Tarek Online !

List Local Group using OpsMgr 2007 Task

2007-11-16T05:57:00.000-08:00

you can list all local groups on your server using a simple task in operations manager
use the script below to create your task

On Error Resume Next
strComputer = "."Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Group Where LocalAccount = True")
For Each objItem in colItems
Wscript.Echo "Name: " & objItem.Name
Wscript.Echo "Description: " & objItem.Description
Wscript.Echo "SID: " & objItem.SID
Wscript.Echo "-------------------Tarek-----------------------"
Next

Enable TS using OPsMgr 2007 Task

2007-11-16T05:51:00.000-08:00

you can enable Terminal service using a Task for your operations manager console

the script is below :

const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
strComputer = "."Set oReg=GetObject( _
"winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" &
_ strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv")
strKeyPath = "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\"
strValueName = "fDenyTSConnections"
oReg.SetDWORDValue _
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, strKeyPath, strValueName,0
oReg.GetDWORDValue _ HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, strKeyPath, strValueName, dwValue
if dwValue = 0 then
Wscript.Echo "Terminal service is now enabled"
else
Wscript.Echo "Terminal service could not be enabled"
end If
Wscript.Echo "-------------------Tarek----------------------"

List of fixed issues in OpsMgr 2007 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate

2007-11-16T05:45:00.000-08:00

This article lists the issues that are fixed in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1) Release Candidate.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944443

BlogCast: System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 8

2007-11-09T12:05:00.000-08:00

BlogCast: System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 8
Configure agent-less exception monitoring (AEM) in operations manager 2007

Configure proxy setting for management server.
Enable client monitoring on management server.
Create group policy administrative template
Create AEM policy
Configure AEM group policy
Test AEM setting

Use the following link to download

http://www.blogcastrepository.com/blogcasts/folders/scom/entry27820.aspx

BlogCast: System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 7

2007-11-09T12:00:00.000-08:00

BlogCast: System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 7
Installing data warehouse and reporting for Microsoft system center operations manager 2007

Run prerequisites checker
Run install operations manager reporting installation wizard.
Configure data warehouse database name , size, and location
Configure data warehouse write account
Configure data reader account
Navigate reporting pane

Use the following link to download
http://www.blogcastrepository.com/blogcasts/folders/scom/entry27818.aspx

BlogCast: System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 6

2007-11-09T10:54:00.000-08:00

BlogCast: System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 6
Installing Web console and enable SSL for Form based authentication

Installing web console using installation wizard
Use forms authentication option during installation.
Assign the requested certificate for Management server to
Enable SSL for web console web Site.
Login to web console by administrator

Use the following link to download
http://www.blogcastrepository.com/blogcasts/folders/scom/entry27811.aspx

BlogCast: System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 5

2007-11-09T10:50:00.000-08:00

BlogCast: System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 5
Certificate authentication in Operations manager 2007

Request a certificate for operations manager management server
Issue certificate for Management server
Install certificate for Management server
Export Certificate and use MOMCertImport.exe tool to assign the certificate for management server.
Check the registry after import the certificate.
Restart OpsMgr Health service to update the setting with the imported certificate.

Use the following link to download
http://www.blogcastrepository.com/blogcasts/folders/scom/entry27803.aspx

BlogCast: System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 4

2007-11-09T10:44:00.000-08:00

BlogCast: System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 4
Installing Microsoft System center operations manager 2007

Using prerequisites checker
Running operations manager installation wizard
Choose installation folder
Choose installation components
Type management group name
Configure MOM administrators
Configure Operations manager 2006 name , size , and DB file locations
Configure server action account
Configure SDK account
Configure Web console authentication

Use the following link to download

http://www.blogcastrepository.com/blogcasts/folders/scom/entry27797.aspx

BlogCast: System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 3

2007-11-09T10:41:00.000-08:00

BlogCast: System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 3
Creating service accounts for operations manager 2007

Check the domain function level (must be windows 2000 native at least)
Check the forest function level (any function level)
Create server action account
Create SDK account
Add Server action account to domain admins group
Add SDK account to local administrators group in operation manager server.

Use the following link to download
http://www.blogcastrepository.com/blogcasts/folders/scom/entry27792.aspx

BlogCast: System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 2

2007-11-09T10:39:00.000-08:00

BlogCast: System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 2
Installing Microsoft SQL 2005 for operations manager 2007

Install MS SQL 2005 (Database – reporting Service)
Install MS SQL 2005 SP2

Use the following link to download
http://www.blogcastrepository.com/blogcasts/folders/scom/entry27791.aspx

BlogCast: System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 1

2007-11-09T10:29:00.000-08:00

BlogCast: System Center Operations manager 2007 - Part 1
Installing prerequisites for operations manager 2007:

The machine must be a domain member.
Installing IIS and ASP.Net
Installing .NET framework 2
Installing .NET framework 3
Installing Powershell

Use the following link to download
http://www.blogcastrepository.com/blogcasts/folders/scom/entry27790.aspx

Microsoft forefront client security - part 5

2007-10-31T02:31:00.000-07:00

Finally in my last demo about microsoft Forefront client secuirty installtion contains the following:

Install Microsoft forefront client security server
Create forefront policy
Deploy forefront policy

You can download it from the following link
Microsoft forefront client security - part 5http://www.blogcastrepository.com/blogcasts/folders/windows_security/entry26737.aspx

Microsoft forefront client security - part 4

2007-10-31T02:24:00.000-07:00

WSUS 3 is a great service you can use to update your current infrastructure servers and workstations
You can use my video to install WSUS 3 server in your environment it is a Microsoft free product.

Here in my demo I configure WSUS server specially for forefront client security server but you can do more in your WSUS server in your network to update other Microsoft product

You can download it from the following link
Microsoft forefront client security - part 4
http://www.blogcastrepository.com/blogcasts/folders/windows_security/entry26736.aspx

Microsoft forefront client security - part 3

2007-10-31T02:23:00.000-07:00

The 3rd forefront blog cast contains how to install Microsoft SQL 2005 with SP2 to make your server ready to install Forefront server components

You can download it from the following link
Microsoft forefront client security - part 3
http://www.blogcastrepository.com/blogcasts/folders/windows_security/entry26732.aspx

Microsoft forefront client security - part 2

2007-10-31T02:14:00.000-07:00

My second forefront blog cast contains how to prepare your server to install Microsoft forefront client security server
Contain the following items:

Install GPMC with SP1
Create DAS account
Configure DAS account as local administrator on FCS server

You can download it from the following link
Microsoft forefront client security - part 2
http://www.blogcastrepository.com/blogcasts/folders/windows_security/entry26731.aspx

Microsoft forefront client security - part 1

2007-10-31T02:01:00.000-07:00

After long time working with Microsoft Forefront client security I have decided to prepare videos about how to install and configure Microsoft forefront client security
My first forefront blog cast contains how to prepare your server to install Microsoft forefront client security server
Contain the following items:

