If you're interested in what's happening over in Berlin at TechEd 2010 then pop over to http://www.msteched.com/2010/Europe/ where you can watch videos on some of the presentations that have been happening this week.
You can also catch the session videos from the North American TechEd 2010 here: http://www.msteched.com/2010/NorthAmerica/
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Service Manager Connectors - What information comes from where?
Anders Friborg asked a question over on the Service Manager Forums asking if any documentation was available showing what Computer attributes are imported from which connector.
Now I haven't seen anything documenting this yet so I thought I'd chip in with the bits that I know about so far.
This isn't an exhaustive list, and if something isn't correct on it, please please please do let me know so that I can update it. I'll also keep adding to this list as I find other bits of information.
AD Connector:
Active Directory SID
NetBIOS Computer Name
NetBIOS Domain Name
DNS Name
Display Name
Principal Name
Active Directory Site (but always sets it to blank!)
*To be added in SP1* - Operating System Version and Display Name
SCCM Connector:
Last Inventory Date
Active Directory Site
Offset In Minutes From Greenwich Time
Runs Windows Computer
Hosts Windows Logical Hardware
Has Software Installed
Has Software Update Installed
Hardware Identifier
Manufacturer
SMBIOS Asset Tag
SMBIOS UUID
Model
System Type
Chassis Type
Number of Processors
Serial Number
SCOM Connector:
Organisational Unit (AD OU)
Network Name
IP Address
DNS Forest Name
NetBIOS Computer Name
Virtual Machine (True/False)
Logical Processors
DNS Domain Name
Hosts Windows Computer Role
Hosts System Center Licence
Hosts Windows Local Application
Two articles on the SP1 Technet documentation that are useful:
First posting - 10/11/2010
Updated - 08/12/2010
Now I haven't seen anything documenting this yet so I thought I'd chip in with the bits that I know about so far.
This isn't an exhaustive list, and if something isn't correct on it, please please please do let me know so that I can update it. I'll also keep adding to this list as I find other bits of information.
AD Connector:
Active Directory SID
NetBIOS Computer Name
NetBIOS Domain Name
DNS Name
Display Name
Principal Name
Active Directory Site (but always sets it to blank!)
*To be added in SP1* - Operating System Version and Display Name
SCCM Connector:
Last Inventory Date
Active Directory Site
Offset In Minutes From Greenwich Time
Runs Windows Computer
Hosts Windows Logical Hardware
Has Software Installed
Has Software Update Installed
Hardware Identifier
Manufacturer
SMBIOS Asset Tag
SMBIOS UUID
Model
System Type
Chassis Type
Number of Processors
Serial Number
SCOM Connector:
Organisational Unit (AD OU)
Network Name
IP Address
DNS Forest Name
NetBIOS Computer Name
Virtual Machine (True/False)
Logical Processors
DNS Domain Name
Hosts Windows Computer Role
Hosts System Center Licence
Hosts Windows Local Application
Two articles on the SP1 Technet documentation that are useful:
First posting - 10/11/2010
Updated - 08/12/2010
Tuesday, 9 November 2010
SCOM & SCSM Management Pack Compare Util
Rob has just uploaded his new version of our in house management pack compare util.
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Management-Pack-Compare-45acdccd
He's developed this util as we got fed up with trying to remember which packs we had in pre-production/test compared to live and if there was later versions available online.
Add into the mix my moanings about trying to work out which versions of the MP's in OpsMgr matched my Service Manager installation I'm in the middle of doing and Rob added that to shut me up!
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Management-Pack-Compare-45acdccd
He's developed this util as we got fed up with trying to remember which packs we had in pre-production/test compared to live and if there was later versions available online.
Add into the mix my moanings about trying to work out which versions of the MP's in OpsMgr matched my Service Manager installation I'm in the middle of doing and Rob added that to shut me up!
Changes in this version:
- Added Service Manager support
- Change to grid views
- Clear grid option
- More compare options
- Colors changed to help visibility
- Management group versions added
Monday, 8 November 2010
System Center v.Next (SCOM 2012)
I'm kicking myself now for not being at the "War on Cost" event hosted by Inframon on the Friday just gone in "that there London".
Looks like some really useful information and demos was presented.
