One of the major challenges in Operations Manager is how to surface data and to do so in a useful way. Sometimes the best approach will be a console, or a report. Sometimes it will be a dashboard or a desktop gadget. For this blog entry we will focus on the wonderful world of gadgets.…
In the Savision Live Maps Authoring utility you can highlight a single (or multiple items as shown below) and move them by using the arrow keys. But a single arrow to the left is often a larger move than needed as shown below: Instead of zooming in for smaller/more detailed levels of moving, use…
On a NOC view it is preferable to have a specific Live Map display instead of the full Live Maps Web Console. To determine the specific URL to display open the Savision Web Console (servername:52909 by default) and browse to the Live Map that you want to locate the URL for. Click on the globe…
Kevin Holman provides a great article on how to upgrade OpsMgr to CU4 which is available at: http://blogs.technet.com/b/kevinholman/archive/2011/02/01/opsmgr-2007-r2-cu4-rollup-hotfix-ships-and-my-experience-installing-it.aspx One item that his article does not cover however is details about how to upgrade agents which were manually installed. Manually installed agents will not appear in the pending view after CU4 has been deployed, and require…
For those OpsMgr administrators out there this won’t be a surprise – Operations Manager has no prebuilt dashboard product. Unlike both Configuration Manager and Service Manager. For a good overview of dashboard options available for Operations Manager check out the Windows IT Pro article “Operations Manager Dashboards”. While OpsMgr 2012 will have built-in dashboard functionality…
The file the OpsMgr console is using as it’s cache is called momcache.mdb. It is stored in a user specific folder: c:\users\<profile>\appdata\local\microsoft\microsoft.mom.ui.console\ or %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\microsoft.mom.ui.console\ Good reference on this file (and redirecting it): http://thoughtsonopsmgr.blogspot.com/2009/09/redirecting-mom-cache-file-momcachemdb.html
I have found that key concepts for a successful Live Meeting presentation include: Relevant – Using each minute on the Live Meeting to focus on topics relevant to the presentation or the client Prepared & Focused – Be prepared and stay focused on the topic requested for the presentation Adaptable – Understanding the client’s areas…
One agent in an environment I was working with was reporting that DNS has been shut down on the box, and we saw an alert that DNS resolution was occurring slowly. Based upon the alert for DNS resolution it was apparent that something was wrong as it was reporting 0’s for items including BestTime and…
Type this into a command prompt on any Dell computer: wmic bios get serialnumber The Dell service tag will be displayed on the next line. Thanks to Dan Wilkening for pointing this out to me!
In an environment I was working in recently we had several clients which had gone grey and would not communicate with OpsMgr. We were unable to push the agent from the OpsMgr console due to firewall restrictions. We were also unable to get the agent to communicate with a Management Server or a Gateway. Most…
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