Install IIS and ASP.net
Install .NET framework 2
Install .NET framework 3

You can download it from the following link
Microsoft forefront client security - part 1
http://www.blogcastrepository.com/blogcasts/folders/windows_security/entry26723.aspx

Monitoring Windows Event using Operations manager 2007-Part4

2007-08-19T23:35:00.000-07:00

Monitoring Windows Event using Operations manager 2007
Correlated Event detection unit monitors Guide
http://tarek.ismail.googlepages.com/MonitoringwinEvent-part4.pdf

The Database Size Estimator for Operations Manager 2007

2007-07-30T12:40:00.000-07:00

Ian Blyth provide us with a pretty spreadsheet to estimated Operations Manager database size based on number of agents and data transfer

the original post is Here

many thanks to : Ian Blyth - System Center Technologies
http://ianblythmanagement.wordpress.com

Operations Manager 2007 available documentation

2007-07-30T00:07:00.000-07:00

Operations Manager 2007 Release Notes
http://technet.microsoft.com/library/bb309430

Operations Manager 2007 Supported Configurations
http://technet.microsoft.com/library/bb309428

Operations Manager 2007 Operations Guide
http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/4/d/74deff5e-449f-4a6b-91dd-ffbc117869a2/OM2007_OpsGuide.doc

Operations Manager 2007 Backup and Recovery Guide
http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/4/d/74deff5e-449f-4a6b-91dd-ffbc117869a2/opsmgr2007_backup.doc

Disaster Recovery: OpsMgr 2007 Root Management Server on a Cluster
http://blogs.technet.com/momteam/attachment/1597917.ashx

Operations Manager 2007 Design Guide
http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/4/d/74deff5e-449f-4a6b-91dd-ffbc117869a2/opsmgr2007_designguid.doc

Operations Manager 2007 Deployment Guide
http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/4/d/74deff5e-449f-4a6b-91dd-ffbc117869a2/opsmgr2007_deployment.doc

Operations Manager 2007 Performance and Scalability White Paper
http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/3/6/d3633fa3-ce15-4071-be51-5e036a36f965/om2007_perfscal.doc

Operations Manager 2007 Security Guide
http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/4/d/74deff5e-449f-4a6b-91dd-ffbc117869a2/opsmgr2007_security.doc

Microsoft Management Pack Authoring Guide
http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/4/d/74deff5e-449f-4a6b-91dd-ffbc117869a2/om2007_authconsole.exe

Operations Manager 2007 Operations Guidehttp://download.microsoft.com/download/7/4/d/74deff5e-449f-4a6b-91dd-ffbc117869a2/om2007_opsguide.doc

Operations manager Knowledge Base (KB)

2007-07-29T23:51:00.000-07:00

Operations Manager 2007 Support Tools requirements
http://support.microsoft.com//kb/938997/en-us

Error message when you try to import a management pack by using the System Center Operations Manager 2007 Operations Console or the System Center Essentials Console: "OutOfMemoryException"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/933987/en-us

The System Center Operations Manager 2007 Prerequisite Checker indicates that ASP.Net is not installed, even though Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 is installed
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934759/en-us

How to test notification settings after you configure e-mail notifications for a recipient or for a subscription in Operations Manager 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934756/en-us

Error message when you click Record after you start the Web Application Editor in Operations Manager 2007: "The requested lookup key was not found in any activation context"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934757/en-us

Error message when you try to install a management agent in Operations Manager 2007: "Unknown error 0x80072971"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934760/en-us

A graphic that contains a red X may appear instead of an image after you perform a sort action in a Systems Operations Manager 2007 report
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/934758/en-us

Error message when you try to install System Center Operations Manager 2007 Reporting: "The wizard was interrupted before Operations Manager 2007 could be installed"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936219/en-us

A frame that you resize continues to move together with the mouse pointer in System Center Operations Manager 2007 Web Console
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938990/en-us

You cannot configure a rule or a monitor to target a computer group in the Operations Console in System Center Operations Manager 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938999/en-us

Subscription notification objects in System Center Operations Manager 2007 may not be displayed correctly on a computer that uses a regional setting other than "English (United States)"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938989/en-us
Error message when you try to enable Active Directory integration for System Center Operations Manager 2007: "The binary form of an ACE object is invalid"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938992/en-us

Some report information does not appear in Japanese in the Japanese version of System Center Operations Manager 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938505/en-us

How to upgrade the 180-day evaluation version of System Center Operations Manager 2007 to the full product version
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937826/en-us

When you try to install Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Reporting, the installation is unsuccessful
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938627/en-us

System Center Operations Manager 2007 cannot find some network devices by using the network device discovery process
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/939364/en-us

The Entity Health monitor for an Operations Manager 2007 management server displays "Critical" together with a Health Service threshold setting
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938626/en-us

When you try to install Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 or you try to install Microsoft System Center Essentials 2007, the Setup Welcome page appears to be empty
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/932812/en-us

You cannot deploy an agent by using the Discovery and Installation Wizard in System Center Operations Manager 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938993/en-us

The Run As Account that you create in System Center Operations Manager 2007 or in System Center Essentials 2007 does not run a task successfully
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936221/en-us

You may be unable to delete a log file on a client computer in System Center Operations Manager 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938988/en-us

ASP.net Web application exceptions may unexpectedly appear as monitored Web service exceptions when you monitor a Web service in System Center Operations Manager 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/938998/en-us

How to change the credentials for the OpsMgr SDK Service and for the OpsMgr Config Service in Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936220/en-us

Error message when you run the Operations Manager Prerequisite Viewer for the Server component: "Microsoft.interop.security.azroles.dll is not registered in the global assembly cache"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937292/en-us

The Operations Manager Audit Collection Service does not start and Event ID 4668 is logged after you install Audit Collection Server from a read-only source
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/936579/en-us

Monitoring Windows Service using Operations manager 2007

2007-07-28T18:23:00.000-07:00

Monitoring windows services with operations manager 2007 provide us with great tool to monitor our servers, and detect any service problems
Diagnostic and recovery tasks are available to analyze the system automatically when the service stopped without and administrator’s action to troubleshoot the problem.
Operations manager has the ability to start the service automatically and run any suitable recovery task to cover this failure.
You can create a Windows services unit monitor that you can use to generate an alert, run diagnostic tasks , and run recovery Tasks.
The tasks can be configure to run manually or automatically
The diagnostic tasks can be configured to run only commands
The recovery tasks can be used to run a script or commands
The task can only target the monitored objects only, and cannot target others This guide will discuss how to monitor windows services by example, configure diagnostic tasks, and configure the recovery tasks

download the guide from the following link
http://tarek.ismail.googlepages.com/Monitoring-Service.pdf
or contact me at Tarek_877@hotmail.com to get a copy

Monitoring Windows Event using Operations manager 2007 - Part 3

2007-07-26T02:27:00.000-07:00

Monitoring windows Event with operations manager 2007 provide us with other ways to monitor our server.
Monitor the missing events in the windows event log is another way to keep your eyes on the running windows system.
You can monitor the event log file within a specified time to check if this event is missed or not.
For example, every Sunday morning from 8:00 AM to 10:00 AM a third party application do a special task and after the successful end of this task , I will get an event in the application event log of the server, and I have more than 20 server has the same application
Surprise, in a normal way I will open the event viewer of each server and search for this event during this time, this will be a time consuming job for me, and this day will be my worst day in my week to do this.