Both Ian Blyth and Steve Burkett over on The Windows Management USer Group have got some really good blog posts covering the event.
Ian Blyth - http://ianblythmanagement.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/v-next-2012/
Steve Burkett -
System Center v.Next... Errrrr.... 2012 on it's way
System Center Operations Manager 2012 : Hurry up already!
Opalis 6.3 : T-minus 17 days (or less)
System Center Mobile Device Manager: Not just for Windows Mobiles!
With TechEd Berlin 2010 having started this week, expect a lot more information on these next version to start flowing!
SCOM 2012
Looks like some really useful information and demos was presented.
Both Ian Blyth and Steve Burkett over on The Windows Management USer Group have got some really good blog posts covering the event.
Ian Blyth - http://ianblythmanagement.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/v-next-2012/
Steve Burkett -
System Center v.Next... Errrrr.... 2012 on it's way
System Center Operations Manager 2012 : Hurry up already!
Opalis 6.3 : T-minus 17 days (or less)
System Center Mobile Device Manager: Not just for Windows Mobiles!
With TechEd Berlin 2010 having started this week, expect a lot more information on these next version to start flowing!
SCOM 2012
Useful Opalis Tool - UI Generator
Just noticed this blog post over on the System Center Nexus:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/systemcenter/archive/2010/11/07/an-incredibly-useful-tool-the-opalis-ui-generator.aspx
It's a shame it's just a web service that allows remote launching of a policy, looks like I'm still waiting on being able to remote launch from .net apps or powershell. Still very useful though.
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http://blogs.technet.com/b/systemcenter/archive/2010/11/07/an-incredibly-useful-tool-the-opalis-ui-generator.aspx
It's a shame it's just a web service that allows remote launching of a policy, looks like I'm still waiting on being able to remote launch from .net apps or powershell. Still very useful though.
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An incredibly useful tool–The Opalis UI Generator
One of our engineers from France, Bruno Saille has written a very useful tool, the Opalis UI generator.
The goal of the Opalis UI Generator is to let an Opalis administrator browse graphically through all policies with a custom start activity, pick one of them, and generate one of these two files, or both:
You can download the tool and read more about it here.
The goal of the Opalis UI Generator is to let an Opalis administrator browse graphically through all policies with a custom start activity, pick one of them, and generate one of these two files, or both:
- A XML template that can be used by the Remote Policy Launcher executable – also provided in this package. This single executable adapts its UI to the XML file generated by the Opalis UI Generator
- A Web page that can be used on an IIS server running ASP.NET. The web page is crafted for the chosen policy, also enabling its remote launch
You can download the tool and read more about it here.
Thursday, 4 November 2010
Blackberry Management Pack for SCOM 2007
Rob has been at it again.
I know I'm tight when it comes to money, but I didn't expect him to develop a management pack for RIM's Blackberry Enterprise server for free!! (Actually I lie, it's exactly like him...)
http://msopsmgr.blogspot.com/2010/11/blackberry-managemnt-pack.html
My hat goes off to him, and at last we might know what's wrong with the BES Infrastructure next time BEFORE someone rings and says "My Blackberry isn't working".
I know I'm tight when it comes to money, but I didn't expect him to develop a management pack for RIM's Blackberry Enterprise server for free!! (Actually I lie, it's exactly like him...)
http://msopsmgr.blogspot.com/2010/11/blackberry-managemnt-pack.html
My hat goes off to him, and at last we might know what's wrong with the BES Infrastructure next time BEFORE someone rings and says "My Blackberry isn't working".
Monday, 1 November 2010
Comparing Management Packs between SCOM & SCSM
Rob has been working on a util for comparing the management pack versions used between our different SCOM groups (Live, Pre-Production & Test).
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Management-Pack-Compare-45acdccd
I gave him the challenge to also add in the ability to check the management pack versions on Service Manager in the same util and he's made some impressive progress.
http://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Management-Pack-Compare-45acdccd
I gave him the challenge to also add in the ability to check the management pack versions on Service Manager in the same util and he's made some impressive progress.
Hopefully when he's finished you should be able to see all the management packs in use across all instances of both SCOM and SCSM with the ability to compare the versions to ensure that the environments are "in sync". Rob has also added the ability to check against the versions available on the SCOM web service to help check that the latest versions are in use.
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