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Monitoring VMWare ESX using OpsMgr

BassQ — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:21:18 +0000

Monitoring VMWare ESX with SCOM isn’t a hard thing, however getting correct and relivent information in a clean and easy way can be. This guide I have compiled with VMWare should provide the mechanics of setting up monitoring between VMWare ESX and SCOM.

– UPDATE : If you have trouble with the link its due my limit being reached. I will add a secondary site ASAP. Wasn’t prepared for the responce –
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Options for adding more detials to SNMP Alerts

As many of you who use SNMP may be finding that all the Alerts come in with the IP Address. In a large environment this can be an issue and as this is the mechanism in which they are added to the SCOM Database there is no way around this directly. However…

You have 2 options to make this a little easier.

1st you can enter the DeviceName in the Alert Description:

$Target/Property[Type=”MicrosoftSystemCenterNetworkDeviceLibrary6050000!Microsoft.SystemCenter.NetworkDevice”]/Name$

2nd you can use the custom fields if you have the option. Alert Generated Rule will allow for Custom Field editing.

Again add: $Target/Property[Type=”MicrosoftSystemCenterNetworkDeviceLibrary6050000!Microsoft.SystemCenter.NetworkDevice”]/Name$ to the particular Custom Field.

Of course this is provided you have setup the SNMP setting on the device with the correct name you refer to that device.

This is what you will see in your Alerts: (I have blanked out the detail due to confidentiality)

Alert View:

Alert Description:

Custom Field:

Hope this makes your life a little easier

Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Now Available!

BassQ — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 14:55:50 +0000

The System Center Operations Manager 2007 team is excited to announce that System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 has Released-to-Manufacturing (RTM), and is now available for download! This release of SP1 marks an important milestone for the System Center Operations Manager 2007, making the product easier to support, easier to use, and easier to deploy.

The goals that this Service Pack addresses include:

Address critical customer initiated issues, including a roll-up of all hot-fixes

Improve the ability to deploy and use Operations Manager 2007

Enhance the supportability of Operations Manager 2007A comprehensive list on what’s included with Service Pack 1 can be found by visiting the What’s New in Ops Mgr 2007 SP1 and What’s Fixed in Ops Mgr 2007 SP1.Obtaining System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1

System Center Operations Manager 2007 SP1 is currently being pushed out to the web, and the following links are being replicated over the weekend (replication is expected to be completed by Mon Feb 25th, if not earlier).

Upgrade: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=EDE38D83-32D1-46FB-8B6D-78FA1DCB3E85&displaylang=en
Evaluation: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=C3B6A44C-A90F-4E7D-B646-957F2A5FFF5F&displaylang=en

Need support or assistance?

If you want to discuss the service pack please join the SP1 news group at microsoft.public.opsmgr.sp1 at news.microsoft.com. My fellow MVP, Anders Bengtsson, recommends JetBrains Omea Readers as news group reader, you can download it here. More information about Microsoft news groups here. Or you can visit www.inovativ.nl for INOVATIV, de System Center specialisten, who can help you onsite if you’re in The Netherlands.

Download all of the System Center Operations Manager 2007 Training Videos

BassQ — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:49:44 +0000

Download the entire set of the System Center Operations Manager 2007 Training Videos (in .wmv format) for an offline viewing experience. Version 1.0 download size: 185.6 MB.

Download the training videos

Free Scheduled Tasks Management Pack

BassQ — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:42:50 +0000

INOVATIV, a Dutch based System Center solutions provider, has just launched their Scheduled Tasks management pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007. Completely free and without any restrictions you can download this native management pack, which is compatible with XP, Vista, W2003 and even W2008. The scheduled tasks management pack introduces two new classes in your System Center Operations Manager 2007 environment:

Scheduler
Scheduled Tasks

It provides the classes as a child to the Windows Computer class and marks it as “public”, for use in a Distributed Application. Scheduled Tasks are monitored every 60 seconds for three potential problems:

Last run time is “Never” or “N/A”
Last result is other than 0

Go download it here.