that can be viewed in IE rather than the console
Some users may need to have reports that can be looked at regularly but they don't want to install...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 07/02/2009
One new System Center Operations Manager 2007 KB article for the week ending 06/27/2009
At Microsoft we are continually receiving feedback from customers and improving our products, and as...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/29/2009
Troubleshooting the import failure of the Active Directory 2008 Management Pack for MOM 2005
Here’s an issue I ran into when I was trying to import the Active Directory 2008 Management pack for...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/25/2009
Known issues with the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Management Pack for Systems Center Operations Manager 2007
We’ve seen a couple issues with the Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 Management Pack for Systems Center...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/23/2009
Windows Server Hyper-V Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 now available
Just an FYI that last Friday we released the Windows Server Hyper-V Management Pack for System...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/22/2009
Fixing Discovery issues in OpsMgr 2007
The System Center Operations Manager 2007 product team just posted a cool article on how to fix a...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/18/2009
Three new System Center Operations Manager 2007 KB articles for the week ending 06/13/2009
Last week we published some new Knowledge Base articles for System Center Operations Manager 2007. I...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/15/2009
New Security Hardening Guide for Operations Manager 2007 R2 and Windows Server 2008
Just an FYI that we published a new version of our System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 SCW...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/15/2009
Steve Rachui is an OpsMgr blogging machine
If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time then you’re already familiar with the...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/10/2009
OpsMgr 2007 R2 intros two new complex deployment scenarios not previously supported
The System Center Operations Manager 2007 product team just announced the introduction of two new...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/09/2009
OpsMgr 2007 Tip: Some Reports may be missing from the Reporting pane
Using System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1), you may notice that some reports...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/03/2009
OpsMgr DB Grooming – How it works
Steve Rachui just posted a great article on how grooming works in System Center Operations Manager...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/02/2009
HP releases Insight Control suite for Microsoft System Center
Looks like they just announced the availability of the HP Insight Control suite for Microsoft System...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/02/2009
MOM 2005 ReliabilityAnalysisReporting task taking a long time to complete?
If you have installed the MOM 2005 Reliability Analysis Reporting pack and found over time the task...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/02/2009
What’s new in OpsMgr 2007 R2 Deployment and Upgrade
The Operations Manager product team blog just posted some great information on what you need to know...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 06/01/2009
Service Level Dashboard 2.0 for Operations Manager 2007 R2 now available
The Service Level Dashboard Management Pack 2.0 for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 was...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/28/2009
The new System Center Operations Manager Online forums have officially launched!
Just an FYI that we just launched our new System Center Operations Manager 2007 based forums over on...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/27/2009
System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 has been approved and released to manufacturing
Just in case you got an early start on the long Memorial Day weekend (here in the States) and missed...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/26/2009
Five new System Center Operations Manager 2007 KB articles for the week ending 05/23/2009
Last week we published five new Knowledge Base articles for System Center Operations Manager 2007. I...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/26/2009
OpsMgr 2007: How to configure a gateway to communicate with a different management server without moving agents
Here’s a neat piece of documentation I came across today that was written by one of our top Support...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/21/2009
Which System Center Operations Manager 2007 hotfixes should I apply?
