Putting a Group of Computers into Maintenance Mode via Powershell
on Nov 17, 2009 in OpsMgr Maintenance Mode Script PowerShell Have you ever found yourself in need of putting a group of systems into Maintenance Mode in System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2?  If so you can use the script below.  Note that in SCOM 2007 R2 there is no need to put the health service...

New KB973499 - A memory leak occurs when many content location requests are received by a site server ConfigMgr 2007 SP1
on Nov 16, 2009 in KB Article Hotfix Download SP1 ConfigMgr 2007 Consider the following scenario: The management point role is installed on a site server that is running Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1). Many content location requests are sent to the management point...

How to enable a command notification channel in OpsMgr 2007
on Nov 12, 2009 in OpsMgr How To Notification Channel Command notifications differ from the other available notification channels. A command notification allows you to run an executable program automatically in response to an alert. Because you can run multiple commands in response to an alert you must...

OpsMgr 2007: Subscriptions getting automatically disabled - Event ID 11452 logged
on Nov 12, 2009 in OpsMgr Troubleshoot Alert Notifications Subscription I recently ran across an issue where notification subscriptions were getting disabled every 30 minutes. The strange thing was that only about half of the subscriptions were being disabled and they were the same subscriptions every time. I tried re-en...

Windows Power Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 now available
on Nov 11, 2009The Power Management Pack for Operations Manager 2007 R2 enables you to monitor and manage the power consumption of computers running Windows Server 2008 R2. This management pack provides: Visibility into power consumption. Visibility and cont...

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.0 Community Technical Preview (CTP) Now Available!
on Nov 10, 2009I know this isn’t Operations Manager specific but I thought it was something you’d appreciate hearing about nonetheless.   The Solution Accelerator team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of the Microsoft Assessment and P...

Now Available: The Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Management Pack for System Center Operations Manager 2007
on Nov 10, 2009 in Management Pack OpsMgr Download Exchange The Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 management pack is designed to be used for monitoring Exchange 2010 events, collecting Exchange component-specific performance counters in one central location, and for raising alerts for operator intervention as ne...

New KB: Description of System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 Update
on Nov 9, 2009 in OpsMgr KB Article SP1 We published a new Knowledge Base article last week, this one a description of System Center Operations Manager 2007 Service Pack 1 Update. This update provides a cumulative rollup of hotfixes for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 Serv...

Automatic FixIt: You receive error 401.1 when you browse a Web site that uses Integrated Authentication and is hosted on IIS 5.1 or a later version
on Nov 5, 2009 in IIS Loopback Unauthorized FixIt 401.1 I asked the FixIt team for this a while back and they have delivered.  Now if you ever run into the symptoms below the chances are good we can automatically fix it with just a few clicks of the mouse: The Symptoms: When you use the fully qualif...

Updated Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Management Pack – Now with 64-bit support
on Oct 29, 2009 in Management Pack OpsMgr R2 SP2 ConfigMgr 2007 The updated Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 Management Pack adds support for monitoring Configuration Manager 2007 SP2 in a 64-bit environment with Operations Manager 2007 R2 or Operations Manager 2007 SP1 with hotfix (KB971541) installed. This enable...