Keeping up with technology is tough. It’s a constantly evolving battle where even the solid ground under your feet can shift at any time. The pace of change is accelerating, and IT consultants who can’t keep up will not have a viable skill set to continue in consulting. Are you ready for the bad news?…
This article identifies changes seen in Operations Manager 2012 R2 preview release and details the steps required to install Operations Manager 2012 R2 preview release running on Windows Server 2012 R2 preview release. For the to be an all-in-one System Center Operations Manager 2012 R2 environment, it will need to be domain controller, SQL…
With the announcement at TechEd Europe (http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2013/06/24/teched-europe-big-bets-and-big-opportunities.aspx) Windows 2012 R2 preview release, System Center 2012 R2 preview release are now available. The following are download pages and product pages for these items: Download pages: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/dn205286?WT.mc_id=OO_Technet_Home_General_EN_US http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/evalcenter/dn205295?WT.mc_id=OO_Technet_Home_General_EN_US http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn296435.aspx?CR_CC=200142594 Product version pages: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-server/windows-server-2012-r2.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/system-center/system-center-2012-r2.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/windows-azure-pack.aspx So what should you expect when installing Windows Server 2012…
I’ve been using System Center Virtual Machine Manager for a while now. I’ve upgraded hosts from Windows Server 2008 R2 to Windows Server 2012. And I’ve upgraded SCVMM as part of that process. I’ve run across several issues and questions that were notable so I thought it’s time to bring them together into a blog…
Sometimes you can’t install an Operations Manager agent and you really need something simple which tells you whether what you want to monitor is up or down and how quickly it is responding. For items like this, the OpsLogix ping management pack is extremely useful. This management pack is free for download at: http://www.opslogix.com/download. This…
Happy Friday my fellow Operations Manager cohorts! I saw this this while working on client site this week which is now my favorite product knowledge tab of all time! Ah, the many things in life that have gone on the “TODO” list and never got TODONE. 🙂 (The vendor name for this alert has…
Operations Manager 2012 provides enhanced network monitoring capabilities which includes the ability to provide monitoring for various interfaces and ports on the network devices. While I have seen mentions about configuring monitoring for an additional network port or interface (such as http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh212935.aspx which states that “Ports that are connected to a computer are not…
This is the second of a three part blog series highlighting the integration available between System Center Operations Manager 2012 and SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor. This topic was initially mentioned around the timeframe of the Microsoft Management Summit this year – information is available at: http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/2013/04/09/monitor-the-monitor-alert-on-operations-manager-health/. I’ve been working with the folks at SolarWinds…
A good friend of mine reached out to me recently to ask me a candid question. He works in the monitoring industry and has a lot of history using open source solutions such as Nagios. Here’s what he asked and my thoughts on the topic. Question: “Why should I use SCOM to monitor my…
At first glance – there really isn’t much to the current version of the management pack (6.0.5000.0). It does not even include views to see the health of WSUS (as discussed in this thread) . But if you are using this version of WSUS you need something to monitor it and this is what’s currently…
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