If I had a nickel for each time I heard that one. It’s a great question too, and one that...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/20/2009
Announcing Microsoft Automated Troubleshooting Services 1.0
I know this is a little bit off topic but it’s cool enough that I thought you might appreciate a...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/19/2009
Two new System Center Operations Manager 2007 KB articles for the week ending 05/16/2009
Last week we published two new Knowledge Base articles for System Center Operations Manager...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/18/2009
TechNet Webcast: Operations Manager 2007 R2 Deployment and Upgrade Best Practices
Here's another cool webcast that actually occurred last month but you can still view it online in...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/13/2009
OpsMgr 2007: How to get alerts for domain group membership changes
Using System Center Operations Manager 2007, you want to get an alert for any change in the domain...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/12/2009
Two new System Center Operations Manager 2007 KB articles for the week ending 05/09/2009
Last week we published two new Knowledge Base articles for System Center Operations Manager...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/11/2009
TechNet Webcast: System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Interoperability Connectors
On May 20th we’re hosting a webcast focusing on the Microsoft-branded interoperability connectors...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/07/2009
OpsMgr 2007: "Error 25218: Failed to uninstall SDK MOF" when installing SP1
Here’s an issue we see on a fairly regular basis around here that I thought would be worth a quick...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/05/2009
One new SCE 2007 KB article for the week ending 05/02/2009
Last week we published a new Knowledge Base article for System Center Essentials 2007. This...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 05/04/2009
Announcing SystemCenterCentral.com
We are proud to announce SystemCenterCentral.com, the site to visit for "Everything System...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/29/2009
OpsMgr 2007: SQL 2000 on Windows Server 2003 Itanium servers may not be discovered by the SQL MP
This isn’t an issue we see very often just because SQL 2000 is nearly at the end of its supported...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/29/2009
How to Extend the Certificate Expiration period in Operations Manager 2007
By default when we request a certificate in System Center Operations Manager 2007, the validity...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/28/2009
How to generate web application response time reports in OpsMgr 2007
Measuring and tracking web application response times can be critical in identifying and preventing...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/28/2009
One new SCE 2007 KB article for the week ending 04/25/2009
Last week we had one new Knowledge Base article for System Center Essentials 2007. This one...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/27/2009
SCE 2007: Computers and agents showing as Not Yet Contacted
What’s this? A post on System Center Essentials? And you thought we only covered...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/23/2009
So how many blogs does Microsoft have?
Everywhere you look these days it’s all about blogs. Blogs here, blogs there, they’re all over...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/22/2009
Management Group Fails to Start after OpsMgr 2007 R2 upgrade - Logs event IDs 20056, 2000
After you upgrade to System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 you may notice that a management group...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/22/2009
OpsMgr 2007: The diagram view for a custom distributed application may not display all of the objects
Here’s a quick heads up on an issue we ran into the other day. If you’ve noticed that the diagram...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/20/2009
Four new MOM/OpsMgr KB articles for the week ending 04/18/2009
Last week we had three new Knowledge Base articles for System Center Operations Manager 2007 and one...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/20/2009
Configuring IM Notifications in System Center Operations Manager 2007
Ever wanted to setup IM notifications in SCOM 2007? Well here are the 6 steps you’ll need to...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/15/2009
Public Beta of the Windows Server OS MP that supports Server 2008 R2 (aka Win7 Server) is now available
Just in case you missed the announcement, yesterday the Ops Manager team released the following to...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/14/2009
MOM 2005: Error in Exchange 2007 Metrics report - RPC and Database Performance report
The Exchange 2007 Management Pack for MOM 2005 was recently updated to support the changes to...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/14/2009
Three new OpsMgr KB articles for the week ending 04/11/2009
Last week we had three new Knowledge Base articles for System Center Operations Manager...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/13/2009
OpsMgr 2007: Secondary Management Server install fails if Reporting is already installed and the DW action account and RMS action account are the same
Here’s another great tip sent to me by Ritesh Grover on our OpsMgr team. This one involves...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/09/2009
One new SCE KB article and two new OpsMgr KB articles for the week ending 04/04/2009
Last week we had one new Knowledge Base article for System Center Essentials and two new Knowledge...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/08/2009
Info on System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2
I was going through all the cool stuff the OpsMgr product team has been releasing lately and found a...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/07/2009
OpsMgr 2007: The SQL Server Management Pack has been updated to version 6.0.6569.0
This may be old news to some of you but the Operations Manager product team recently updated the SQL...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/07/2009
OpsMgr 2007: Monitoringhost.exe or HealthService.exe may have a high (>10000) handle count and restart
UPDATED 08/17/2009: This issue has been resolved with Knowledge Base article 968760:...
Author: J.C. Hornbeck Date: 04/02/2009