But if you have Microsoft Operations Manager 2007, you can configure a monitor to check this server at this time; if the event is located I will not be notified and the system is running well.
But if the monitor did not find this event at this time, the health state of the server will be change to warning or critical state, and I have an option to fire alert with preconfigured setting.
Also, when the health state was changed to non healthy state as you configure the monitor, when the server will be in healthy state again?
Microsoft operation manager 2007 provides us with 3 ways to reset the health state:
Manual reset
Timer reset
Windows event reset

In this guide, we will discuss how to configure a unit monitor to monitor missing windows event.
Configure missing event detection unit monitor is the easy one in windows event detection unit monitor.
download the guide from the following link
http://tarek.ismail.googlepages.com/MonitoringwinEvent-part3.pdf
or contact me at Tarek_877@hotmail.com to get a copy

Monitoring Windows Event using Operations manager 2007 - Part 2

2007-07-24T05:28:00.000-07:00

Using Microsoft operations manager to monitor windows event is one of the important task should be done by the administrator.

Monitoring event log for specific event on a group of servers in a normal way can be a e work to do this and still also not an accurate solution and not automated.

Some times when the event raised, this will not be a problem in the network but when this event repeated within a short time, this could be a problem.

Microsoft System center operations manager provide a perfect solution to monitor the repeated event based on many criteria

By using windows event monitor for repeated event, you will get a magic tool to keep your network up and healthy without manual action to these windows events.

This is the second guide about monitor windows event using operations manager, in this guide we will discuss how to configure repeated event detection monitor
It seems to be easy like working with simple event detection monitor.

download the guide from the following link
http://tarek.ismail.googlepages.com/MonitoringwinEvent-part2.pdf
or contact me at Tarek_877@hotmail.com to get a copy

Monitoring Windows Event using Operations manager 2007 - Part 1

2007-07-22T02:30:00.000-07:00

Microsoft System Center Operations manager 2007 contains great tools to monitor conditions that can occur in monitored objects.
Monitors in operations manager are divided into three different types of monitors:
1. Unit monitors
2. Aggregate rollup monitors
3. Dependency rollup monitors.

Unit monitor is the basic element of the monitoring in Operations manager , it can be used to monitor all windows Events, Log file , Windows service, windows performance counters , SNMP , and ………….

You have an option with any monitor unit to generate an alert.
Unit monitors can be rolled up to either dependency or aggregate rollup monitors.
Windows events are a very important element we need to monitor on all windows servers and workstations.

Operations manager 2007 provide a comprehensive solution to monitor windows events using monitor units
Monitor windows events are divided into five parts as below:
1. Simple event detection
2. Repeated event detection
3. Missing event detection
4. Correlated event detection
5. Correlated missing event detection

We will discuss all of these points in details one by one in five guides plus the guide number six which will contain some tips and tricks while working with monitoring windows events.
In this guide will discuss how to work with simple event detection

download the guide from the following link
http://tarek.ismail.googlepages.com/MonitoringwinEvent-part1.pdf
or contact me at Tarek_877@hotmail.com to get a copy

Microsoft forefront client security Q & A

2007-07-16T16:37:00.000-07:00

After install and configure Microsoft forefront client security, and start working with FCS for customers, many questions was raised by the customer and our team
In this guide I will list the most of this questions and the reply for this question.
Some of these answers were describe some behavior of the product and it is by design
Others are our solution to complete the security suite of forefront client security and to harden the system.
the document is here
http://tarek.ismail.googlepages.com/FCSQA.pdf
or contact me @ Tarek_877@hotmail.com to get a copy

Configure Microsoft forefront client security

2007-07-14T07:58:00.000-07:00

After install Microsoft forefront client security, we need to configure the server and all related component to get the best result from FCS server.
The following items will be discussed through this guide:

Configure windows client firewall

Configure WSUS server

Deploy client security

Manually deploy forefront client security client

Create client security policy

Deploy client security policy

Distributing definition and engine updates

Controlling access to FCS MOM consoles

To Configure forefront client security server on one server you can follow the steps in the link below:

http://tarek.ismail.googlepages.com/2-ConfigureFCS.pdf

or contact me @ Tarek_877@hotmail.com to get a copy

Installing forefront client security server

2007-07-13T09:50:00.000-07:00

Forefront Client Security provides unified malware protection for business desktops, laptops, and server operating systems.
Forefront Client Security Built on the same Microsoft protection technology already used by millions of people worldwide, Client Security helps guard against emerging malware threats, such as spyware and rootkits, as well as traditional threats such as viruses, worms, and Trojan horses.
Forefront Client Security integrates with your existing infrastructure software, such as the Active Directory service, and complements other Microsoft security technologies for enhanced protection and greater control.
Forefront Client Security is designed to protect computers running the Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 Server, and Windows XP operating systems.
Forefront Client Security provides many types of reports to help the organization's security status.
Forefront Client Security Malware definition updates are distributed from Microsoft Update or WSUS server.

To install forefront client security server on one server you can follow the steps in the link below:

http://tarek.ismail.googlepages.com/InstallingandConfiguringforefrontcli.pdf

Best Regards,

Tarek Ismail

Operations Manager 2007 Backup and Recovery Guide

2007-07-10T02:40:00.001-07:00

This guide provides guidance in planning for backup and recovery of System Center Operations Manager 2007 server roles and components. The information in this guide will complement your existing recovery strategy to avoid service disruption.
This guide includes the following:

Understanding the impact of service failure
Recommendations on what to back up and why
How to back up and restore key server roles and components
Frequently used recovery scenarios

the guide is available here

http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/4/d/74deff5e-449f-4a6b-91dd-ffbc117869a2/OpsMgr2007_Backup.doc

Operations Manager 2007 Design Guide

2007-07-10T02:40:00.000-07:00

This guide will help you understand the building-block-level components in Operations Manager 2007 by presenting summaries of these roles.
It will help you to ask the right questions to make sure your design meets your company's needs.
It will make sure that you have answered the most fundamental design questions to ensure your design is flexible and scalable.
It will help you plan and size your Operations Manager 2007 topology using data from the Performance and Sizing Guide.
It provides guidance on how to validate your design in the lab.

