Archive for December, 2008

Fixed MPs

December 22, 2008

The MP Catalogue shows that a new DNS MP (6.0.6480.0) has been released and according to the history

10/23/2007 – Original release of DNS 2000/2003 MP for OpsMgr 2007, version 6.0.5000.0
8/14/2008 – Updated version 6.0.6278.27. Added support for Windows DNS 2008.
12/19/2008 – Updated vesion 6.0.6480.0. Fixed high CPU utilizations and DNS servers disappeared from the discovery. 

So [...]

AD Integration and Default MP

December 19, 2008

This is something that I can not remember seeing being documented. When you do AD Integration it puts the information into the Default MP. There is no option of where to save the data when you are doing the AD Integration wizard. I assumed that it went into the SQL database but I have found [...]

SQL Server 2005 SP3 Released

December 18, 2008

If you are using SQL 2005 to back end MOM or OpsMgr or any other product and you like to keep up with the latest SP then SP3 for SQL Server 2005 has been released.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=ae7387c3-348c-4faa-8ae5-949fdfbe59c4&displaylang=en
So SQL becomes version 9.00.4035.
Bug fixes listed at http://support.microsoft.com/Default.aspx?kbid=955706

Resolve Rule Alerts with PowerShell

December 17, 2008

I was working last week on a little PowerShell script to help me clear off old rule alerts but did not get around to posting about it. Then I saw that Scott Moss has just done a post on the same subject. http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/smoss/archive/2008/12/12/om07-powershell-close-all-open-alerts-generated-by-a-rule.aspx
Well as I have done the work and mine is more of a [...]

Good Views Bad Views

December 10, 2008

I am still on a theme of views as I believe they are important. What has come to light is that targeting is just as important for views as it is for reports.
Good views are easy to spot. They help you to identify problems, see patterns or check that everything is OK at a glance. [...]

DNS MP Fix Works

December 2, 2008

Having posted a potential fix to the DNS disappearing servers problem (DNS MP 6.0.6278.27) I was looking for a chance to test it properly. I installed it in a customers pre production test environment on Tuesday 18th Nov. The servers duly disappeared on Saturday the 29th (11 days later) as can be see by the performance figures [...]