the guide is here
http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/4/d/74deff5e-449f-4a6b-91dd-ffbc117869a2/OpsMgr2007_DesignGuid.doc

How to schedule discover and install agent as MOM 2005

2007-07-10T01:37:00.001-07:00

As Before in MOM 2005, you can automatic discover your server and install agents without run the wizard every time

Now in system center Operations Manager, this is not available but you can do this using Shell command

the Script can be using to run a Windows schedule task to discover and install Ops Mgr 2007 agent based on your LDAP query

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param ($OpsMgrservername,$Domainname)
#Initialize the OpsMgr Provider
Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.OperationsManager.Client
# Set the location to the root of the provider namespace.
cd OperationsManagerMonitoring::
#create a connection to the Management Group
New-ManagementGroupConnection $OpsMgrservername
#change the path
cd $OpsMgrservername
#configure query setting
$ldap_query = new-ldapquerydiscoverycriteria -domain $Domainname -ldapquery "(sAMAccountType=805306369)(name=*ABC*)"
#configure discovery setting
$windows_discovery_cfg = new-windowsdiscoveryconfiguration -ldapquery $ldap_query
# discoveryresults
$discovery_results = start-discovery -managementserver (get-managementserver)-windowsdiscoveryconfiguration $windows_discovery_cfg
#install Agent
install-agent -managementserver (get-managementserver) -agentmanagedcomputer $discovery_results.custommonitoringobjects
----------------------------------------

save the file as Agentdiscoverinstall.ps1

configure the Windows schedule task as

Powershell.exe Agentdiscoverinstall.ps1 -OpsMgrservername:localhost -Domainname:tarek

How to change Agent Maximum Queue Size using a Task

2007-07-10T01:37:00.000-07:00

This issue has surfaced in the newsgroups, to solve this issue you can create a task using to change the value in the registry and restart health service on the client
the registry key:
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\HealthService\Parameters\Management Groups\MG_ Name\MaximumQueueSizeKb

the value : "15 MB" 15360

the script as below:

##############
HKEY_CURRENT_USER = &H80000001
strComputer = "."
Set objReg = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer &"\root\default:StdRegProv")
strKeyPath =
"SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\HealthService\Parameters\Management Groups\MG_ Name"
ValueName = "MaximumQueueSizeKb"
dwValue = 51200
objReg.SetDWORDValue HKEY_CURRENT_USER, strKeyPath, ValueName, dwValue
Set objShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
objShell.Run "%COMSPEC% /c net stop healthservice",,1
objShell.Run "%COMSPEC% /c net start healthservice",,1

###############

Jalasoft Xian Network Manager Io for Operations Manager 2007

2007-06-30T04:42:00.000-07:00

Jalasoft Xian Network Manager Io for Operations Manager 2007 is an enterprise network monitoring solution, designed to extend the management infrastructure of Microsoft Operations Manager using sets of Smart Management Packs (SMP).

http://www.jalasoft.com/jalasoftweb/jsp/products/xianio

SMP for Cisco Routers
SMP for Cisco Switches
SMP for PIX Firewalls
SMP for VPN Concentrators
SMP for F5 Big IP
SMP for APC UPS
SMP for HP Procurve Switches
SMP for Linux Servers
SMP for Solaris Servers
SMP for Network Devices
SMP for VMWare ESX/Virtual Center

Operations Manager 2007 now is available on MSDN

2007-06-30T03:29:00.000-07:00

System Center Operations Manager 2007 is available for download for those with MSDN subscription.

10 Steps guide to configure Certificate based authentication between Agents and Management Server

2007-06-30T02:23:00.000-07:00

Mohamed saad for Synergy professional service “trainning company” prepare this guide after deployed scom at a company at Egypt.
The problem was the customer has more than server not a member in the domain “LAN – DMZ server”.
The customer needs to monitor these servers by SCOM 2007 but without using OpsMgr Gateway server “don’t need to install any component on the DMZ servers – also Gateway server is not required in the LAN”.

based on a phone call , the problem has been solved by some guides and we prepare a guide about this.
We named this guide as 10 steps guide to configure Certificate based authentication between Agents and Management Server to be available to public.
http://tarek.ismail.googlepages.com/CertificateOpsMgr2007.pdf

Troubleshooting Operations Manager 2007 Computer and Device Management Wizard

2007-06-28T01:41:00.000-07:00

Check if all Operations Manager servers are running in RMS and all Management Servers
check the communication between all Operations Manager servers
check if you have firewall between Management server and the target machine
check if the agent is installed "MOM 2005 agent or OpsMgr 2007 agent"check if the discovery account is locked out , and has administrative rights on the tareget server or workstation
check if SQL Service Broker is or has been disabled by useing the following SQL query

SELECT is_broker_enabled FROM sys.databases WHERE name = 'OperationsManager'

if the value 0 , enable SQL Service Broker by stop the SDK, Config, and Health Services on the RMS, the Heath Service on any secondary management server, the execute the following statement:
ALTER DATABASE OperationsManager SET ENABLE_BROKER

If all the above was checked, do the following steps:

Run the discovery with different accounts
Restart All Operations manager service on RMS and management servers
Restarted the RMS Server and other management servers
Restarted the Database Server
Put the RMS Server into maintenance mode, and then removing it from maintenance mode

thanks to Mike Baiano and Cameron Fuller

Time period of a performance views in the Operations Manager 2007 Web console

2007-06-28T00:48:00.000-07:00

Due to the performance views in Web console does not work off the cache, the only the most recent data are shown.

The Operations Manager 2007 Web console display only last 3 hours

Bug in Dell MP for Operations Manager 2007

2007-06-28T00:34:00.000-07:00

many Operations Manager 2007 administrators get a warning in the local OpsMgr Event Log as below:
Source: Health Service ScriptEvent
ID: 995
Type: Warning
Description: "Muralidhar: Before Creating Unknown"
and this error is followed by
Source: Health Service Script
Event ID: 995
Type: Warning
Description: "Muralidhar: After Creating Unknown"
This events appear every 15 minutes
To get which MP cause the problem execute the following command against the ops manager Database.
select * from managementPack where MPXML LIKE '%Muralidhar%'
It is dell Management Pack

Installing and configuring Client Operating System Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007

2007-06-16T09:57:00.000-07:00

Three levels of client monitoring are available in Operations Manager 2007:

Crash and Hang monitoring occurs when client systems are monitored for applications that stop responding.The Crash and Hang level of monitoring is configured using the Agentless Exception Monitoring (AEM) feature in Operations Manager 2007 and does not require that a Management Pack has been installed.

Collective Client Monitoring gathers health information from all clients that have a client operating system Management Pack installed. This information is stored in the Operations Manager database and can be used to create reports that display trend information.

Business Critical Client Monitoring is the most extensive monitoring available for Windows clients. This monitoring level gathers health information about designated individual client computers. Like server monitoring, each client with this type of monitoring has individual monitors and alerts that an administrator can use to maintain a constant state of operational functionality.

The Windows client operating system Management Packs are intended for use in gathering data on client computers or individually monitoring designated mission-critical client computers.

To Installing and configuring Client Operating System Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 you can download the full docuemnt from the following link
http://tarek.ismail.googlepages.com/ClientOS-MP-OPSMGR2007.pdf
or contact me @ Tarek_877@hotmail.com to get a copy

System Center Operations Manager 2007 Training Videos

2007-06-15T14:52:00.000-07:00

Microsoft provide ELearning solution for System Center Operations manager by many ways to understand Operations manager.

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.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=1276a840-671f-4452-98c7-5599c0d3ff9c&DisplayLang=en

A List of available operations manager video as below:
Add Monitoring with a Management Pack Template
Configure Client Monitoring
Import Management Packs
Management Pack Templates
Use the Reporting Space
Target Monitoring (Targeting Management Pack Objects)
What's new for Operations Manager 2005 Authors
Active Directory Integration
Adjusting Monitors with Overrides
The Administration Space
Command Shell Introduction
Setting up Notifications
Create User Roles
Diagnostics and Recoveries
About Groups
Building Management Packs (Management Pack Concepts)
About Rules
About Tasks
About Views (Add New Views of Monitoring)
Computer and Device Discovery
Use the My Workspace Space
The Monitoring Space
Distributed Applications
About Monitors Using the Operations Console

ACS Collector and a Gateway server on the same Box

2007-06-15T14:35:00.000-07:00

Joseph Chan from Operations Manager product team updated me and the newsgroup with pretty workaround to install ACS on the same box with a Gateway server.

Gateway server can be installed on a standalone server or member server.

Sometimes when there are many server in your DMZ needed to be monitored and managed by Operations manager, and you don’t need to open many ports from DMZ to your LAN, so you need to install a Gateway server.

When you need to consolidate your security event by collecting it to a centralized location you need to install ACS Collector.

Problem: install ACS collector with less opened ports to LAN

Solution: promote the Gateway server located in your DMZ to be a domain controller, install ACS collector, created a computer account manually, and map a certificate to the created computer accounts. Start working with ACS as normal.

Source: Joseph Chan

You can install ACS Collector on a Gateway server.
However, the ACS Collector also has dependency on AD, so you have to promote your Gateway server to a Domain Controller - which can be a completely isolated and separate domain.
Since your agents are in a workgroup, you will need to use certificate auth between them and the Gateway+Collector box.
ACS needs AD to map certificate to machine accounts.

Professionality You Can Respect!

2007-06-15T13:19:00.000-07:00

Pete Zerger and Anders Bengtsson collaborated on a guide about Agentless Exception Monitoring (AEM) in Operations Manager 2007.
The guide is really perfect to get it; you can download the guide from the following link
http://systemcenterforum.org/wp-content/uploads/AgentlessExceptionMonitoring.pdf
We have to say thanks to Pete Zerger and Anders Bengtsson

Installing and configuring Dell Management Pack Version 3.0 for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007

2007-06-13T04:51:00.000-07:00

The Dell Management Pack enables SC Operations Manager to more accurately depict the status of Dell systems on a defined network segment. This improved representation, which includes the receipt of alerts and pre-failure alerts with the ability to drill down to each hardware component from the overall Dell hardware health, allows Dell customers to assess, respond to, and better insure availability of Dell systems monitored in the SC Operations Manager environment. In addition to improved availability, the Management Pack enhances the ability to monitor and manage the hardware in a single management solution.

Dell Management Pack Version 3.0 Features:

Displays alerts for events received from Dell OpenManage Server Administrator (including the Server Administrator Storage Management Service) for Dell PowerEdge systems.
Discovers and monitors Dell printers “Dell printers that support Community-based Simple Network Management Protocol Version 2 (SNMPv2c). The Management Pack does not process SNMP traps.
Provides Diagram views, Alert Views, and State Views.
Provides Tasks for launching Server Administrator, the Dell Remote Access Controller (DRAC),and the Dell Printer Console.
Groups PowerEdge systems (Modular and Monolithic) running Server Administrator so that the systems are easily identifiable and manageable.
Groups Dell servers that do not have Server Administrator installed or with unresponsive instrumentation service as Unknown.
Provides Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) tasks for Dell systems with the baseboard management controller (BMC).
Allows you to customize and configure your Dell devices for discovery and monitoring.

To Installing and configuring Dell Management Pack Version 3.0 for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 you can download the full docuemnt from the following link
http://tarek.ismail.googlepages.com/DellMP3OpsMgr2007.pdf
or contact me @ Tarek_877@hotmail.com to get a copy

Dell Management Pack 3.0

2007-06-13T04:49:00.000-07:00

The Dell Management Pack enables the Microsoft System Center Operations Manager to discover and monitor the status of Dell systems and printers on a defined network segment.

Download the Dell Management Pack Version 3.0 from the Dell Support site
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&releaseid=R158716&formatcnt=1&libid=0&fileid=212055

Operations Manager 2007 wiki

2007-06-11T23:28:00.000-07:00

Today, I am a Memebr of System center Operations Manager 2007 wiki
The Wiki was create by Maarten Goet
thank you Maarten

System center Operations Manager 2007 wiki
http://mom-wiki.c2ict.com/start

Installing and configuring Operating System Management Packs for Operations Manager 2007

2007-06-11T09:47:00.000-07:00

The Operating System Management Packs consists of 3 MP:

Microsoft Windows Server Library “for Windows 2000 and 2003”
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows Server 2003

Operating System Management Pack discovers and monitors logical and physical objects such as operating systems, logical disks, physical disks, and processors.

To Installing and configuring Operating System Management Packs for Operations Manager 2007 you can download the full docuemnt from the following link
http://tarek.ismail.googlepages.com/OperatingSystem-MP-OpsMgr2007.pdf

or contact me @ Tarek_877@hotmail.com to get a copy

Configure database grooming settings for a Management Group

2007-06-09T05:46:00.000-07:00

Grooming maintain the performance of the Operations Manager database by managing its size through the deletion of unnecessary records.

The default grooming setting for all record types is data older than 7 days.

Use the following procedure to specify the grooming for the Operations Manager database of Operations Manager 2007 Management Group:

Log on to the computer as Operations Manager Administrators role for the Operations Manager 2007 Management Group.
In the Operations Console, click the Administration button then Settings
Choose database grooming and right-click and click Properties.
Select a record type you want to change, and then click Edit.

for more details download the document frm the link below or contact me at Tarek_877@hotmail.com to get a copy.
http://tarek.ismail.googlepages.com/database-grooming-MG.pdf

System Center Operations Manager 2007 Technical Walkthrough

2007-06-09T04:05:00.000-07:00

Want to get a better understanding of how to architect, deploy, administer, and operate Operations Manager 2007? Walk through this online course designed to help you get ramped on using Operations Manager 2007.

http://www.microsoft.com/systemcenter/opsmgr/evaluation/techwalk/course/detect.html

Installing and configuring Active Directory Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007

2007-06-07T14:22:00.000-07:00

Really Microsoft Operations manager 2007 become a fantastic product.

After checking the active directory managemnet pack for Operations Manager 2007, i found many big differnce from MOM 2005

To Installing and configuring Active Directory Management Pack Guide for Operations Manager 2007 you can download the full docuemnt from the following link http://tarek.ismail.googlepages.com/Opsmgr-MP-AD.pdf
or contact me @ Tarek_877@hotmail.com to get a copy

Installing and Configuring Operations Manager 2007 Reporting

2007-06-05T19:44:00.000-07:00

The Operations Manager 2007 Reporting has been enhanced to meet the customer requirements.

Operations Manager 2007 provides the following capabilities with Reporting:

Data can be sent directly to either the Operations Manager 2007 database or the Reporting Data Warehouse, or both.
Reporting data is available with no latency.
Reports are displayed in the Operations Manager 2007 Console.
Data is pre-aggregated, summarized, and indexed. Reports covering long periods of time display quickly.

To Installing and Configuring Operations Manager 2007 Reporting you can download the full docuemnt from the following link
http://tarek.ismail.googlepages.com/Installing-Reporting.pdf
or contact me @ Tarek_877@hotmail.com to get a copy

Install and configure Microsoft Forefront Server Security Management Pack (FFSMP) for Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM) 2005

2007-06-05T07:40:00.000-07:00

Download the MP from Management Pack Catalog
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/mom/catalog/catalog.aspx?vs=2005

Download and install Windows Scripting Host version 5.6 for Windows Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=887fce82-e3f5-4289-a5e3-6cbb818623aa&displaylang=en
if the operator console installed on windows XP install Windows Scripting Host version 5.6 for Windows XP and Windows 2000
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=C717D943-7E4B-4622-86EB-95A22B832CAA&displaylang=en

Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) is required to run some script

Use MOM 2005 Administrator Console to import the management pack
Open Administrator Console
Navigate to the Management Packs
Use Import/Export Management Option to run import wizard.

Run attribute discovery to accelerate the discovery of the servers running forefront
Open the Administrator Console.
Navigate to Administration and expand it.
Navigate to Computers\Agent Managed Computers. These are the systems that have had agents installed.
Select all the computers in the right pane (the agent systems), and then right-click. A shortcut menu appears.
Select Run Attribute Discovery Now

Configure Notification Groups to receive forefront alerts
Open administrator console
Navigate to management packs and expand it.
Go to notifications then notifications groups
Select Microsoft Forefront Security Administration Group and right-click and all the required operator for forefront alters.

Install Forefront Server Security Administrator

modify the Forefront Server Security Administrator path
Open the Administrator Console.
Navigate to management packs and expand it.
in Tasks/Microsoft Forefront Security/client console / Forefront Server Security Administrator
Right-click and choose Properties, then choose details tab and add the path of task command line.

Configure the directory path to the Application Log Provider
Open the MOM 2005 Administrator Console.
Navigate to the Management Packs\Providers container.
Select the Application Log type called Forefront Security ProgramLog or Forefront SP ProgramLog, depending on which one requires a new path.
Right-click and then select Properties.
Click the Directories tab.
Configure the directories by update the current or add new path

How to install ACS Reports in OpsMgr 2007

2007-06-02T00:42:00.000-07:00

Open OpsMgr CD and locate the folder ReportModels\acs.
Copy the folder to C:\ACS.
Copy ReportingConfig.exe from CD\SupportTools to C:\ACS.
Start, Run , CMD, the go to the folder c:\ACS
Run
UploadAuditReports [ACSDBServer] http://[opsMgrReportingserver]/ReportServer C:\acs
example:
UploadAuditReports TAR-OPSMGR01 http://TAR-OPSMGR01/ReportServer C:\acs

Install Microsoft Operations manager on Microsoft SQL server versions

2007-06-01T18:31:00.000-07:00

During the installation of MOM 2005 on MS SQL server, you may get some installation problem
i will address some of this problem in this post
download the document from the following link
http://tarek.ismail.googlepages.com/MOM2005-SQL2005.pdf

Upgrading from evaluation version of System Center Operations Manager 2007 to the full product version

2007-05-29T23:56:00.000-07:00

You can upgrade the 180-day evaluation version of Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 to the full product version. To do this, you do not have to upgrade individual files.

This upgrade operation requires that you use a Microsoft Select CD image that is available as part of the Microsoft volume licensing agreement.

The Select CD image includes a Licensing Wizard to update the license.

To upgrade the 180-day evaluation version of Operations Manager 2007 to the full product version, follow these steps:

Download the Select CD image for Operations Manager 2007. To do this, visit the following Microsoft Web site: https://licensing.microsoft.com
Extract the Select CD image.
Locate the following folder in the location where you extracted the Select CD image:\SupportTools\system_architectureNote The system_architecture placeholder represents the architecture of the computer that you are using.

For example, this placeholder should be i386 on an x86-based computer.

Run the LicenseWizard.msi file, and then follow the instructions in the Licensing Wizard.
Microsoft KB 937826

Operations Manager 2007 Performance and Scalability

2007-05-29T05:49:00.000-07:00

The official tool for performance and scalability planning will be System Center Capacity Planner (SCCP).
SCCP combines the best practices presented in this document along with performance modeling and simulation to build detailed sizing guidance specific to your environment

you can use this document which describes performance and scalability guidelines to consider when planning a Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 deployment.

Operations Manager 2007 Performance and Scalability White Paper
http://download.microsoft.com/download/d/3/6/d3633fa3-ce15-4071-be51-5e036a36f965/OM2007_PerfScal.doc

Understanding Audit collection server Database table “Dtconfig Table”

2007-05-28T10:43:00.000-07:00

Dtconfig Table contain an important setting to configure ACS collector and database, I will list all this setting and the default values and how to work with this table.

Convert timestamps to local time
Use this value to use the local time to stamp the collected event
1 = use local time
0= use UTC time

Database schema version
This is the schema version value, it is now equal 6

Perform index maintenance
Use this value to configure the Database to perform index maintenance
1= the option is enabled.
0= the option is disabled.

Table switch offset in seconds since midnight UTC
Use this value to configure when the ACS will use another table to store the collected events since midnight UTC
The value 82800 = 82800/ 60*60 = 23 UTC
This value 82800 = 2:00 AM Egypt daylight time.
The table will be changed at 2:00 AM but we did not configure the interval until now.

Table switch interval in seconds
Use this value to configure the interval between every table
The value 86400 = 24 hours, so the table will be switched every day “24 hours” at 2:00 AM Egypt daylight time.

Number of partitions
Use this value to configure how many tables will be available in the Database to store the security events.
The value 15 = the ACS will store the security in 14 table and other will be running.
This value must be configure with the registry key below
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\AdtServer\Parameters
EventRetentionPeriod “This vale was configured in hours”

Example:
For Number of partitions = 15 and Table switch interval in seconds = 86400 the EventRetentionPeriod will equal to 14 *24 = 336 in decimal.

For Number of partitions = 31 and Table switch interval in seconds = 86400 the EventRetentionPeriod will equal to 30 *24 = 720 in decimal.

How the OpsMgr 2007 Agent Deployment affect the managed system

2007-05-28T09:02:00.000-07:00

source: Operations Manager blogger by Kerrie Meyler and Cameron Fuller

During installationof the SCOM agent the following ranges of impacts on the system:

Processor: 29-37% increase during installation
Disk: 18-19 additional pages per second
Disk: 154 MB data (%programfiles%\System Center Operations Manager 2007)Network: 11 MB data sent to the system during installation
Memory: 22 MB less available memory

After the installation was complete
Processor: 3-4%
Disk: 0.5 additonal pages per second
Disk: 156 MB data (%programfiles%\System Center Operations Manager 2007)
Network: .5-.6 MB/min additional traffic
Memory: 11 MB less available memory

for more details about the Test check the link below:
http://ops-mgr.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!3D3B8489FCAA9B51!158.entry

Configuring Audit Collection Services !

2007-05-25T02:15:00.000-07:00

After Installing and Configuring Audit Collection Services, I found some special setting will help the OpsMgr administrator to control ACS service Behavior , my installation document of ACS was updated with this items:

CONTROLLING ACS QUEUE
ACS COLLECTOR REGISTRY SETTING
ACS ADMINISTRATION
AUDIT COLLECTION SERVICES NOTES

You can download the full docuemnt from the following link

http://tarek.ismail.googlepages.com/InstallingandConfiguringAuditCollect.pdf

or contact me @ tarek_877@hotmail.com to get a copy

Have a Nice Day with System Center Operation manager 2007

Egypt With System Center Operations Manager 2007

2007-05-22T04:00:00.000-07:00

Today, i have finished the installtion and Configuration of System Center Operations manager in Suez Cement Group

the Operations manager server monitor more than 30 Servers.

I think this the First Installtion of SCOM 2007 In Egypt

Who do it Before Me in EGYPT?

Installing and Configuring Audit Collection Services

2007-05-21T15:36:00.000-07:00

Audit Collection Services (ACS) collect local Security event log records generated by audit policy and store them in a centralized database.
Audit Collection Services (ACS) consolidates individual Security logs into a centrally managed database.
Only a user who has the right to access the ACS database can run queries and create reports on the collected data.
Audit Collection Services (ACS) consists of three components:
ACS forwarders
ACS collector
ACS database
Audit Collection Services (ACS) requires mutual authentication between the ACS collector and each ACS forwarder.
All Data between ACS forwarders and the ACS collector are encrypted.
Data is not encrypted between the ACS collector and the ACS database.
You can encrypt all communication between ACS collector and the ACS database using Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) or Transport Layer Security (TLS).
ACS Forwarders send all security event log to ACS Collector using inbound TCP port 51909 “open this port in case of you have firewall”.
A local Security log of any server can be accessed by the local administrator, but cannot access ACS database by default.
You can assign a group with permissions to access the audit database to views and queries the ACS database.
Local administrator cannot change Configuration of ACS forwarder, all changes must be come from ACS collector.
ACS forwarder closes the inbound TCP port used by ACS collector after authentication so only outgoing communication is allowed.
ACS collector must terminate and reestablish a communication channel to make any configuration changes to an ACS forwarder.

To Installing and Configuring Audit Collection Services you can download the full docuemnt from the following link
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4Q12VWYH
or contact me @ Tarek_877@hotmail.com to get a copy

Install and configure System Center Operation Manager 2007

2007-05-19T00:09:00.000-07:00

Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 can monitor end-to-end information technology services.
Operations Manager 2007 can monitor large environments and organizations, and use Microsoft application and operating system knowledge to resolve operational problems.
Operations Manager 2007 provides one consolidated Operations Console.
Operations Manager 2007 Reporting feature has been enhanced and focuses on customer scenarios, performance, and usability.
Operations Manager 2007 Client Monitoring feature used to monitor operating systems and applications for errors and participate in the Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP).
Operations Manager 2007 Client Monitoring feature consist of the following components “Agentless Exception Monitoring (AEM) - Customer Experience Improvement Program (CEIP) - Management Packs for Windows-based workstation operating systems and applications”.
Operations Manager 2007 is integrated with Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) which will allow assigning agent-managed computers to Management Groups.
Active Directory integration will allow Manual agent deployment using MOMAgent.msi to computers to get its Management Group information from Active Directory automatically.
Operations Manager 2007 Role-based security limit users privileges to have access to various aspects of Operations Manager 2007.
Delegation of Operations Manager 2007 roles, such as Operator, utilizing AD DS user accounts and security groups.
Operations Manager 2007 integration with Active Directory provide Authentication and authorization for Operations Manager 2007 Management Groups using AD DS.
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 contain many server role which can be installed on one server or distributed on multiple servers, some of this roles support Microsoft cluster and other did not support.
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 contain the following server roles:

Operational database
Audit Collection Services (ACS) database
Reporting Data Warehouse database
Reporting database
Root Management Server
Management Server
Administrator console
Audit Collection Services (ACS) collector
Gateway Server
Web Console server
Agent

To Install Microsoft System Center Operations manager you can download the full docuemnt from the following link
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=01E5XIT0
or contact me @ tarek_877@hotmail.com to get a copy

Migrate from MOM 2005 to System Center Operations Manager 2007

2007-05-17T08:58:00.000-07:00

Operations Manager 2007 supports a side-by-side migration model.
Operations Manager 2007 can be deployed along side your MOM 2005 implementation to provide dual monitoring.
All Operations Manager 2007 components can run on side-by-side on the same systems as MOM 2005.
You can migrate any MOM 2005 Management Packs and any custom Management Packs you have created to Operations Manager 2007 using the Migration Wizard.
The Migration Wizard converts MOM 2005 AKM-format to the new Operations Manager 2007 XML-format.

Microsoft Egypt - System Center Operations Manager 2007

2007-05-14T22:24:00.000-07:00

Welcome Welcome System Center !

Today 14/05/2007 is the first day in Microsoft Egypt For the new product System Center Operations Manager 2007
System Center Operations Manager 2007 is end-to-end service management solution

System Center Essentials 2007 installation document

2007-05-06T00:59:00.000-07:00

Welcome welcome System Center !

This is my first document in SCE 2007

This document for how to install SCE 2007
You can Download it from the following link
Installing System Center Essentials 2007
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=TONTVQVP

or contact me @ tarek_877@hotmail.com get a copy

System Center Essentials 2007 Installation tips and tricks

2007-05-06T00:38:00.000-07:00

the following points are required to be checked before start installtion SCE 2007:

Upgrading from any Beta and RC versions to System Center Essentials 2007 RTM isn’t supported.
Windows 2000 SP4 clients need to connect to windows update to update the Windows Update client with the last version.
Explicitly configure a proxy server in your Internet Explorer connection settings to be able to import a third party update catalog when proxy server setting required integrated Windows authentication.
A remote SQL Server 2005 instance must not installed on Domain controller.
Remove the SQL Native Client using Add or Remove Programs, if you get the error message: "An installation package for the product Microsoft SQL Native Client cannot be found. Try the installation again using a valid copy of the installation package 'sqlncli.msi'.", and re-run the installation.
In SQL Server Workgroup Edition, turn off Address Windowing Extensions (AWE) before the installation.
Install IIS with ASP.NET before install NET Framework 2.0 and NET Framework 3.0, else you need to re-register ASP.NET 2.0 and 3.0
Stop the WSUS 2 synchronization before SCE installation, if you are upgrading from WSUS 2 to SCE 2007.
Ensure there is no computer group in WSUS called All Clients and All Servers before installation, else delete it.
If you upgrade from WSUS 3 RC to SCE 2007, you need to reassign the certificate to the WSUS Administration Web site after upgrade.
Don’t use compressed drive for your installation locations.
You need to use Configure local policy on the DC to point to the Essentials 2007 management server, if the domain controller of a trusted domain fails to pick up the Essentials 2007 managed computers policy.
To use domain policy, install the GPMC on the Essentials 2007 management server.
Don’t use SQL Server Reporting Services (SRS) instance that is configured to use SSL during Essentials 2007 setup.
Ensure the printer spooler service is enabled on a managed computer to enable inventory collection.
You will not be able to generate charts if you are using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Express Edition, else reinstall SCE with other SQL version.
Remove the self-signed certificate from the default Web site before installing the Essentials 2007 management server.
After setup has completed successfully, re-assign the self-signed certificate to the default Web site.
At this time you can not install SCE 2007 if your domain netbois name not the same as FQDN, this issue will be fixed soon

Installing System Center Essentials 2007

2007-05-04T22:36:00.000-07:00

System Center Essentials 2007 is a new management solution in the System Center family of IT systems management products specifically designed for midsized businesses.
System Center Essentials 2007 is designed to be easily installed and configured.

System Center Essentials 2007 can mange up 500 Microsoft Windows-based client computers, 30 Microsoft Windows-based servers, and 50 Network devices when the Essentials 2007 database is installed remotely.

Only 10 remote Essentials 2007 consoles can be used at a time.

an installtion document will be avilable soon, it will contain the following items:

OVERVIEW
System Center Essentials 2007 REQUIREMENTS
ESSENTIALS 2007 MANAGEMENT SERVER REQUIREMENT
SESSENTIALS 2007 CONSOLE ONLY REQUIREMENTS
MANAGED COMPUTERS REQUIREMENTS
OPERATING SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
ENVIRONMENT REQUIREMENTS
UNSUPPORTED ENVIRONMENTS
MANAGEMENT SERVER PREPARATION
INSTALL MICROSOFT SYSTEM CENTER ESSENTIALS 2007

How to Import hotfixes from the catalog site to WSUS 3 Server

2007-05-03T11:01:00.000-07:00

With Microsoft WSUS V3 you can import any update from Microsoft Catalog to update the clients with this Update.
You must be logged on to the computer as an administrator to import the hotfixes.
Use any computer that has the WSUS administrative console installed to import hotfixes from the catalog site.
In the WSUS administrative console, select the Updates node, and in the Actions pane click Import Updates.
A browser window will open at the Microsoft Update Catalog Web site.
You can browse this site for Windows hotfixes and hardware drivers.When you have found the ones you want, add them to your basket.
When you have finished browsing, go to the basket, specify a download location, and click Import to import your updates.

WSUS svchost/msi issue

2007-05-02T07:44:00.000-07:00

With WSUS V2 some client face a great problem due to svchost.exe pegging the cpu of workstations, rendering the computer nearly unresponsive for minutes at a time.

If this problem occurs on your system you have to Combine the installation of the new client of WSUS V3 , with the latest MSI fix available in KB927891 available on Microsoft Download Center, Microsoft completely address the what we have fondly called the svchost/msi issue.

It’s important to keep in mind that the new client is only a partial solution and clients must have both KB927891 and the new 3.0 client installed for a full solution.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/927891

Windows Server Update Services 3.0

2007-05-01T11:15:00.000-07:00

Microsoft announced that WSUS 3.0 has released April 30th and is available now on the Microsoft Download Center.

Installing and configuring WSUS Version 3

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=0YQEHT3C

Upgrade to Windows Server Update Services Version 3

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6SKEKCKR

Configuring System center Configuration manager 2007

2007-04-20T09:14:00.000-07:00

After installing Configuration Manager 2007, we must configure the site.
we will begin the site configuration process by defining site characteristics and configuring site systems at a single site.
After completing basic site system configuration, you must prepare the site to manage clients and additional feature installation and configuration.
A properly configured Configuration Manager 2007 site requires a management point and clients.
Some client agents are configured by default, but you might want to configure additional client agents or modify the default client configurations.

In this post we will explain how to configure SCCM, the following setting will be configured:

CONFIGURING SITE PROPERTIES
CONFIGURING SITE BOUNDARIES
CONFIGURING CLIENT AGENTS SETTING
CONFIGURING DISCOVERY METHODS
CONFIGURING SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION PROPERTIES
CONFIGURING CLIENT PUSH INSTALLATION PROPERTIES
CLIENT PUSH INSTALLATION PARAMETERS
REVIEW SITE SYSTEMS PROPERTIES
HOW TO USE THE CLIENT PUSH INSTALLATION WIZARD

Use the following link to dowload the document

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=J2REVMVA

Installing System center Configuration manager 2007

2007-04-17T09:09:00.000-07:00

The official name for the next version of Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003, code named "SMSv4," is System Center Configuration Manager 2007.

In this Post we will explain how to install and configure SCCM.
we will list Configuration Manager Supported Configurations, Prerequisites for Installing Configuration Manager, Specifying Site Codes and Site Names, and SQL Server Preparation for Setup.
Use the following link to dowload the document
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WID8ERFU

Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates

2007-04-08T11:36:00.000-07:00

The Systems Management Server 2003 Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates (ITMU) scans client computers for required updates, based on the Windows Update Catalog used by Windows Server Update Services.
It is recommended that you run the SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates Setup wizard on a primary SMS site server that is highest in the hierarchy, such as a central site server.
By installing ITMU on the central site The SMS objects that you create (collections, packages, and programs) will automatically flow down your site hierarchy.
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